New Shirt Alert! It’s time to Save the Sidewalls

Jeff Glucker

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So you think your fancy 30-series tires look cool on your oversized wheels? Think again! Your ride comfort is lame. Those shocks are working harder than they need to. And your whole auto experience could be improved by one simple move; it’s time to save the sidewalls.

Seriously, proper sidewall on a tire not only looks great it serves a mechanical purpose. That extra cushion makes your ride smoother and more comfortable. As automakers push for ever-increasing wheel diameters, the nation’s poor suspension engineers are being pushed to the brink of insanity. Give them some relief! Think of the engineers! Let’s save the sidewalls!

#SaveTheSidewalls

You can find the shirt at Blipshift. Proceeds from each purchase, well um they don’t go to any suspension engineers, they support this site.

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Jeff Glucker

Jeff Glucker

Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. He’s often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff

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11 responses to “New Shirt Alert! It’s time to Save the Sidewalls”

  1. Dabidoh_Sambone Avatar
    Dabidoh_Sambone

    Count me in – we just installed some 80 series doughnuts on our hooptie!
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7d6450da76cfc9f7db2351ad553bb09475cdecdc28bef20486379f90932b8fd1.jpg

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    1. GTXcellent Avatar
      GTXcellent

      yup, yup – 285/75/18’s on the pickup. Long live sidewall!

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    2. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      Pao, look at that!

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    3. Eric Rucker Avatar
      Eric Rucker

      Honestly, bring whitewalls back – they give the look of larger wheels without actually having large wheels.

      Or, you could even go for extending the wheel design onto the tire to make it look larger – this is going too far, but, here, have a Range Rover with fake larger wheels: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e74eea308fadbe96f378c0dae133eea74869717b9d12c8b548aa0d641b57b46c.jpg

      Even Bugatti’s done this https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0a68625b8b2f50e1899cf0cef5a5f5ca64fc728400de871550e596635d708a13.jpg (citation: By Matti Blume – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77166866 )

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      1. dead_elvis, inc. Avatar
        dead_elvis, inc.

        That’s truly appalling.

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      2. Dabidoh_Sambone Avatar
        Dabidoh_Sambone

        That Range Rover makes me happy, there’s a certain joy in automotive absurdity that thumbs its nose at convention.

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    4. dead_elvis, inc. Avatar
      dead_elvis, inc.

      Whoa, déjà vu!

      Took me a sec to figure out why this hooptie looked familar.

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    5. dead_elvis, inc. Avatar
      dead_elvis, inc.

      Whoa, déjà vu!

      Took me a sec to figure out why this hooptie looked familar.

      Reply
    6. dead_elvis, inc. Avatar
      dead_elvis, inc.

      Whoa, déjà vu!

      Took me a sec to figure out why this hooptie looked familar.

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      1. Dabidoh_Sambone Avatar
        Dabidoh_Sambone

        Sharp eye Kemosabi, we’re thrilled to own this weird car and like plastering photos of it everywhere. If you’re alright with slooow, a Pao’s for you.

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  2. ptschett Avatar
    ptschett

    1400/30R46’s are hot though :

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cc0f7ad8960a24d13cfbb047f5076bf271b1bfecf9735d97db67fd4331bd2efa.jpg

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