What makes a lowrider?
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When the lowrider subculture started in the 1940's, defining a lowrider was simple: A sedan which, through some modification, had been lowered below factory specs. Back in the day, Chicanos were lowering cars anyway they could, modifying the suspension, messing with the shocks, some even just loaded down the trunk with weight. The game changed when a California law was passed in the late '50s which forbade any part of the car body sitting lower than the rims.
Some handy Mexican found a workaround. By outfitting his lowrider with hydraulics, he could drop it to the deck when he wanted to and raise it to legal limits when needed. This development was so cool, hydraulics became the most prominent feature of many lowriders.
Applying the old, simple definition of a lowrider today is a bit troublesome. Many cars that are lowered are part of different car cultures. For instance, a stanced Toyota Celica would never be called one although it may sit very low. It just seems wrong, somehow.
So what makes a lowrider today? If it's the hydraulics, then what about all the pre-1960s lowriders that lack such equipment? What about airbag suspension? If we only count modified classic cars, then the great number of newer SUVs and surplus Crown Victorias being modified for such purposes are excluded. If we only count American cars, then a lot of modified foreign luxury cars (most notably Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar) don't get to play.
Thoughts, /o/?
Pic is a 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
Hard to define, easy to identify.
>>14084901
The lowrider is a little higher.
Source: all my friends know the lowrider.
>>14084901
i know it when i see it
>>14084974
>>14084901
as long as it bounces its a lowrider. i would do it to a gallardo and paint it chrome while wearing emoji pants
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You don't even need a cool car for a base. In fact, you earn points by taking a decidedly uncool car (Such as this 1994 Suzuki Sidekick) and making it cool.
No real lowriders nowadays, not since the 70s. It's all hoppers now.
>>14084982
Why can't you be friends?
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>>14085086
>Sidekick
>uncool
Get a load of this bustah
>>14084974
![war~~~~~~~~_whycantwe_101b[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/de95iN8.jpg "war~~~~~~~~_whycantwe_101b[1].jpg")
>>14085097
That's the problem though. What is a "real" lowrider? Also for some perspective, what would be the kind of car to come to mind in 1975 when that record came out?
>>14084901
If it sits low, doesn't have camber, doesn't have "sporting pretensions", and sits on small wheels, it's probably a low rider.
If it has hydraulics, it's definitely a low rider.
If it has bags, lacks camber, and can scrape, it's definitely is a low rider.
That's my take.
>>14085125
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xTGrfs5TXM
My buddy's dad from San Diego told me they used to take like a Nova lift up and simultaneously torch all 4 Springs at once to weaken them then rapidly drop the car from the lift and the now weak Springs would sag under the weight and bam lowrider
He was Mexican
it has to bounce
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Post more bitchin lowriders.
bump for lowriders.
>any year
>glorifying chilinigger showoff behavior
>>14086602
>stop liking what i dont like!
consider suicide
PRANCE THREAD
>>14086610
As I said
>liking emergency donut sized wheels on suspension that's a hazard to public traffic
C H I L I N I G G E R
>>14084974
>>14086616
>getting so angry about cars youve literally never even seen in person
sure is hazardous to you, huh???
>>14086616
>on suspension that's a hazard to public traffic
wat
>>14086616
Ye my nig, if tht shit aint hellflush wit sum big ass rims and sum sik coilovers is poop
>>14086616
u aint down with the raza puto. take your shit taste out of here punk
>>14084974
>TATATATATAT TAT ATTA TATAT
>>14086662
>throwing two tons of steel around on public roads and making them jump using sudden pressure is totally safe guise
What makes a lowrider? Being cool as fuck that's what.
>>14084974
>>14084901
>The game changed when a California law was passed in the late '50s which forbade any part of the car body sitting lower than the rims.
This surely isn't a real law, is it?
>>14087299
http://law.onecle.com/california/vehicle/24008.html
>>14084901
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentially_contested_concept
>>14086602
>>14086616
>>14087239
Just stop
>>14086701
>Toker's on loose
>>14084901
>What makes a lowrider?
ride height
I think a lowrider needs 13 or 14 inch rims
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>>14085129
I think that's the closest we're going to get to definitive criteria. The only issue I can see is camber as a disqualifying factor. While it isn't a desired feature, and a lack of camber is certainly the sign of a well-built lowrider, many cars with hydraulics have some camber as a result.
>>14088175
That's still weak. We need a system where you could completely lift the wheels off the ground
>>14088530
Or conversely, a pavement breaking jackhammer and plow on the front end so that the car can ride lower than the street.
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More bitchin' lowriders.
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This one is in the Smithsonian. It's from Lowrider capital of the world (actually right by it)
>>14084974
Fucking lost it, thanks for chuckle anon
A lowrider is anything with dynamic suspension.
>>14086586
Stancefags eat your hearts out
