Street car with lowest ride height

**ianoconnor** · 04-01-2009, 10:26 PM

I've seen that car or one similar driving around Ames. Pretty impractical, but kinda cool!

**HOTDON** · 04-01-2009, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by Cutlass

Personally I'd leave the Cadillac just like it is. The surface rust gives it an interesting patina that I think works for it.

Haha, patina. You pedantic nerd.

That is a slab in the making if I've ever seen one.

**wesley_w** · 04-02-2009, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by kingcy

Were you on a stake out?

I sometimes do surveillance work for the Ames Police Dept but this was on my own!!

**Stewo** · 04-02-2009, 12:06 PM

Not my cup-o-tea.

**djcubby** · 04-02-2009, 12:12 PM

Put an air dam on the front of that thing and he could make some extra cash plowing snow!

I can't imagine that thing driving around the streets of Ames grinding the frame rails on every bump.

That being said, would be a sweet show car with a few grand invested.

**MidwestZest** · 04-02-2009, 06:26 PM

Just since I saw this today and we've got an 'odd car' thread going here..... I posted this all on my facebook this evening

This was in the parking lot at work today. At first glance, kinda cool. Until (DUH) it hits you that someone just pimped out a Volkswagen Beetle like it was a honda civic. An oversized racing spoiler? REALLY? Mirror tinted windows? Low-profile tires and rims (which further highlights the uselessness of the racing spoiler....)?

Sigh. Herbie would be ashamed of this sell-out beetle. The (my father didn't) Love (me enough) Bug is more like it.

**cstrunk** · 04-02-2009, 06:48 PM

Who has seen the white mid-90's Chevy (Caprice?) that's rollin' on about 26" rims and low-profile tires... usually hittin' the bass pretty hard?

Waste of money, IMO.

**MidwestZest** · 04-03-2009, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by cstrunk

Who has seen the white mid-90's Chevy (Caprice?) that's rollin' on about 26" rims and low-profile tires... usually hittin' the bass pretty hard?

Waste of money, IMO.

In ames? I know there used to be a vehicle like this that lived by me on Tripp Street. I thought it was older than mid 90s though. It was very similar, but also had lamborghini-style, vertical opening doors. WASTE of money.

**Piggypen6** · 04-03-2009, 03:42 PM

There is alot of work done underneath that you cannot see to make a car do that. I had a ranger at one point that could sit that low. Took tons of work to make it happen. I had to notch the frame and change the entire rear suspension setup just to make it happen. I enjoyed the work though. Can't imagine what it took to get a caddy that low though.