AF Lowrider contest progress thread

[JBarry]

Originally Posted by sk8ter_in_ny

Whoa, Don't drop out of the comp because of what i said, That was just a statement, I didn't mean for you to take it seriously. A lowrider charger is a cool idea, Ive just never seen a 1:1 thats all, But I would like to see a model of one!.

Josh

You're right though. The Charger is not a car that anyone would turn into a lowrider. Searching the net, you get zero results not counting this thread. There is 1 Charger 'lowrider' on cardomain.com, but I can't see how that one is a lowrider. So the chances of you seeing a '69 Charger lowrider in real life, are slim or none.

You're not the only one to say something about the Charger being a lowrider either. I got a couple PMs about it not working too.

I'll hang in and build it because I'm not a quitter. I don't expect to win or even come close. No matter. I'm building her for me.

What's phucked up is a '69 Chevy can be called a lowrider if someone knocks 2" off the stance. But a '69 Charger can't be. Why? They both have 2 doors, both have fat V8s. I don't get it. Why hasn't anyone in the world built a cool 1:1 Charger lowrider?

I just wanted to have fun building something that's not common like the Impala that almost everyone's building. I'm not a lemming. I never did what everyone else did. It's a character disorder I have.

Individualism.

A word that should be found in the Lowrider's Code if there was such a thing. I thought that's what lowriders were all about.

But I don't know squat.

J. Barry

[Purpura Delujo]

Chill man, take it easy. A charger couldn't become a really good lowrider in real life because of a few reasons like it being a unibody construction, it was originally designed for going fast, it has more horsepower then style (for me anyway) and they aren't exactly the type of car you'd expect to see roll down a street and pop a high 3 wheel, mainly because they can't.
Impalas aren't the only cars that are lowriders, there are thousands of other types of cars you can make into a lowrider, why don't you make that Mustang kit? It's more a euro style then any other style of Lowrider but if people are entering models that are close enough to being, well anything you can make whatever you want for it, no one said that you can't do the Charger, just said it isn't exactly a lowrider no matter what you put on it, Chargers are pure bred Musclecars.
If it is all you have at the moment, and it is what you want to do then do it, build a 69 dodge charger lowrider, it's only a model and this contest doesn't seem to be all about proper lowriders.

[JBarry]

I'm not upset bro. Thanks for your explaination. It helps me to understand the 'why not'.

I'm going to build the Mustang kit sooner or later but I think it's too late for this contest. But that's cool. I'm not worried about it.

J. Barry

[86_SR5]

Purpura, I completely agree with you about the charger. But lowriders just don't hop, dance, and three wheel. Aren't bagged pickups and the like, lowriders? you can't exactly pop a three wheel on bags? but it looks cool when you slam the ass down, and leave the front up.

Barry. There's no limit to what's a low-rider.
In My Dictionary:
Low-Rider: Any automotive vehicle that has been modified to lower and/or raise it's center of gravity.

Like, heh, I have an 1/24 peterbuilt big rig laying in a box, I can make that a low-rider, right? I mean, can you imagine a 99' peterbuilt with a turbo caterpillar roll down your street with wicked paint, airbrushed graphix, and all of a sudden you hear "WUSH!" and the truck's frame rails are a few centimeters from the ground? That would technically be a low-rider, and, god knows, ain't no way on this earth a peterbuilt like that, at that weight, would hop off the ground, or pull a three wheel Have fun with your models dude. Build it for yourself, like tonio said. Who cares what everyone else thinks, as long as you like it, that's all that matters dude.

[1ofaknd]

a lot of ppl in the lowriding community have a strong opinion against bagged rides being called "lowriders". I'd like to think of them more as LowRods. A lowrider isn't defined by a certain car, or a certain paint...it's a style of customization...and when you put all of those things together in the right combination, only then do you end up with a lowrider...

for instance, you could have 13" knockoff wires on whitewalls, but that alone doesn't make it a lowrider. Candy paint doesn't make it a lowrider. Murals don't make it a lowrider. Hydraulics don't always mean it's a lowrider. Its a combination of everything that makes the lowrider style.

anyways, here's some progress of my entry(70 impala) i started the paint...






PICS ARE FIXED!

btw, i took two pics of the hood, one with the flash and one without, so you all can see the flakes

[tonioseven]

This ain't the lowrider community; it's a model car forum. If JBarry wants to build a Charger into a lowrider, then let him! Who are we to bash anyone else's project ideas? It's only plastic, have fun with it!! This is exactly the type of closed-minded bullshit that I knew would happen !!!
Please read the rules V-E-R-Y C-A-R-E-F-U-L-L-Y!!! They were written so even my 8 year old son could understand them

[slk320]

hahah way to lay down the law man... I think I am just going to switch to a Honda CRV lowrider

[pre98zetec]

Originally Posted by tonioseven

This ain't the lowrider community; it's a model car forum. If JBarry wants to build a Charger into a lowrider, then let him! Who are we to bash anyone else's project ideas? It's only plastic, have fun with it!! This is exactly the type of closed-minded bullshit that I knew would happen !!!
Please read the rules V-E-R-Y C-A-R-E-F-U-L-L-Y!!! They were written so even my 8 year old son could understand them

LMAO I agree with you 100% Tonio, I was not trying to discourage him from building it, I was just making a friendly comment that I've never seen a 1:1 charger

Josh

[vwman]

Originally Posted by tonioseven

This ain't the lowrider community; it's a model car forum. If JBarry wants to build a Charger into a lowrider, then let him! Who are we to bash anyone else's project ideas? It's only plastic, have fun with it!! This is exactly the type of closed-minded bullshit that I knew would happen !!!
Please read the rules V-E-R-Y C-A-R-E-F-U-L-L-Y!!! They were written so even my 8 year old son could understand them

Amen

[Purpura Delujo]

I'm not saying anything bad about this Antonio, you stated it was a lowrider contest and because I spend my life around them and the lifestyle it just gets to me to see people think a car on 20" chrome rims is a lowrider, I can't help but get edgy about that because I hate cars on big rims, and I hate that people think they are lowriders.

86_sr5 - It's understandable that you would think a pickup with airbags is a lowrider are you're right about it technically being a lowrider but it is classed as a minitruck, there are alot of classes for different styles of lowriders. I have to say a Peterbuilt with hydros would be just like the Charger, can be a lowrider but it actually isn't.
There's too many different styles of lowrider cars, and most are either in alot of styles or knwon by different things, like minitrucks.
I'll make my own lowrider contest later on this year, with people from AF and from Lay ii Low, but I will be starting it from Lay it low because the model people on there actually understand lowriders alot more.

[jdmhotrod]

ahhh so we must be retarded we dont understand lowriders.(j/k). i belive antonio already said anything goes, and in my opinion anything can be a lowrider. if you think we are so dumb then take a hike.

Robert.

[lowcrome]

Originally Posted by jdmhotrod

ahhh so we must be retarded :greddy2: we dont understand lowriders.(j/k). i belive antonio already said anything goes, and in my opinion anything can be a lowrider. if you think we are so dumb then take a hike.

Robert.

homie just sayin that LAYITLOW is a lowrider site

AF is about 90% imports

over at LAYITLOW we specialize in lowlows

[lowcrome]

Originally Posted by 1ofaknd

a lot of ppl in the lowriding community have a strong opinion against bagged rides being called "lowriders". I'd like to think of them more as LowRods. A lowrider isn't defined by a certain car, or a certain paint...it's a style of customization...and when you put all of those things together in the right combination, only then do you end up with a lowrider...

for instance, you could have 13" knockoff wires on whitewalls, but that alone doesn't make it a lowrider. Candy paint doesn't make it a lowrider. Murals don't make it a lowrider. Hydraulics don't always mean it's a lowrider. Its a combination of everything that makes the lowrider style.

anyways, here's some progress of my entry(70 impala) i started the paint...






There's only that one spot on the roof that i need to fix...

ok, imagestation is being stubborn, so you might see these pics, and you might not.

hey what kolor is that thing man????

and how da heck do ya get paint jobs like that?????

[tonioseven]

I'll trust my own 34 year old and life experience on my own judgement of a "lowrider". People tend to get trapped in a certain mindset and that limits creativity. If you don't approve, then please don't let it interfere with somebody else's creativity. There's is no "set" group of rules that people should follow in a free world these are just pieces of freakin' plastic! Again I'll say it: IT'S ALL ABOUT FUN!!!

[1ofaknd]

hey lowchrome, that's a tamiya dark blue with some extra flakey flavor And it doesn't even have any clear coat yet!! :0