What started out as a joke turned into something that a lot of people can relate to. As kids we'd take apart our Maisto 1:18 scale model cars and pull springs out and basically make the model un-rollable in order to set the stance up correctly. I have hundreds of these models somewhere in storage and in my garage.
It was around 2003 when the term was coined. We were pushing the limits of offset on our drift cars and one day a friend of mines (Jerry) said, dude.. that ****'s hellaflush. And that was that. It's not a new thing as we've seen in some magazines from Europe and Japan but it's a term we feel is fitting (excuse the pun) cause there are a few degrees flushness.
Degrees of Flushness. Flush, Mexi, Tucked and Hella:
Mexi: When the offset of the wheels are off by a lot and are poking out of the fender. You see this a lot on low riders, lots of new 240 and ae86 owners, sometimes boro car owners in japan, and on 1970's vans for some odd reason.
Flush: Perfect Offset. Lowered but not slammed. Most people in our community refer to these as daily drivers. About a half inch fender to tire gap. Lots of drifters are flush just cause any lower, you'll be dragging body kit as seen on Matt Powers and Mad Mike in his RX8, which we'll use to defined the term Hellaflush.
Almost: is exactly that, Almost. Almost perfect offset. Almost the perfect ride height. Super close but not quite there yet.
Hellaflush: Perfect Offset, Super Slammed and Driveable. Most owners scrape over everything and it doesn't bother them. Its a lifestyle decision that many people don't want to get out of and conform to.
A great example is Mad Mike. Has the budget and bucks from big sponsors like Red Bull but doesnt raise his car up cause its best for the car. He just makes it work. His style is from the old school years of drifting. When people would slam the hell out of their cars and go for it. These days, you don't see many styled out pro drifters in the US cause a lot have lost the "STYLE" part of drifting.
Tucked: Seen on a lot of VIP and bagged cars.
There are lots of advantages from having air bags. If you raise it from being tucked, you can be considered hellaflush since the camber adjusts as you go up.
In conclusion, Hellaflush is all about style. For those people that get super offended by it, refer back to this post cause really, most people do what they like and don't really give a damn what others say (although, some of you do) :)…
Come to our event this Saturday to experience what it's all about.
-Mark Arcenal
Hellaflush Website