What am I doing wrong?
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What am I doing wrong?
I just recently moved and my driveway doesn't blend in smoothly with the street. It's design is like a backsward question mark (?). That's the best description I can come up with.
I can pull into the driveway and never scrape the spoiler, but when I back out of the driveway I scrape it everytime.
Am I doing something wrong or do I just have to live with it?
Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Rock
I can pull into the driveway and never scrape the spoiler, but when I back out of the driveway I scrape it everytime.
Am I doing something wrong or do I just have to live with it?
Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Rock
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Sounds like you maybe entering at an angle and backing out straighter, pay attention to the angles your going in and out and see if this solves the problem.
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Originally Posted by Hot BluZ
Sounds like you maybe entering at an angle and backing out straighter, pay attention to the angles your going in and out and see if this solves the problem.
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I have the same problem and, yes, I scrape more backing out than driving in. I think in my case as I drive off the "lip" from the drive to the road the car settles a bit and that is what causes the scrape. Going in it bounces a bit and doesn't scrape. (I'm doing both of these very slowly, so the effect is very tiny but enough). Its done it in all 4 of my C5s and I have never had to replace the air dam, so it sounds worse than it is...
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Try going on an angle. If that doesn't work, you may just have to live with it.
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Why are you so worried about the front air dam
. you are not hurting the car 
To solve all scraping you could put a lift kit on the car
. you are not hurting the car To solve all scraping you could put a lift kit on the car
Last edited by Zilla; Jun 23, 2005 at 07:40 AM.
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If it is the black plastic air dam, don't worry about it. It is spring loaded and is designed to flex and re-center it self.
If you really can not live with it scraping like that, get some quickcrete and make it a smooth transition from the driveway to the street.
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If you really can not live with it scraping like that, get some quickcrete and make it a smooth transition from the driveway to the street.
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