How do you not scrape?
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Le Mans Master
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From: Mo.
How do you not scrape?
How do you guy's that are lowered not scrape on everything on the road.I can't even get out of my drive way without scraping.
I want to lower the car but i'm scared, any suggestions?
I want to lower the car but i'm scared, any suggestions?
Former Vendor
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Port Huron MI
Yep. Lower it, get some fattdaddy rollers, and trim your air dam up and it's not so bad!
I'm assuming you mainly scrape your air dam which isn't anything to worry about, hell it was designed so it could take that made out of flimsy rubber/plastic and on hinges in the center. Save your lower radiator frame with the rollers and trim ~1" off the air dam and you'll be fine. 1" off my air dam has ZERO cooling effects and sits just a hair over the rollers so therefore the air dam NEVER scrapes. If I ever hit anything it is the rollers on steep inclines/declines however I am lowered nearly 3" on coilovers.
Hope this helps!
I'm assuming you mainly scrape your air dam which isn't anything to worry about, hell it was designed so it could take that made out of flimsy rubber/plastic and on hinges in the center. Save your lower radiator frame with the rollers and trim ~1" off the air dam and you'll be fine. 1" off my air dam has ZERO cooling effects and sits just a hair over the rollers so therefore the air dam NEVER scrapes. If I ever hit anything it is the rollers on steep inclines/declines however I am lowered nearly 3" on coilovers.
Hope this helps!
Lepus-temperamentalus
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Roswell Ga
You need to remember that the front rubber air dams are both easily replaceable and moderately inexpensive. If that's ALL that's scraping, then you don't have much of a problem. It's when other stuff starts scraping that you need to be concerned. I'm all the way down on stock bolts and that's as far as I'm going to go. Other than the front rubber air dams, I don't scrape.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Highlands Ranch CO
on my car the only thing that scrapes is the lower airdamn thing, but that is hinged and designed to be scraped, i have hit those bars once, but since then i use sharp approach angles if im not confident.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Broward County Florida
Get rocker/rail-savers, rollers, and you'll be fine. Who cares if stuff under the car gets a little scuffed up? As long as you're not denting oil pans and screwing stuff up you'll be fine.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 1999
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From: Vancouver BC
I scrape all over the place...some people turn around and think my transmission must be grinding 
Even on uneven streets, the front lower flexible part of the bumper seems to scrape all the time...well, it'll wear itself down eventually. Indy
Even on uneven streets, the front lower flexible part of the bumper seems to scrape all the time...well, it'll wear itself down eventually. Indy
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scrape enough now.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Mo.
Yep. Lower it, get some fattdaddy rollers, and trim your air dam up and it's not so bad!
I'm assuming you mainly scrape your air dam which isn't anything to worry about, hell it was designed so it could take that made out of flimsy rubber/plastic and on hinges in the center. Save your lower radiator frame with the rollers and trim ~1" off the air dam and you'll be fine. 1" off my air dam has ZERO cooling effects and sits just a hair over the rollers so therefore the air dam NEVER scrapes. If I ever hit anything it is the rollers on steep inclines/declines however I am lowered nearly 3" on coilovers.
Hope this helps!
I'm assuming you mainly scrape your air dam which isn't anything to worry about, hell it was designed so it could take that made out of flimsy rubber/plastic and on hinges in the center. Save your lower radiator frame with the rollers and trim ~1" off the air dam and you'll be fine. 1" off my air dam has ZERO cooling effects and sits just a hair over the rollers so therefore the air dam NEVER scrapes. If I ever hit anything it is the rollers on steep inclines/declines however I am lowered nearly 3" on coilovers.
Hope this helps!
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