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<v Speaker 1>do they create the hopping cars you see in the movies?

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<v Speaker 1>These cars are known as low riders, and they seem

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<v Speaker 1>to be most popular in southern California. A low rider

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<v Speaker 1>is any car that has modifications allowing it to ride

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<v Speaker 1>very low to the ground. The problem with a low

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<v Speaker 1>rider is that things like speed bumps and rough roads

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<v Speaker 1>can make driving difficult. To solve these problems, lowrider enthusiasts

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<v Speaker 1>install hydraulic lift kits that allow a completely adjustable height

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<v Speaker 1>for the vehicle. These kits use electric hydraulic pumps and

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<v Speaker 1>normal hydraulic cylinders to raise and lower the vehicle. It's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty involved installation and can cost several thousand dollars. So

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<v Speaker 1>the hydraulic kits solved the height problem. What happened next?

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<v Speaker 1>Was unpredictable and amazing. Someone at some point realized that

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<v Speaker 1>with enough power, the hydraulic system could make the car

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<v Speaker 1>hop low rider Hydraulic systems quickly evolved to make hopping

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<v Speaker 1>more and more interesting, until cars could eventually hop six

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<v Speaker 1>feet off the ground. Originally, there was one twelve volt

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<v Speaker 1>or twenty four volt pump driving all four wheels in Unison.

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<v Speaker 1>It's now possible to find cars that have four pumps,

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<v Speaker 1>one for each wheel, and a dozen batteries to power them.

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<v Speaker 1>Twelve batteries can create two seventy two volt systems. These

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<v Speaker 1>powerful systems or what you see in the movie. Be

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