Theme Tuesday: Hydraulics, No Wires

Dec 20, 2011

Last week in jest I made the following comment when posting that clean Fiesta:

“when was the last time you saw a car with hydraulic suspension that didn’t have wires?”

After reading that a few people on the fan page urged me to look a little harder into the land of hydraulic (or Hydropneumatic) suspension to broaden my horizons. So I did.

While I had guessed a few people outside of the traditional lowrider community were dabbling in the land of juice I was surprised to see how widespread the use of hydraulics is over a variety of platforms.

I honestly had no idea that in some causes hydraulics are simply the best alternative for people looking to go low when they have a platform that is not so mainstream.

Cars

No Impalas, Caddys, or Lincolns here just cars you might not expect to be juiced…

adam — Neither coils or bags got Adams Saturn this low

hydroholics_saturn_trunk — So he threw this in the trunk (old pic and the car is currently undergoing a makeover)

hydroholics_saturn_lift — One of the craziest things about hydraulics is the obscene amount of lift...

hydroholics_punto1 — Juiced Punto... very Euro

hydroholics_punto2 — Hydro setup in the spare tire well

hydroholics_fiesta_down — Look another Fiesta

hydroholics_fiest_all_up — Lift again...

hydroholics_cl_2 — Very intricate hardline setup

hydroholics_gs1 — GS made to tuck tons of wheel

hydroholics_gs2 — Where there is a will there is a way

hydroholics_300zx2 — This ZX apparently on hydraulics...

hydroholics_300zx1 — Couldn't find any pictures of the setup though...

hydroholics_ka92 — Showed this to guest blogger Josh and I think he cried a bit

hydroholics_ka91 — Perhaps I should have showed him this one first

hydroholics_benzdrop — One of several MB's I found juiced on VIP Style Cars

hydroholics_benzdrop2 — As low as you want it

hydroholics_benzdrop3 — but if you want to slap 24s on it for a rap video shoot you have the ability

hydroholics_ucf10 — Wish I was able to find better pics of this one

hydrohoilcs_elpres — A vet amongst the VIP community

hydroholics_w140_s5002 — This car has LEDS in the wheel wells... neat effect, works well in this shot

hydroholics_w140_s5001 — Same car at ride height

hydroholics_benz_1 — This Wald kitted Benz (and its owner) were in literally every thread I checked on the subject

hydroholics_benz_2 — I think he has ties with Hydroholics one of the people really turning the game on its head

Trucks

There are lots of trucks on ‘dros but I decided to limit myself to these two unique applications

hydroholics_1_mighty_max — Mitsubishi Might Max... another Hydroholics ride

hydroholics_1_mighty_max2 — Super clean bed setup

hydroholics_armada_1 — This Armada (again Hydroholics) looked mighty familiar

The suspension makes a hair more sense now

It turns out that a properly built hydraulic setup can ride just as good as an air ride setup thanks to accumulators which allow the ride quality to be adjusted an infinite amount of ways.

The more you know.

This thread is a good read on the subject if you are interested.

Props to Adam and Jared for pushing me to look a little more into this.

Here is a video of the Wald Benz:

10 COMMENTS

Neil Dec 20, 2011 At 3:55 pm

That jag is perfect.

go kart tyre fitment oliver Dec 20, 2011 At 4:30 pm

i quite like that little punto

Jay Chang Dec 20, 2011 At 5:39 pm

Tubbed GS?! What is this i dont even…

rob d. Dec 20, 2011 At 8:40 pm

i think last i checked, that Wald Mercedes is for sale.

- DaveT Dec 20, 2011 At 10:52 pm
  
  Rob you might be right, I know he got a new car.
  
Harry j Allstar Dec 21, 2011 At 9:05 am

The tubbed GS… tell me that’s just trial welds and patches? Frightening!!!

DaveT Dec 21, 2011 At 9:12 am

I would assume just trials but I never saw the tub finished.

http://vipstylecars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12518

Schnitz Dec 21, 2011 At 12:56 pm

Awesome! I’ve always wanted to juice the Lexus (for the love of lowriders) but I don’t know any reputable installers in my area.
The amount of travel is amazing and with accumulators you can tune the ride nicely.

Blackout Dec 22, 2011 At 2:29 am

Still waiting on a turbo dodge theme. It’s like those cars can’t get any love.

Scott S. Dec 22, 2011 At 1:37 pm

those tubs look like poo. hopefully they were fixed.