The Carolina Squat

Why is the "Carolina Squat" still a thing?

I was down in Myrtle Beach last week and saw multiple trucks with various degrees of "squat" being driven around. I thought this "trend" died out a while back, I don't even understand the point of it, it looks stupid.

Edit: TLDR: prerunners have squat so the back tires land first when going over jumps, people wanted that look and went over board

Prerunners sit like they do just because of how the suspension is set up, not so they land rear first. In fact, they often land front first or fairly evenly. The rear just had more room for up travel so they don't need to sit as high in the rear to have that travel.

But yes, the whole trend is basically based on prerunners.

I also can't watch rhe video here at work so I'm just replying to the text of the above comment, not the contents of the video.

Side note: None of us who live in California ever refer to the state as "Cali."

IIRC The origin was actually functional, something related to mudding and getting more traction on the rears. Kind of like some sand dune riders have a functional lean. But yes, its all a fashion trend for the MB goers of the world. My theory is some motivation for the trend is that it is cheaper to drop (or leave as is) one end and raise the other. If you don't have much money and want to go big you raise the front first.