Skip to content
Aussieveedubbers

The Hellaflush Movement

0 likes
Share Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Reddit
Log in to reply

Ollie Yeah Buddy

840 posts · joined Oct 2009 ·

#811198
After travelling around the US for a month, I was increasingly curious as to what the term, "hellaflush" meant and what it entailed. After searching around I discovered that it involved getting the best fitment to a car's wheels as possible, creating a 'flush' look.

I really like the look, and I was wondering whether other people either liked, or disliked the look?

Ps. Those that dislike jap cars may be offended 😂


Click below to view!


Hella Flush Video







Follow the Photo Fun:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=95238

- '70 1500 Beetle (The Clean One)
- '76 1300 Beetle (The In-between One)
- '69 1500 Beetle (The Mean One)

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#811200
that vid was pretty groovy 👍

I still have a massive softspot for 240z's...
its definitely a good look. nuffin worse than an unfilled guard.
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

Ollie Yeah Buddy

840 posts · joined Oct 2009 ·

#811205
It's basically trying to get the best possible offset and size (of tyre and wheel) to fit under- or just out of- the guard. The photos explain best, I can't quite describe it.
It started with vw's then went crazy in japan
Follow the Photo Fun:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=95238

- '70 1500 Beetle (The Clean One)
- '76 1300 Beetle (The In-between One)
- '69 1500 Beetle (The Mean One)

Pollywaffle .:Ben:.

385 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#811209
It looks nice and suits those cars. It looks particularly nice on the MkI Golfs too.

Camo Custom Title Time!

1,936 posts · joined Oct 2007 ·

#811212
I like the filled out look, but not when the wheel is wider than the tyre 👎

Bit like the German look in the old VW Beetles, I think.

Kev
I thought rebuilding a VW would be cheap - Shit I was wrong, just don't let the wife know !!!!

Click here for my (slowy) modded 1961 Beetle build.

trickysimon 100km/h is only 9 seconds away

1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 ·

#811213
Stretched tryes look awesome. Not game to run too much stretch on mine though. 😢

Doctor Officially Full-On Dubber

363 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#811216
I've been following this movement and the "Stance" Movement while now, and i love the concepts.

Its all about getting the right "Stance" on the car. Low, nice wheels, OEM or not, getting to all just FIT... Some like the wheel to sit flush with the guard, other like it to tuck rim, others like to poke a lil 😉

A lot of these guys run their cars lower than anyone here on a daily basis, ripping a sump off is no uncommon 😀

From memory, the wheel being wider than the tyre originated in Germany and had something to do with a law change regarding tyre size, so stretching a narrow tyre onto a wide rim was their solution, i could be wrong though.

For those of you interested, head on over to www.stanceworks.com and www.dubkorps.com, two great communities that are helping this scene massively...

I guess i should add some pics of my Favourite cars then too...

Good Ole' Rusty, in a few of its incarnations...









How the car sits now, 5" chopped top, 4" more drop, new, one-off gold-plated 17" ronal racing splits, a diesel-rubbed body









Love it or hate it, its thinking outside the box...

And this might give some insight into the rest of the scene









Bentley Rolling Stock 😀



One More...

www.brassmunkymedia.com.au


Any car so nice you can't drive it in the rain.. is too damn nice to enjoy

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#811218
yeah VIP look originated in japan and I still fail to understand the appeal, most of them look like some fat ass has sat in the car, broke the suspesion and flattened all the tyres

SuperOwen Fahrvergnugen

868 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#811243
Some of them look pretty cool, but when the wheel combo is poking out of the guard and obviously couldn't have any travel at all without damaging the body then its gone too far. Race cars sit low with fully filled guards and stretched rubber fitment (sometimes) but the suspension still works. I look at speedhunters.com a lot, they often have heaps of coverage on these style cars, as well as anything else interesting!
Depends if you like cars where form follows function or vice versa.

Ollie Yeah Buddy

840 posts · joined Oct 2009 ·

#811251
Yeah I agree Owen, I think these cars show a strong stance (pardon the pun) toward the 'form' rather than 'function'.

Still, some of them = 😍
Follow the Photo Fun:
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=95238

- '70 1500 Beetle (The Clean One)
- '76 1300 Beetle (The In-between One)
- '69 1500 Beetle (The Mean One)

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#811259
oh god! tyres stretched like that 🙅 reminds me of ride on mowers.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

Yogie Moderator Custom Title Time!

1,608 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#811260
Doesn't do anything for me but each to their own. Where the wheels extend out beyond the body it is also illegal here.

Yogie

Doctor Officially Full-On Dubber

363 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·

#811266
Yogie wrote:Doesn't do anything for me but each to their own. Where the wheels extend out beyond the body it is also illegal here.

Yogie
Wheels extending past the body is also illegal in the States... But that's half the fun of modified cars...

Saw this pic and instantly thought of this thread...



Gotta agree! The way a car sits can really make or break a car, the stance on my Panel van now is almost perfect...
www.brassmunkymedia.com.au


Any car so nice you can't drive it in the rain.. is too damn nice to enjoy

jamiec Seriously Crusin Dubber

112 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#811278
Its not illegal to have the tyres out past the body line on a Mk 1 morris cooper s as that was how they were made from the factory but it was changed on the Mk 2 cooper s when they fitted them with flares.😠

Hutcho Wolfsburg Wizard

528 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#811280
I'd KILL for that Oudi but all I can think of is GUTTER RASH!!!!!

STIDUB Over it.

1,497 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#811378
fan of some, hater of lots, neat fitting is fine, but NO gap & 2" outside your guards isnt fitting, nor is the im going to give this 30deg neg camber so i can fit my 11" wide wheels under stock guards- people in japan drive like that too not just park

im doing my bit already 😂



couldnt reist haha👍
Volkswagen Drivers Club of Queensland - member 🙂

STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress

Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.

The above are personal views, no more, no less

t_tuffnut Wolfsburg Wizard

425 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#811739
That BMW is awesome. Love the air brush effect down the side. Wouldn't look too outta place in a pack with a few of the drag beasts I've seen on here, with the luftwaffe emblems on the sides of their bugs.
1966 Bug

1973 L Bug