rks959

Hello,Hope everyone is doing good.I just purchased a new home and my vette keeps scraping the driveway when pulling in or out.It only scrapes at the very beginning where the road and driveway meet.I feel quite sure someone else has had the same problem and has come up with an inexpensive solution.Neighborhood by-laws do not permit me to pour cement to correct problem. Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank You,Karey

pewter99

nothing to worry about....the plastic pieces are cheap wear items

Phanni

It's likely you're scraping the front air dam. The air dam is actually designed to fold back a bit when you scrape it. Just go slow and you won't hurt anything, unless you're hitting hard enough to scrape the unit the air dam is attached to (lower readiatior support). There are several peoople here that make add on that protect the rad support..

First crawl under the front of your car, notice the balck three piece rubber unit under the front bumper cover, that is the air dam, it will likely have some scaping marks on it. push it (center section) straight back, notice how it's mounted on hinges...

jrose7004

That air dam is self leveling so no problem.

MSG C5

My driver's side rubber air dam scrapes everytime I back out of my driveway due to the raised curb and the direction I usually drive. Even on an angle.

As a result, I notice that that section usually wears faster than the other two sections. That's why it's nice that you can purchase just corner sections if necessary.

DDaaryl

Hit the bump one wheel at a time at an angle and you may avoid the scrape

knewblewkorvette

We have the same problem, both my C5's scrapes the driveway even when I enter at an angle. I know it's just the air dam scraping but my neighbor's look at me like I'm the worst Corvette owner when she is scraping as the sounds is really loud.
I will suggest you get the wheels or covers put on your front frame saver though.

Ashc2025

Florida roads are the same way, I'm assuming because of all the drain off they need. Every singe parking lot and drive way entrance rivals the grand canyon. Congrats on your move!

Vetteman Jack

You can try coming into the drive at an angle, or you could look into some of the rubber pieces that are placed at the beginning of the curb entrance into your drive and reduce the sharp incline. I've seen them mentioned here but I don't recall just who a vendor would be. They are not permanent additions and still allow water to flow down the street.

donald4972

http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/...curb+bridge.do

Look into this, driveway bridge. Looks good, but I'd like to hear from some members who have used it. Not sure about zoning law problems.

Thinking of getting one myself later this year.

tomikem

Cut a piece of plywood 1" wide x your wheelbase and use as a transition strip between the driveway and the road.

Sonny71

Try coming in at an angle,it will help somewhat. I put short (2 foot) pieces of 2x6 in front of my driveway, that will help also.

JimZRyd

I've got the "Bridjit" curb ramp and it works great. Still scrape slightly when exiting my drive and it's removable so there shouldn't be any zoning issues. Downside is its not cheap and even though it's heavy it still tends to slide a foot or so every other week because of rain and leaves that get stuck underneath.

Jim

MSG C5

I love the idea, however my HOA would slap "A strongly worded letter" on my door in matter of seconds if I installed one of those. Especially the plywood solution!

JimZRyd

I've lost count of the number of people who have stopped by just to ask me where I got it from. Many have commented whenever they drive up into my driveway how smooth the transition from the street is now.

MSG C5

I like it! However if I installed it, some nosy HOA neighbor would file a complaint claiming that it was prevented proper water drainage, blah, blah, blah...

Now the plywood idea? I don't think a piece of wet, dirty plywood sitting at the end of a driveway looks good anywhere.

VETJAZZ

I have the same problem. Mine only scrapes when backing out. As others have recommended, hit the curb with your front wheels at the greatest angle possible. When I do, no scraping.

MG RED 99

Just place the plywood there when going in and out of the driveway, and keep it stored in the garage. It may be a pain to put it out there everytime you take out the vette but the alternative is to scrape. With HOA's you don't have much choice.

MSG C5

I doubt I could make that commitment.

1.) Take plywood out of garage and lay it at the end of the driveway.
2.) Back Corvette out of garage and onto the street.
3.) Park the Corvette and pick up the plywood and move it back into the garage.
4.) Repeat

Not saying it's a bad idea, I just know how lazy I am and usually in a hurry.

Mine only scrapes on the one corner side when backing out and it doesn't scrape when I pull in so I think I will just continue to replace the rubber every few years.

tomikem

Please note it was a ONE INCH WIDE piece of plywood, substitute plexi-glass, aluminium plate, checker plate, use your imagination.