Poll: Lowered or Not?
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Dallas Texas
St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'09-'10
Tried it and went back to near stock height. Pure PITA worrying about every little bump and hump in the road. Damn near tore off the air dam. (maybe that why it's called a dam. 
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From: St Marys GA
Originally Posted by blacksedan87
You guys that haven't lowered complain that the car is so low that it scrapes - what scrapes, the front rubber air dam? It's meant to scrape! The center piece is spring mounted on a hinge. The side pieces are about $12 to replace each, the center is about $60. In my mind - they're disposal, when they wear out, I'll replace them (I have...)
DBD
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Not lowered, but some day I just may do it.
Drifting
Joined: Oct 1999
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From: Near Philly PA
Originally Posted by dunbindun(tov)If you are not racing, what is the [B
functional[/B] reward of lowering?
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From: ================== Houston, Texas www.englandgreen.com ================== Necessary Evil™ __________
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14
Originally Posted by blacksedan87
EG talks about how you have to drive the car like a sportscar not an SUV. I take driveways and ramps at an angle, speedbumps at an angle and slow. I don't think that's a big deal - when I drive my DD SUV, I take bumps and driveways slow too (easier on the alignment, etc.).
Wow! Someone actually reads the drivel I type?
Just kidding
I drive my beater the same as my vette - taking humps, driveways, transitions slowly. Bought the beater brand new in 2000 and now some 162,000 miles later on the beater with the original shocks and no suspension damage.Beater still drives like new after 6 years.
My point is - treat your car with some respect and you can lower it as much as you want.
EG
Last edited by EG@EnglandGreen; Feb 16, 2006 at 04:50 PM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Winchester TN
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'11
Hi JMc -
I have lowered both of my cars, and all of my friends who would allow it (almost all of them )
best regards -
mqqn
I have lowered both of my cars, and all of my friends who would allow it (almost all of them )
best regards -
mqqn
