Tyres too small for the rims they're on...
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It's a style thing. It's called 'Euro' and usually the cars have very smooth lines with all the badges, door handles, bump strips etc removed. Funnily enough, it's one of the popular modding styles on continental europe. 
Akira said:
A mixture of aesthetics and performance.
I'll adress the performance angle first - stretching your rubber over your rim (ooer!) means that the sidewalls remain VERY stiff, leading to a very predictable loss of traction...Check the drift boys
And, aesthetically, it lets you run a combination of wide wheels and a low car. It also means you can run wide, low-offset rims without the tread of the tyre protruding beyond the apex of the arch (and thus, remain 'legal'.)
Lowe said:It's a style thing. It's called 'Euro' and usually the cars have very smooth lines with all the badges, door handles, bump strips etc removed. Funnily enough, it's one of the popular modding styles on continental europe.
It's been around since long before 'Euro' look was a twinkle in a Belgian's eye...
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Any chance of getting any example pics?
alexthecheese said:
I did a HUGE thread of pics a while back...a couple of pages (at 80ppp). I think it's gone now though :/
go to www.cleaned.be and check the galleries
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Ze Germans were the first I saw doing it with stretched out rubber on 13" wheels on Golfs. Must be close to 10 years ago now. While we were busy sticking ridiculous Max Power plastic bodykits and fake Testarossa fins on BMW 3 series'ses and Novas the Germans were busy stripping it all off and going for low understated cars with power and wide rims.