Loosely related to Low Riders, Slabs are an evolution of car culture from the ‘70s, and typically capture American luxury cars with bright candy-colored paint jobs, a slammed ride height, and ...

L.A. Barrow, of Houma, La., polishes his Black Cherry 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS at the Houston SLAB Holiday at 8th Wonder Brewery on Sunday, June 23, 2019, in Houston.

Question: Terrence Ecko asks, “Are swangas, rims with spikes poking out, ... So if you got some extreme “swanga” action going on your candy-painted slab, it’s most likely illegal.

Swangas, the signature extended rims popular in Houston’s slab culture, are easy to spot but tricky to explain if you’re not from here. By Jhair Romero , Staff Writer March 4, 2025 ...

Usually, the cars used to make Slabs are cheaper, older American models, decked out in candy paint, fitted with the best and loudest audio systems, and proudly displaying wire wheels, aka Swangas.

What’s better than one whip with Swangas? Two whips with Swangas. Houstonian Eric Harrison, whose "Cyberslab" went viral on ...

This author has loved hip-hop music since the tender age of 3, when Digital Underground’s “ The Humpty Dance” caught my attention.I didn’t really understand the lyric “I once got busy in ...

Slabs, Donks, and Swangas: An African-American Car Club Seeks a Home in a Changing Austin Spending Texas Relays weekend with the Hands Full of Cash car club. A slab at Capital Plaza, on April 6, 2019.

We're talking Swangas, 30-spoke wire wheel extensions that look like something James Bond would have on his custom Aston Martin. ... Houston Slab Culture wire 'swangas' wheels spotted in Portland.