Street
hydros
What does hydros mean?
The hydraulic suspension setup on a lowrider — pumps, cylinders, dump valves, bank of batteries in the trunk. Lets you raise, drop, lean and hop the car off the switches. Pioneered in LA in the late 50s when Ron Aguirre put aircraft hydraulics in his '57 Corvette to clear ride-height laws.
"He saved up two years for the hydros, then blew it all on chrome instead."
Origin
Lowrider scene, LA, late 1950s — Ron Aguirre's X-Sonic is credited as the first.
Frequently asked questions
What are hydros on a car?
Hydros is short for the hydraulic suspension system fitted to a lowrider.
How do you use hydros in a sentence?
You might say 'He hit the switches and the hydros made the front end bounce'.
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