B&C Industries

Eight years ago, Kenny opened the doors to B&C Industries in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When he did, the world was a slightly different place than today. Smoking had just been banned in California in bars and restaurants, Bill Clinton claimed, "I didn't have sexual relations with that woman," and lowriding was enjoying a time of great prosperity.

B&C was building and installing hydraulics setups, but soon stretched out to show cars and mini-trucks. Kenny can still be seen at lowrider shows hopping his '86 Olds Cutlass. He placed third in the Double-Pump Hop class at our Miami, Florida, Tour show this year. But in the last couple of years, Kenny has seen the gradual shift toward the whole big rim craze.

As Kenny explained it, "From what I saw, it was actually a couple of guys who had lowrider show cars and took out their hydros and put on big wheels that really started the big rim craze. The fact that they were show cars set the bar pretty high for everyone, with chrome undercarriages and stuff that we take for granted in lowriding." B&C is a full service shop, putting their hands on everything from hydros to air ride systems to interiors and sound systems.

While we were there, they had quite a few bumpers that they were prepping to be re-chromed, and they've started producing custom billet steering wheels and custom backing plates for wheels. But B&C really does the damn thing when it comes to suspensions and lifting cars to get 24s, 26s and 28s to fit on a car. Kenny says, "There are plenty of people who will try to tell you that you can get 26s on your car without lifting it, but you have to either cut up the car or lift it. And even cutting the fenders doesn't make it really drivable." Unlike a lot of other shops, all of the lifts that they do are reversible, so if you decide that you want to drop the car you can actually do it, unlike other shops that weld in kits.

Many of the lessons learned on lowrider suspensions have been applied to the big rim suspensions, like extending A-arms. B&C has years of experience and in the end it means a well-built suspension, one that works and is daily driven. That's something that can't be said about a lot of the fly-by-night shops that promise you that they can get a set of 24s on your car without cutting or lifting.

If you're in the south Florida or points beyond, go down and see the crew. Kenny and David handle the suspensions, Karim handles all of the wiring and stereo installs, Adam handles the body and paint, and Christopher does a little of everything. When you call, Bobbie Joe will take care of any questions and purchase inquiries that you may have. When it comes to making the big rims work on a car, B&C has the knowledge and skill to make it happen right the first time.