By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Whatever your personal feelings about lowriders, the genre undeniably deserves props for being one of the longest-running current enthusiast cultures out there. And DJ Xscape’s candy-green Cutlass is an exceedingly photogenic example of its segment. See more at his ride page!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Today’s marvelous specimen comes from Hooniverse. Have you ever seen a more practical tow rig? Keep those Photo of the Day nominations rolling in!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Somehow I get the feeling that King has had his lowrider Crown Vic pulled over a time or two, but that hasn’t stopped him from planning some really awesome mods. Wait’ll you see the 22″ wire wheels he’s got for it, and the lambo-door conversion he’s working on. Astonishingly, he’s hooked up a functional train horn on the old cruiser as well. Check out King’s ride page!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

HoK has always been known for their eye-searing paint schemes, and for their SEMA booth this year, they chose a pretty awesome canvas. The late-70′s Monte Carlo is one of my favorite overlooked classics, and I’m glad we can count on the lowrider and high-riser cultures to make something incredible out of cars that would probably otherwise just be run into the ground as beaters. I loved the classic lowrider metal-flake treatment on this Monte, but there was so much sparkle that it confused the heck out of my camera, which didn’t know whether to barf or go blind–see pics in a variety of different flash modes below the jump!

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Lowrider rolled out some beautiful rides at SEMA, including this incredible Impala. More pics and video after the jump!

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By Ryan Porter

IN-N-OUT Editor

So last week I told you guys about stretching tires. We received some positive feedback and noticed some new rides with stretched tires.  Even Rob sent the Satellite over to Discount Tire for some stretched shoes.

Well now that you have your tires stretched the next logical thing is to drop your ride to the ground and start riding low.  All jokes aside, check out this V12 Benz to see what I’m talking about.

By Ryan Porter

IN-N-OUT Editor

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Chevy HHR but I never see any modified HHR’s. I’ll admit that I’ve never went looking, but when I saw this HHR on CarDomain I got pretty excited. It’s fairly stock, aside from the airbags and custom painted 18s. Congrats to CarDomain member tribalflamemini for stepping out in the HHR, and make sure to stop by his garage and check out all his rides!

…bad things are bound to happen. Kids wreck stuff, right? Though I’m almost starting to think that flipping a vehicle over is part of the point in these competitions. Watch and marvel.

In my last blog I was trying to find out how many of the rest of you "like ‘em low" like I do. In the pursuit of making my current car sit a little prettier, I stumbled across something that’s supposed to make the job a lot easier. A new product from Air Ride Technologies called the "Air Pod" is basically a bolt on air-bag easy button. The "Air Pod" comes complete with a compressor, 5 or 3 gallon air tank, pre-plumbed connections, and pre-wired solenoids, making this unit as plug-and-play as it gets. Just four air line connections to the bags themselves are all the plumbing that’s necessary, taking a possible week-long job and turning it into a casual weekend project. Now all I have to do is wait for my economic stimulus check to get here and I’ll be in business!

Ever since I had a license to drive my matchbox cars on the kitchen floor, I’ve liked my cars low. I think it must’ve come from leaning on the little die-casts too hard. As an adult, I still like them low. Take this Karmann Ghia I found on eBay for example. This car doesn’t have fanciest wheels or the craziest paint job—it’s just low. Yet this car is still cool as hell. People who own big trucks are typically the first to say that,"lowriders are for guys who cant get it up." To them I say "lifted trucks are for guys who cant get layed." Seriously though, I don’t see why the whole high/low issue has to be so polarized, but we all have our desired vehicle ride heights. My preference is trucks high, cars low. What’s yours?