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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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I took off the side molding and lowered it to max on stock bolts.

The quality of the pictures aren't equal. The before pic was taken on my real camera, and the after was taken on my eyephone's crappy camera. The time in the before was around 2pm, and the after was about 8pm.

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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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Different car now. Looks great...
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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Looks good
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 05:43 PM
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Much better.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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Much better without the side molding.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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Nice!
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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Much Better!!
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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Looks nice but how do you manage to drive it around like that without scraping the bottom when entering drive ways and parking lots? I would love to do something like that but the roads around here would destroy my car in no time.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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Looks good

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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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:-\ I think the first one looks better imo.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:05 PM
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Now that's what your looking for
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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good job
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Cybermind
Looks nice but how do you manage to drive it around like that without scraping the bottom when entering drive ways and parking lots? I would love to do something like that but the roads around here would destroy my car in no time.

Honestly its not that much worse with it lowered. I scrape the front air dampener a little more than I used to. But like someone else posted before me "I find that it's self trimming" =P

Just avoid speed bumps, and hit slopes at angles.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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After seeing yours, mine will soon be history.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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Just what the car needed.....
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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Much better, side molding on a vette should be punishable by death.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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Looks great!!
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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Looks good I agree. But there is no way I could lower mine like that. I cross two speed bumps on my way into work and a tank trap on the way out from work. I could never get away without high centering on the tank trap.

I like the analogy about the self trimming front spoiler. First time I have heard that one.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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I like BSMs on coupes, but to each his own
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