Rolling in a luxury lowrider like this '94 Cadillac Fleetwood from Pueblo, Colorado, may look like nothing but good times, but there's often another side to the story. Seeing a luxury low rolling slow on the streets is an inspiring sight to many of us, but if you talk to the owner you can bet that he had to roll with the punches to overcome an obstacle or two in order to get that beauty on the boulevard.
Case in point, Cipriano ("Cipie") and Dominique ("Niqua") Romero's '94 Fleetwood, flying the Uce Car Club plaque in Colorado. Cipie works for the Colorado Department of Corrections, but he's also an accomplished automotive paint and body man, as well as a veteran cruiser. "I've been into lowriding since I was little through uncles, cousins and my dad," says the long-time lowrider...So what did Cipie do?
Did he throw his hands up in the air, sell the Cadillac and buy a Honda
Civic? Hell, no. Instead, he recognized the setback as an opportunity
to remake his custom Cadillac (called "Hate It Or Love It") better than
ever. "I completely rebuilt the car in two weeks," he tells us,
"including adding the sliding ragtop, new rims, full interior and
orange paint."
Body/Paint: Working at Kandy
Creations in Pueblo, Cipie capably handled his own body work (including
the sliding ragtop) and applied SEM candy orange paint with gold
patterns and pinstriping.
Interior: Angel's Custom Upholstery in Alamosa, Colorado, did a heavenly job on the orange and white crushed velour comfort zone.
Sound System: An Alpine flip-face head unit plays through a 500-watt Kenwood amp and 10-inch Kenwood subwoofers.
Setup: Cipie equipped his Caddy
with a hard-lined two-pump Hi-Low Hydraulics setup that features chrome
blocks, 8-inch (front) and 10-inch (rear) cylinders, 2-ton springs all
around, two switches and four batteries. He also extended the A-arms 1
inch for better structural integrity.
Tires: P155/80-R13 wide whitewalls
Wheels: 13x7 OG wires with orange dish and hub with white spokes
[SOURCE: www.lowridermagazine.com READ THE FULL ARTICLE]
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