Yo, *The Wheel Pyramid at the end wasn't made by me.* 9:34 I do not stand by what it says, the whole point of that entry is show what "Toxic Elitists" think of your wheels. Just wanted to clear that up. I thought the context I provided was sufficient to show I'm RIDICULING the elitism, not adding to it. (I show a photo of a dented brain then pretend to act like a $7K Wheel elitist) You want any of the wheels on or off that pyramid? Go for it. I'm not going to fly a plane to unbolt your wheels off your car.

bladed got me into cars when i got my license like 5 years ago and today i start a new job as a tech at an auto shop. thanks for the inspiration bladed!

I'll say it again: buy mods YOU want, not what the crowd wants. As for the wheels. Let me be real y'all; with a lot of these chasers' driving habits, I'd rather they get off-brand imitation wheels, because they'll likely curb, scuff, and destroy them with their driving "skills".

As a Lexus LFA I would like to say that I hate clout chasers

Bladed is the only KZfaqr (that I know of) that can actually make a decent apology video

This guy is literally if moist critical was a car guy i love this man on levels that a multitude of dimensions wouldn't understand

Bladed, will you ever attend a historical racing event? It's got a bunch of really cool stuff to see at these events and not too many clout chasers... Yet

At least there is no clout chasers in modded interiors culture

Got my rpf1's specifically for track work. The fact that i liked the look and that they were on sale for

LMFAO the predator pic had me spitting my drink glad to see him still dragged today

1:02, never scare me like that again

These people are like locusts. They move from hobby to hobby, raising prices.

One mod that will never see the clout bois enter the “Maintenance” mod

The Lucina wrap was fire, even though I'm a Tharja man myself.

I say all mods are okay as long as they don't put other people in danger. I feel as though we (The majority of Car enthusiasts) are killing it for people who might have wanted to get into it.

This is the definitive channel that got me into cars. Because of you, i just took my car apart to fix it instead of taking it to a mechanic and are the reason im currently porting the heads and intake. Thank you for your services

Unrelated but thank you for all your videos explaining car mods. Very helpful!

“Like a horrible horrible predator” Picture: Craig Thompson Alias: “Mini Ladd” 💀

No way someone said they'd Kermit man hole slide your friend bro.. That's fucked up frfr

ouch. the parasocial bit got me thinking about some of the folks i used to have around me. yikes.

1:01 caught me off guard with mini ladd

I feel so alone here in my hometown because the few car guys I used to hang out with have just turned to ricers and clout chasers. In the end I didn’t even feel like we had anything in common anymore. I wanted to restore my car and make it look original but with beneficial performance upgrades here and there, while they only cared about camber, led’s and big wheels with rubber and tires. The worst part about it, is that it’s the majority of young “carguys” who end up like this AND they’re also the ones painting our picture. When I tell people I spend most of my time on my car, they immediately think I’m one of those… I wish I was young before social media game and ruined every nice thing.. not only in the car community

This was an awesome video. I was lol the whole time. "Brief" responses. Tires: I'm running a 312 HP miata with a PWR of .13. I'm only running 225/40R15s on the rear. The tires are Kumho Ecsta V730 Performance summer tires. I use them for all season, but I live in South Texas. That guy in the Z is all about the clout. Some wider than stock performance tires would work out just fine. Nothing wider than 285 for that car without forced induction. That's the width on the 350hp Nismo 370. He can switch to drag tires when he's pushing an excess of 500hp. Most of the guys who need drag radials are pusing 900hp+ Exhaust: I'm running a turbo, to a 2.5" exhaust with 2 resenators. The sound is a low droning sound at idle. It doesn't whine at all. Downshifts will sometimes cause a slight backfire if engine braking from a high enough RPM. I'm focused on exhaust gas flow and backpressure prevention. The turbo has an internal wastegate and all the exhaust dumps to the same pipe. I should address this in the future as the wastegate is pretty restricted at the moment. A different downpipe would solve it. More people need to use X pipes, H pipes, and glasspacks. I might switch to glasspacks in the future. Wraps: Don't have any. I thought about a livery, but I just like the clean two-tone look. Gloss Black hardtop, powder coated black vents, white car with a bit of a facelift. No angry eyes, no racing stripes, no numbers, or decals of any kind. Those are all on the inside of my trunk lid where they belong. "Sewer-slide". Lol. My response would be "you do that". I don't feel sorry for these people... At all. Wheels: My wheels are so low tier that they aren't even on the pyramid, lol. TR Motorsports 15x9s Donut Media told us everything we needed to know when it came to comparing the durability between $1500 wheels and $4k wheels. They had to throw the wheels off a roof just to put a dent in them. They had to run into a parking barrier at 30mph to barely leave a scrach on the cheap ones. LOL. They convinced me that I didn't need to spend more than $1500 on a set of wheels. Application is key here. You need to consider speed of impact and type of impact that is expected. Even expensive 2-peice wheels will be damaged when hitting a steel jack at 70mph. Granted, they'll handle potholes better, but so will fatter sidewalls. Value is a huge consideration here. If someone is putting $4k or $7k wheels on $10k cars, they should probably shift that money into something more productive like performance upgrades. Unless the build is a show peice and it's a trailer queen, or the car is doing track time seeing an excess of 150mph, there's no need. Therefore, seeing these clout chasers at meets deserves a hefty belly laugh at them. Because such a combination is laughable. If it were me, I would use a torture/endurance test to know if better wheels are even needed. My car can only muster around 120mph at redline in 6th. My wheels are just fine for this car. Don't let the stalkers get you down. Cheers.

I love the section of highway that you recorded your driving footage on (I live in the area and I take this highway down to the lake a lot)

Wheel Elitists are actually the worst. I have a set of like $1200 flow form Aodhans which weigh less than most forged wheels. I can literally go through 5 sets of these before "investing" in some forged wheels would have made sense financially.

1: Drags belong on the track. I'll admit I'm a bit guilty of this but not entirely. I bought a 3rd gen Camaro that the previous owner ruined trying to make it a drag car. That thing had drag rims and the tires were in horrible shape. Bought the car because cheap. Bought exact treaded tires for those rims because it was cheaper than new rims and tires. 2: The muffler is your friend. Same story with my Camaro. Dude removed the muffler under the trunk. Bought a new one with tips. Couldn't weld, didn't have the tools. 3: I feel like doing this just to protect the paint. But it's weight. I just do Red Bubble stickers. 4: Read #1.

I didn't know Itasha Wraps had an actual name. I really love how they look, but I couldn't imagine getting one, even more so now that I have heard your experience with having one.

ahh yes my fav automotive youtuber uploads on my bday, thanks bladed!!

4am rn where i live, blessed to see that bladed posted

I am surprised that Bladed would include the Neon-Edition 370z from Asphalt 9 as the thumbnail. My day has been brightened.

Bro just saved an hour of my life watching 4 videos where you mentioned all of 'em(it's 1 a.m. in my time zone rn)

Daddy Angel blessed us with another video!

HIIIIIIII i love these videos man, keep up the good content

I grew up loving big wheels, but my dad was always a fan of OEM mods Now as an adult with a 03 Honda Element, I actually got the 19’ OEM wheels from the 9th Gen Accord (The Star wheels) and I love them. I got big (no they’re not 20 in + but 19’s are still Big) wheels that look good AND are OEM. I feel like the culture has pushed companies (Honda at least) to make bigger cooler wheels and I love that cause I got them for like $400 total WITH tires on them I don’t have a lot of money to spend modding my car either so they make me so happy when I see them And in the winter (I live in MN) I keep my winter tires on the stock wheels so I have two sets which I always wanted as well

i remember being in high school watching bladed angled and now i’m knees deep in engine bays at 20 w a toolbox and snap on wrenches.

Been apart of the Car&Community for sometime now, an I got to say you're spot on. I roll with the Itasha wrap and people hate on me, or act really weird around me. As of late, I just been too myself due to people being clout, pretty much not being genuine at all. I like GR86 because I am a fan of initial D, my first car was the AE86 - so I moved up to support the years of my first car.

sweet! new video, just recently watched the first one lol

I don’t have a problem with loud cars as long as it sounds good so idk what you on bladed😂

i think the issue, most of the time, with western itasha is their liveries do not have that balance between the decals and the waifu you're basis the livery on. now i'm not saying all are bad, as you mentioned, yup it feels like its made for clout because there is no effort put in achieving that balance

My favorite anesthetic mod is just debadging, or false badging. I have a 95' GSX, run a factory RS sticker, and painted the grey to match. It has the short wing, and smiley face front bumper, but 25 psi later... I also do this w/ my e46. It might be a 2.5, or it might be a charged 3.5. It rocks a 1776 badge in place. Both have quiet, high flow exhausts and silenced recirculating BOVs. There are visual tells though. The eclipse is in a constant cheetah stance because of the painted sideskirts and has its teeth knocked out, so you can see the front mount. whereas the e46 looks stock af, as long as you don't look at the tires or brakes too hard. I even run it close to stock ride height with stock wheels.

KZfaqrs: “cars/mods that are actually acquirable and cool” * clout chasers ruin the market and style * KZfaqrs: “I can’t believe clout culture ruined this, how could this have happened”

In class bladed upload literally saving me

I recently got a cat back for my mustang and while we were taking the old one off I decided to see how it would sound straight out of the cats, no resonators. I revved it to like 4K rpm and it made a pretty sizable pop. I couldn’t imagine driving it like that everyday with just a straight pipe. Tone matters a lot more than just loudness.

I remeber subbing to him when he was so small watching his best cars for young car enthusiasts. Good times I miss those times

I see your strategy to fight the clout chasers. ik you know. good work...

Bladed is the reason idgaf what people think about my car

I got GAB sport 2 pc wheels for my summer set on my 91 Civic Si and steelies as my winter set. The car is gorgeous on the GABs.

the spite shoutout was dope

i love your videos so much also dark souls analogy goed hard brobrobro

OMFG you used Mini Ladd when you said predator lol. Good Choice

Don't let those idiot clout chasing jackasses ruin you Blade or the rest of the car culture. If anything, those idiots will give up or have an accident that will wisen them up, natural selection at it's finest. When I get my first car, rather than modify it, I just plan on keeping it clean and serviced like it should properly be done so not only does it look great, the next owner I sell it to will know they aren't being screwed over.

This is proof that posers will do anything to look cool, while simultaneously being cringe.

I'm now just imagining people drifting their cars everywhere like in Initial D, and I can't help but see that as a win.

I watched this video yesterday then two hours later saw a mostly cosmetically upgraded S1 95 mustang on full welds and slicks, it’s not necessarily snowing here but still that’s something I wouldn’t drive around on in the winter

Me with forgestars on my r8 couldn’t be happier with the wheels they have held up great

Yay new monthly bladed video

I'm looking at a set of Enkei TS10s. They're under 1000 for a set and look super strong and lightweight.

My Crown Vic has steel has OEM wheels with Chrome Lug Nut cap. Looks awesome. I have no desire to change them.

Am impressed you didn't mention "Underglow"

our class from m&t (a practical school subject about cars and transport) is going to a carshow in brussel in a week

Bladed is the only automotive youtuber I watch and Now i want to get into cars

3:38 exhaust is actually less efficient when it's velocity is very high, pressure loss down a tube is proportional to the velocity squared, the goal of an exhaust is to have a large enough exhaust velocity to decrease turbulence, but also not have the exhaust velocity so large it causes unnecessary loss, while you are correct in this situation, it's probably more accurate to say exhaust size should be tuned to the engine and modifications you have, having too large or too small pipes are BOTH detrimental. Of course this golden size is dependent on which RPM you would like to see the highest volume trim efficiency, so people will often put things such as x pipes to increase low end exhaust scavenging with a detriment to high rpm scavenging, no matter what these clout chasers seem to think an exhaust will give you better performance at any RPM when in reality it could actually move that efficiency band to an RPM range that is above redline.

Man, remember when car culture used to be alot more fun. Back in the good old days of early 2010s, when clout chasers weren't a issue, When cool and fun cars were cheap instead of having their value artificially inflated to ridiculous levels by clout chasers and car dealers. Better times

I stuck in the middle too, had some sparco ff-1 wheels

Ain’t gonna lie, I screenshot yoinked the Botan “Say ahh”. That got a good laugh outta me

man is still my fav car guy (somewhat of a new carguy btw)

8:11 love the background music from gran turismo 2

For the wheel point i have painted steelies for the daily and when I track i have rpf1s and a few other tyres for that purpose

Theres one type of straightpipe I respect. Exhaust valve mods. Loud for track fun and to elude cops a little. ;)

1:02 damm, i was not expecting that 😂😂😂😂😂

The mini ladd joke killed me

about the wheels point, there's a guy locally who has a home Depot orange Tacoma with like 25" rims on it in the summer, and they just looked absurd

Gahhh dangit Bladed I legit just got Mickey Thompson's for the Staggered/Shackled look for my Chevelle (that and it also really sucks at putting its 500hp to the ground) and then I see number one on the list 😂😂 edit: also the only vehicle that actually benefits from a straight pipe is the older dodge Cummins 12 valve 5.9's it helps them breathe better, but thats about it. Demo derby headers too, but technically that qualifies as a hood stack, and thats to get all the heat out of the engine bay.

Damn when you used the dark souls reference made everything click clack together

I will say Bladed Z have tight engine bays so most fast Z's either do a mid-mount kit or a rear mounted turbo

Has anyone watched MF Ghost yet?

Even when I’m not looking at commentary channels about how predators I can’t escape them, always lurking under my bed

Bladed bro two great minds think alike 😉

Yo bladed, weird question but you live in Bloomington? I couldn’t help but think the driving footage looked super familiar and then I saw the Harrodsburg sign. Gotta ask, where are the meets around there? I grew up in Monroe and never knew of any aside from one that happens in Ellettsville every month or so.

BLADED DROPED A NEW VIDEO LET'S GOOOOOO

It would be cool if you did a video on underappreciated JDM cars

My man said horrible and lut an image of mini ladd im dead. This is why we love ylu man

That picture of the guy kissing his waifu is such a popular meme. It caught the literal translation of itasha and ran with it. I think its funny asf

I'm gonna wrap my car of bladed's wrapped car on it

Best part about owning a 1988 Pontiac Firebird, no one knows or cares if my Crosslace GTA Wheels are real. (They aren't.)

Bladed is penguinz0 (Moist Crutical) of cars

Everytime I watch your videos I'm just laughing and just surprised how you just perfectly sim everything up you don't miss even the slightest detail🤣🤣🤣 next topic should be "when did being into cars turn into a trend" honestly I think their is a population of being into cars just cuz it's "cool" and "trendy"

Bro, the Kermit Sewer Slide had me laughing my ass off 😂

Even Philippines has TE37 on a tricycle that is use to to transport people around the city and still look good as well

i understood nothing but some how still understood everything what is this physics class well anyways the video was pretty well made

Ngl I might’ve laughed a bit too hard at that dark souls joke but if ykyk 😂😂😂

I dont know much about them, but I like the way how Hole Shot wheels look. Idk how much they cost, what quality they are in and I dont have a car that runs them (I dont even have a car), all I know is that they are in Forza Horizon (didnt play all parts, but they were in 1 and 5 so I guess they also existed in between) and they look good on a lot of cars. they look good on -muscle cars -JDM cars -SUVs and Pickups basically anything, that isnt a Super/Hypercar or from a luxury-brand.

1:33 The "sleeper look" Sorry, but that was too funny!😀

Last time I watched you was when you put all the rice stuff back on your corvette and glad to see you haven’t changed st all lmao Edit: haven’t realized it’s been TWO years 😭

According to the wheel tier pyramid I've got tier 1 abs tier 3 wheels. Wedssport on the fc3s abs aodhan on the mazda3. By to be fair, the aodhan are also flow forged and I like them. The weds I got years ago for a fraction of the price by getting lucky in an eBay bid. Most people I know with real wheels are similar where they got them through a crazy bargain. It's hard to justify wheels that are worth more than the whole car lol.

The miniladd joke gor me😂😂

Blade have you discussed the issue of squatted trucks yet? I feel like it’s an issue that really needs to be discussed. I know you’ve seen them living north ga as you’ve mentioned. I actually live like 30 minutes north of you. You can’t hardly go anywhere without seeing them. It’s gone to far and this disease needs to stop spreading

I just don't let clout culture make something not fun for me, I do what I wanna do and not care what anyone else thinks, and I enjoy it

Can confirm my 06 g35 coupe with some pilot sport 4 hook nicely

I'm lookin at some ENKEI92's for my 4th gen Honda Accord, think it'd be a clean option? I'm picking the silver ones :)