Modification archives | When a group of Russians played Lowrider

Russia, a country that does not have much focus on the development of automobile culture. Although this country has always had its own advantages in terms of heavy commercial and military vehicles, there are few models that can be found in the field of civilian vehicles that the general public can reach. However, this does not mean that Russian car fans will sink. For example, the American Lowrider modification organization from Russia that we are going to introduce today is worth talking about.

Lowrider This car modification culture actually originated from the West Coast of the United States in the 1950s. At that time, the government's vehicle management agency required that the car chassis must be higher than the wheels, and many of the old vehicles used by Mexican immigrants were in disrepair, many of which could not meet this requirement. As a result, the smart car maintenance industry has developed a suspension system that can be raised and lowered for such old vehicles that are affected by regulations to avoid vehicle penalties for violation of regulations.

With the development and progress of technology, this kind of suspension system that can raise and lower the chassis height has gradually become a popular modification project in the modification field. Or lower the body, or even some extreme modified car owners, through the external control mechanism and more solid suspension components, etc., developed a pneumatic suspension system that can instantly raise or lower the height. Suspension travel changes in an instant, which will cause the vehicle to have an effect similar to "jumping", and this effect is similar to our dancing action. Thanks to West Coast hip-hop singers' pursuit of this style of modification, the use of non-load-bearing structure vehicles as the basis, the trend of modifying "jumping cars" has become particularly popular for a period of time. On New Year's Eve of 2019, a "jumping car" that completed the basic work of the "jumping car" modification in the United States, using the red flag car body, once logged in to the Changchun FAW branch venue of the Spring Festival gala and performed.

Remember, because the body of the non-load-bearing structure is not stressed, only the chassis is stressed, so the most basic element of the modification "jumping" is to avoid the load-bearing type Body models, because this structure can hardly carry the impact of the vehicle jumping.

Back to Russia, this car club called BoyareCar Club, their vehicles can definitely be called a relatively special category of many Lowrider style cars, because Here, we can't see any of the widely used Lowrider modified models that we are familiar with, such as the cars produced by Cadillac and Chevrolet in the 1960s and 1980s. Since the establishment of this club in 2012, members have been required to use their own vehicles for modification. In other words, only the owners of Russian-owned vehicles can join the club.

In the photo are several Volga cars that we Chinese are relatively familiar with. For Russians, choosing their own brand vehicles for modification, in addition to having patriotism, the Lowrider modification style is relatively "expensive." In order to achieve a low-profile effect, a large number of unrecoverable modifications to the chassis and suspension system are indispensable, and choosing an old American car is a big problem for Russian car owners in terms of the acquisition and cost of spare parts. Therefore, Russia’s own-brand models have easy access to spare parts and low cost, which is undoubtedly a good embryo for modification.

This club had only the Volga 24 early model, but as the number of members increased, it was based on the Volga 24 model. , The follow-up development of Volga 3102 and other models also gradually began to appear in the club’s owner gatherings. When many Lowrider models based on Volga cars are parked together, the aura is indeed very strong. Due to the high cost of playing pneumatic shock absorbers in Russia,Therefore, some players with limited budgets will adopt the modification method of removing a few coils of the front shock absorber and removing a few pieces of the rear leaf spring. Although this cannot be called a Lowrider in the strict sense, the posture is indeed a model. Yes.

In addition to shock absorbers, street culture such as tattoos and graffiti cannot be missing from the Lowrider. The shiny patterns on these cars are all From the hands of Russian artist Vladimir Kovalev, because he is also a car enthusiast, he will often appear in club activities. To be honest, I believe that after reading these photos, you will never say that the fighting nations are all tough guys.

Because there are many club members, most of them choose to have gatherings in the suburbs on weekends, and they rely on their cars to communicate and change their cars. , I went home and clinked vodka glasses and chatted all night. This may be the philosophy of Russians playing Lowrider.