The first contender for today is DonkMaster’s a.k.a Thomas’ big-wheeled Chevy Impala convertible sitting on whopping 26″ rims on street tires.
Are donks lowriders?
But two particular sections take how your car sits and makes it the focal point unlike any other: low riders
low riders
A lowrider or low rider is a customized car with a lowered body. These customized vehicles are generally individually painted with intricate, colorful designs, rolling on wire-spoke wheels with whitewall tires. Lowrider rims are generally smaller than the original wheels, ranging down to 13 inches (330 mm).
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and hi-risers, better known as “Donks”.
What is a slab car?
“Slabs” are a popular type of custom cars that originated in Houston, Texas. The name is said to be an acronym for “slow, loud, and bangin’.” Iconic elbow wheels, high-gloss candy paint, and over-the-top stereo systems set these cars apart in the world of custom automobiles.
Popularized in the mid-aughts alongside the rise of Houston hip-hop, “slab” stands for “slow, loud, and banging.” The wheel rims are the defining feature. Called “swangas,” they’re inspired by 1983 and 1984 Cadillacs and stick out from the wheel up to 24 inches, like chrome elbows.
What year is considered a donk?
Those that are 1971–1976 Chevy Caprices
Caprices
The Chevrolet Caprice is a full-sized automobile produced by Chevrolet in North America for the 1965 to 1996 model years. Full-size Chevrolet sales peaked in 1965 with over a million sold.
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Chevrolet Caprice – Wikipedia
or Impalas are known as “donks.” Donks emerged in Miami in the early 1990s, according to Ree Sims, who organizes Donk Day and founded the enthusiast network Donk Planet.
What are the rims that stick out called?
Turns out, those rims are called “swangers.”
How far can rims stick out in Texas?
What is illegal in Texas is overall width of vehicles and that maximum number is 8 feet, if the tip of the left rim to the tip of the right rim measures over 8 feet apart then that motorist is operating that vehicle in violation of Texas Transportation Code.
What is a slab slang for?
SLAB is an acronym used admiringly by fans of car customizing, with the meaning “Slow Low and Banging.”
What does slab basement mean?
A slab basement is a concrete basement without footings. The basement walls are built and then a concrete slab is poured. This creates a concrete slab floor that is, in reality, a floating slab. The term floating slab basement means that the concrete slab is able to move up and down as the ground moves or freezes.
Definition: a molded layer of plain or reinforced concrete, flat, horizontal (or nearly so), usually of uniform but sometimes of variable thickness, and supported by beams, columns, walls, other framework, or on the ground.- ACI Concrete
ACI Concrete
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is a leading authority and resource worldwide for the development, distribution and adoption of consensus-based standards, technical resources, educational programs, and proven expertise for individuals and organizations involved in concrete design, construction, and materials, who
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Terminology.
What is slap in civil engineering?
FLAT SLAP of Common practice of design and construction is to support the slabs by beams and support the beams by columns. This may be called as beam-slab construction. The beams reduce the available net clear ceiling height.
Can you pour concrete on top of mud?
Long story short, yes you can pour concrete over dirt.
What is a plinth beam?
Plinth beam is a reinforced concrete beam constructed between the wall and its foundation. Plinth beam is provided to prevent the extension or propagation of cracks from the foundation into the wall above when the foundation suffers from settlement.
What are the 2 types of loads?
Loads are usually classified into two broad groups: dead loads and live loads. Dead loads (DL) are essentially constant during the life of the structure and normally consist of the weight of the structural elements. On the other hand, live loads (LL) usually vary greatly.
The beam which connects two or more columns/rafters in a roof/roof truss or in any height above floor level is called tie
tie
A tie rod or tie bar (also known as a hanger rod if vertical) is a slender structural unit used as a tie and (in most applications) capable of carrying tensile loads only. It is any rod or bar-shaped structural member designed to prevent the separation of two parts, as in a vehicle.
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beam. Tie beams are mainly provided in roof truss and at plinth level. These beams do not convey any floor loads and only act as length breaker for columns where the floor height is unusually high.
What does tie beam mean?
tie beam in American English
noun. a horizontal timber or the like for connecting two structural members to keep them from spreading apart, as a beam connecting the feet of two principal rafters in a roof truss.
Is it OK not to have tie beam?
There is no need to provide tie
tie
A tie rod or tie bar (also known as a hanger rod if vertical) is a slender structural unit used as a tie and (in most applications) capable of carrying tensile loads only. It is any rod or bar-shaped structural member designed to prevent the separation of two parts, as in a vehicle.
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Tie rod – Wikipedia
beams if the height of column is less than 4m. We can use tie beams in buildings when the height of the roof is higher than the normal height of the structure. Tie beams behave as a length breaker in the column.
What is plinth slab?
It is a rectangular block of stone on which a column and pillar of a building stands. It is a wall between the ground level and the ground floor level. The main function of a plinth in construction is to distribute the load of the columns over the foundation evenly.
What is plinth level?
plinth level means the level of the floor of a building immediately above the surrounding ground. Sample 1. plinth level means the level of the ground floor of abuilding above the surrounding ground.