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Published: 2016-05-15 05:41:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 421; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 2
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...This is the first lowrider I've seen with hydraulics. Lowriders aren't popular around here (which is why they're so rare in my gallery - it's not personal bias against them), and hydraulics are almost unheard of. Finally getting to see hydraulics in action was awesome!1989 Chevrolet Caprice
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Still a case of aesthetics trumping driving dynamics. For the money put in to the system (entertaining and well engineered as it may be), could've bought sway bars, shocks, springs, ball joints, tires, and new filler panels for both bumpers! Could've had a solid backroads burning muscle sedan. Love the paintjob though, super dark red over maroon really pops!
Then again, this is all coming from a function/driving dynamics > everything else person so I'm slightly biased.
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Different strokes for different folks. I'd rather have hydraulics on a low and slow lowrider than cambered tires, a neon yellow tanning bed, and a giant 'Type R' sticker on an import tuner. Though nothing beats all original in my book.
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Hey, the hydraulics on lowriders can help them clear obstacles. Whereas the ricer will soon encounter things it cannot easily drive over without bottoming out. So I do give lowriders the edge over the rice burners!
While I'm a diehard of the low profile trimless & metal roof look because of weight savings & eliminating water traps, all original works with some cars. Early C4 Corvette with those pizza-cutter wheels are sick- to the point where I'd seriously consider not swapping on 1 inch bigger wheels for big brake clearance and wider tires.
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I absolutely detest modern rims on older cars.
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There aren't many styles that work aside from classic style slot mags or American Racings. Though some select BBS wheels work well.... the HPP wheels off later panthers work very well on the older ones. But these are exceptions, not the rule!
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I've only ever seen one with hydraulics. It was a Mercury Grand Marquis that I saw in Missouri somewhere.
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I'll see a few once in a while, but not very often. Out of all the shows that I go to there's only one show that will have a few parked by each other every year. I see more muscle and sports cars around here and some really old classics. Kind of a good mix it balances itself out.
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I like a good mix of cars at shows, personally.
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I may have to do just that!
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Ridin' low is all the rage where I live, but you'll find just as many cars with hydros here as you would over there.
And that's because the local car scene where I live has come down with a horrible case of STANCE CULTURE. Everywhere you look, some buckethead ricer bro is taking an oxy torch to his springs so his EG Civic is low enough to bottom out on a sheet of paper.
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I see lots of cambered Hondas and VWs around here too...
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It's an epidemic, I tell ya.
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HELLO! .... Makes me wanna' watch a CHEECH & CHONG movie ....
GRINS .... 'b'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alyx4Q…
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