Boulevard Aces lowrider car club does it for the hood.

Dallas/Ft. Worth-based Boulevard Aces Lowrider Car Club has a simple mantra when it comes to tricking out low-lows: If you want your whip tight, do it ya damn self. “Our members are all passionate about building lowriders; that’s something that you must have,” says club founder Ernest Garza, who rides out in a ’94 Cadillac Brougham with 14X6 reverse gangster wire wheels and custom extended skirts. “We have a network of shops and members who do different customizations.”

For his part, Garza contributes to the clubs’ line of custom early ’60s two-door Impalas, newer big-body Cadillacs and older ’50s Bombs by making car club plaques and custom steering wheels. Other members of the club handle an array of custom work, such as paint, hydraulics and interiors, that keeps this crew stuntin’ for car shows and ridin’ three-wheel motions ’til their collective asses scrape.

“We’re always going to be competitive on the street scene,” says Garza. “We have some of the cleanest lowriders in the game.”

A car aficionado’s definition of the perfect car club depends as much on the kind of people in it, as on what kind of cars that dominate its roster. Garza started the club in 2002 with the help of seven of his closest friends and built the clubs’ roster with like-minded car junkies dedicated to building lowriders that bounce and break with the best of them and helping the community.

“We participate in all the local car shows, but we are very much involved in the community,” says Garza. “We host ‘Toys for Tots’ and other fundraising activities. We are all about helping the community because this is where we live, and ride.”

Story: Maurice Bobb
Photography: Mitsy Keasler