Many more pix here. This is part of SLAB culture in Houston:
Like most automotive hobbies, the Houston SLAB scene starts with the belief that the factory’s work needs improvement... Depreciated American luxury cars are the norm: Cadillacs, Buicks and certain Oldsmobiles are preferred. Lincolns/Panthers and Chryslers are cool too, even Jaguars and Quattroportes pull it off vis-à-vis distinctly luxurious proportions. But don’t break your budget on the ride, GM’s W-body is one of the most common platforms for good reason, as costly modifications are necessary to pay homage to the Pimp Riders while advancing the game...Discussion at the WTF subreddit, including whether such hubcaps are "street-legal."
- Massive stereos....
- Kitted out power popping trunks, slathered in custom vinyl and personalized phrases in neon/mirrors.
- Wire wheels much like the Cragar units supplied as OEM for Cadillac in 1983 and 1984, except replacing the fragile tin content with 100% steel. Texan Wire Wheels sells them as “83s” and “84s”, seemingly cornering this niche market...
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those are legal, if you are driving a chariot, in a race, in the coliseum.
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I have seen something like that on 18 wheelers - the front wheels these pointy lug nut covers that extend out past the tire. Here is one example http://www.raneystruckparts.com/lug-nut-covers/
ReplyDeleteLiving, as I now do, close to Houston, I see these fairly often. I also saw, though sadly was unable to photograph, what happens when a driver with these misjudges the distance to a concrete pillar in a parking garage.
ReplyDeleteThey are a relatively niche market in Houston's car scene, a decent slab with swangas will contain a sound system that can cause avalanches, and an unholy amount of coloured lighting. Probably a dry ice machine too.
The dry ice machine presumably to create a fog? Inside the car? Interesting because that would be liberating carbon dioxide - a potentially asphyxiating gas.
Deletei think the fog would do better outside - the car would look like it is floating on a cloud? or burning rubber while standing still?
Deletep.s. i do get your CO2 aspect. :-)
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When a vehicle's modifications seems to cost more than the blue book value of the outdated vehicle, my sons and I refer to it as a "hoopty."
ReplyDeleteI live near Houston and see this often.