Blog lowriders A Brief History of Lowriders. Lowriders have been a thing almost as long as there have been cars. This is a quick look at where lowriders have scraped their way through history. Like most car culture scenes, lowriding arguably started in Los Angeles. The used car market was thriving by the s, with cheap Ford Model As and Ts everywhere, and modifying a car for speed and style was already well on its way.
Around the time hot rods were hitting Bonneville for the first time, the first lowriders started appearing in photographs. Granted, one theory is these were well used daily drivers with worn out suspensions, but the look was there, and was soon on purpose.
The culture took off after World War II. In the s, the sons of Mexican immigrants were old enough to purchase and modify cars, and the east-LA lowrider scene was born. The goal of this scene was to be seen, and a long, low and sleek look developed. The easiest and cheapest way to achieve that was with several sand bags in the trunk. This was quickly followed with a more permanent solution; cut springs, smaller diameter wheels, and lower profile tires.
A popular choice was the 5. Mexican-Americans made them uniquely their own, with dazzling colors and tributes to their families and histories. Loading… Now, s America, being what it was, the establishment decided anything unusual or different should be outlawed.
The industry might be new, but wheel culture is not. People have been tricking out rims in this country since the wagons went West. The story of how modern wheels blew up past 30 inches is a long and complicated one.
Which came first: big wheels or big rims? Veteran observers say that the pendulum is beginning to swing. Maybe it was just a participation trophy. I'm really not sure what that airbrush design between the cream-colored stripes is supposed to be exactly. Is it supposed to be flames? If it is, they've got the color quite off from what flames look like. That looks more like a leather couch. Or maybe iced coffee. Or it could be melted chocolate and toffee. Or maybe it's just supposed to look like wood.
Who knows? But in any case, it isn't exactly working, although the balance between colors and overall loudness is pretty mild compared to some of the tackier airbrushed cars on this list.
I don't think I've ever seen a brighter color green in my life, not anywhere on this planet. I'm not sure how they even managed to get such an even, opaque color of neon green. Talk about intense. Talk about in your face. Still, his build is a welcome relief from the rampant pinstriping and airbrushing prevalent in these kinds of builds. Not sure why the trunk is open when the back is lifted up, though. To me, it makes sense to lower the back as far as it can go to get things in and out easier.
Instead of just installing the hydraulics onto the suspension, they install it to the truck bed, so it can lift and twist and bend, like a dump truck on psychedelics. That's right—it's a real thing, and things can get pretty crazy. Things are pretty mild in this picture, though—the calm before the storm. It's mostly terrible because of the completely clashing airbrush designs. They're done in really bad taste, to be honest. To each his own, though, as they say. It looks like a Kleenex box, a flattened and squashed rectangle.
The owner of this build went above and beyond with his modifications, taking the top half of his mini truck completely off, a step past convertible.
He even shortened his windshield considerably. All to make it a true box with wheels. That graphic across the whole car is really truly terrible; there's no doubt about that. Pair that with the gold wheels and non-gold accessories and trim, and we've got a one-two hit against this build. It's pretty terrible. Hopefully, at least, the back dances. I don't really have any hint of a clue as to what on Earth is painted on the side of this hydraulic lowrider.
From what I can make out, I see a girl in a sombrero with a gun and what looks like some kind of pastoral scene with maybe a picnic? And a figure on a rearing black stallion? Still doesn't give us any clue as to what's going on or what's being depicted. Or why on Earth you'd feel it necessary to have this painted on your car and not hung in your house or something like that.
Not sure why the photographer chose this as the flattering angle. To me, it looks really awkward. I feel inappropriate just looking at the car when it's like that. It seems indecent.
That skyline is nice But let's not even talk about the strange geometric patterns across the sides of this thing. Primarily orange, with bright yellow and dark green accents, they don't match at all, not with the orange and not with the maroon.
Careful on that slope, too. Don't accidentally tip your car over into the water. Or do—I guess that would be fine with me. There's so much going on in this shot, too much to even comprehend at first look.
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