My driveway slopes up from the curb and I have to hit it just right (at an angle) to avoid scraping. Are the side frame rails and the front little wheels worth it?

Any suggestions on best value or past solutions is much appreciated.

Thanks.

 

I am waiting for my "fat daddy" wheels to come....I'll let you know if they solve that problem for me .

 

Yes, great investment.

 

isn't it just the orginial equipment front spoiler that is dragging? It's spring loaded, so no big deal, I also drive up my driveway and down on an angle, it always drags...you'll get used to it.

 

It is the front spoiler but also the side rails. I figured I would do both.

The Fat Daddy ones do like a good possiblity. Website has them plus the side rails. Price does not seem to bad.

 

You have to check and see what is hitting before you can say the Fat Daddy wheels will do the job. I installed the Fat Daddy about 6 months ago and on my driveway they might as well not be there. When I back out the spoiler center section drags first and then at the last few inches the wheel of the vehicle drop off very rapidly and the bars from the radiator cage bounce off the top of the curb and the front face drags on the way down the curbing. I'm absolutely embarrassed to death if there are any neighbors around when I back out. The stares as the car scrapes its way out into the road make me want to crawl under the dash so I can't be seen. The Fat Daddy's don't have a mark on the wheels but the bars of the radiator cage are scarred up deeply and badly all along the front edge. I'm waiting for CCA to get their Frame Rails back in stock. They should take the brunt of the beating on my car and when they wear through they will be easier to replace than the whole cage, though they won't help with the stares. All of this and the car is stock height.

Have someone back your car out or drive it in slowly and you watch to see what is hitting. Then decide if the Fat Daddy's will help. The wheels hang down about 3/8" below the bottom of the radiator cage bars.

 

Try laying a piece of 2 X 4 lumber in the gutter...works for me. if you cut it about 3 feet long and use several so it won't warp.
mrgil

 

The fatt daddys and momas do help, Buy you still scrape the air dam.

 

I am going to install mine soon!

 

they sure wont hurt its not a bad investment

 

 

I had a driveway like that. I went to Andy's and had the frame savers and small wheels installed. It still hit, but now it was his stuff and not the body / frame.

Then my wife surprised me and had the driveway fixed. End of problem.

Jay

 

It's all about the angle. (lowered cars scrape!)

 

If you want to avoid going in at an angle everytime you go in and out of your driveway I saw something pretty neat from Griot's Garage. It's a long "driveway curb bridge" cost is $99.00 to $299.00. Made out of recycled tires. Weights in at 120 to 170lbs and bolts together.

 

I would get them if I were you

 

Just installed my little wheelies, got them from Chip. Have not tried them out yet it has been raining.

 

I realize that 98% of the scraping in and out of driveway is the spoiler....but there are scrapes on the metal too so that is why I am installing the "Fat Daddy"

 

My Z is lowered all the way on stock bolts. I have the fatt daddys on there and I cut about 1 inch off the bottom of the scraper. It just barely scrapes my driveway now. No difference in cooling either before someone posts about not cutting it. After dropping it down, and cutting the scraper, it ends up about the same distance from the ground.

 

I put the Fatts on and it helps, but sometimes it still scrapes the black damn underthere. But honestly, that doesn't matter. Do you pull in straight or at an angle? If you pull in at an angle there is still a chance of the corner of the nose hitting before the Fatts contact. It's all about the angles...