Lifestyle & Culture
Pride, Family, Community is what shaped this culture.
Take a look at the roots of Lowriding and a look back at the people who put lowriding culture on the map.
Lowrider car culture began in Los Angeles, California in the mid-to-late 1940s and during the post-war prosperity of the 1950s. Initially, some Mexican-American youths lowered blocks, cut spring coils, z’ed the frames and dropped spindles. The aim of the lowriders is to cruise as slowly as possible, “Low and Slow” being their motto. By redesigning these cars in ways that go against their intended purposes and in painting their cars so that they reflect and hold meanings from Mexican-American culture, lowriders create cultural and political statements that go against the more prevalent Anglo culture.
Lifestyle & Culture
Pride, Family, Community is what shaped this culture.
Take a look at the roots of Lowriding and a look back at the people who put lowriding culture on the map.
Lowrider car culture began in Los Angeles, California in the mid-to-late 1940s and during the post-war prosperity of the 1950s. Initially, some Mexican-American youths lowered blocks, cut spring coils, z’ed the frames and dropped spindles. The aim of the lowriders is to cruise as slowly as possible, “Low and Slow” being their motto. By redesigning these cars in ways that go against their intended purposes and in painting their cars so that they reflect and hold meanings from Mexican-American culture, lowriders create cultural and political statements that go against the more prevalent Anglo culture.
KNOW THE FACTS: While a lowrider is always a lowered car, a lowered car is not always a lowrider!
A CULTURE THAT RUNS DEEP
A Look at where it all began…
Expression of Cultural identity
1958
California made it illegal to operate any car modified so that any part was lower than the bottoms of its wheel rims.
1958 saw the emergence of the Chevrolet Impala, which featured an X-shaped frame that was perfectly suited for lowering and modification with hydraulics.
1959
In 1959, a customizer named Ron Aguirre developed a way of bypassing the law with the use of hydraulic Pesco pumps and valves that allowed him to change ride height at the flick of a switch
Between 1960-1975
Customizers adapted and refined GM X-frames, hydraulics, and airbrushing techniques to create the modern lowrider style.
Cruise Night Origins
At first, lowriders were only seen in places like Los Angeles, especially in the 1970s on Whittier Boulevard when lowriding came to its peak. Whittier was a wide commercial street that cut through the barrio of the city in Los Angeles, California. On Saturday nights, young Chicanos went cruising along Whittier blvd in their lowriders.
In the 1990’s
Lowriders became strongly associated with West Coast Hip hop and G-Funk culture. They have become a cultural symbol of the times on and off the big screen.
2020
Aftermath Car Club was born. We are dedicated specifically to the preservation, restoration, modification and enjoyment of classic lowrider cars that have shaped our culture.
Aftermath car club is the streets and the streets is the aftermath car club.
Today
Today, the lowriding scene is diverse with many different participating cultures, vehicle makes, and visual styles. The lowrider culture has seen a global movement with clubs opening up across the world.
To us consistently driving your lowrider is a fundamental part of the game, it’s the very part that keeps lowriders alive and influences younger generations to be a part of that culture. When the rest of the world see’s lowriders on the streets it’s a totally different feeling then when you see them parked up at a show not moving.
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