Loud stereo music mixes with the sound of car engines in an out-of-the-way garage in Kent. In the corner of the garage is a small shrine with a statue of Nang Kwak, the Thai spirit of good fortune, sitting next to a bowl of incense and two photos of Eazy Duz It club members.
For fifteen years, the Eazy Duz It Lowrider car club has been cultivating its own culture in Washington. Founded initially by Khmer immigrants, the club has since grown into a community of artists and car enthusiasts, each with their own unique identity and culture.
It’s been a long, sometimes difficult, often uncertain process, but one that club founder Keo Sanh says has been more than worth it…