Inside Oklahoma City's Lowriding Scene

Lowriders are far more than just a hobby. Culture, Art, Family, and Community come together for these rolling sculptures. In Oklahoma City's southside, lowriders are a colorful thread that unmistakably weaves through the tight-nit Hispanic community and beyond.
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Join OETA's Emmy-Winning Gallery America team as we "hit the switches" with some of the people that make the Oklahoma City Lowrider Community what it is.

[@Daniel-bh4px]

Niceeee I am from SoCal and pretty awesome to see this in OKC.

[@galleryamerica9080]

agreed!

[@jalarcon166]

Southside Okc from S.Shields maybe Eastern. to S.May or S.Portland. then Reno down to S.W. 70th or the I -240 HW

[@mrkilo-g8794]

You're absolutely correct💯

[@chavaconstantino3017]

Oklahoma city in the house

[@dannypalmer7701]

Very cool

[@dannypalmer7701]

Im a mechanic from Stecker oklahoma!

[@luciogomez9025]

SINGER,CYPRESS HILL,SINGER LOWRIDER SERGIO REYES AND I LUCIO GOMEZ WERE NEIGHBORS IN SOUTH GATE ON CYPRESS STREET BETWEEN INDEPENDENCE AND FIRESTONE BACK IN 1986-89 AM IN THE CLASSIC LOWRIDERS BRAKING SYSTEMS.. DISC BRAKE & POWER STEERING CHANGE OVERS IN OC ABS POWER BRAKE

[@SheilaStarr-yy1eq]

Beautiful 💙💙💙PURO oklaz 405

[@mzkreativitymyers2072]

Any events coming up in OKC?

[@chrishouse8609]

Where yall meet at I got a 10 yr old son who is into low riders

[@TheStreetFoolosopherMr187]

Try checKing out Wiley Post Park on the weekends

[@laurisj1226]

Are you guys on Instagram I’m in Tulsa ok and my brothers lives in California we grew up around low riders and would love to go to a low rider car show

[@galleryamerica9080]

We are on instagram at @OETAgallery, if you'd like to learn more about the oklahoma lowriding scene you can go to the facebook groups Oklahoma Lowriders and Oklahoma Lowriding. There are shows throughout the year!

[@bnk9575]

1:59 did I hear well??

[@galleryamerica9080]

what did you hear?

[@CHaKaTaN]

@@galleryamerica9080 gang bang

[@galleryamerica9080]

@@CHaKaTaN Yes, regarding gang activity. A lot of people we spoke to for this story discussed the sometimes negative impression people have of lowriding outside the community -- Yesi was saying how it isn't related to gang activity as some might think. Thanks for watching!