Speed bumps?
Jan 26, 2011 | 11:47 PM
Race Director
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From: Norman Oklahoma - The Only State in the Union with no Blue Counties!
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Originally Posted by
cnero
This is wonderful having experienced people out there o ask questions of.
Most of the members here will help anyway we can! Get ready for some members that will bite when they smell blood in the water!
You are gonna scrape and drag, like they said above,, slow and easy!
Jan 27, 2011 | 09:23 AM
Pro
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Tallahassee, FL
Yeah slow and angled. My driveway is steep too, always get a bit of scrape.
With my C4 and headers with big tubes, no matter how slow I went over some speed bumps, the exhaust would scrape. I put a lot of coin in the curse jar.
Just part of the pride of ownership.
Jan 27, 2011 | 12:16 PM
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: NOLA
Angle is the key...
My car is lowered with headers and they stick down so I try not to take my car unless I know exactly where I am going. Speed bumps in a lot of cases are emergency U turns for me.
Rob
Jan 27, 2011 | 12:41 PM
Le Mans Master
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From: MidLifeinIL just doesn't have the same ring to it
St. Jude Donor '26
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Originally Posted by
Qwik01
Aw man. I meant 90 degree angles.
Soooo, you slide up sideways?
(
I think the term you're lookng for is "45 degrees", lol)
Jan 27, 2011 | 12:52 PM
Burning Brakes
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From: Charleston, SC
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Originally Posted by
MidLifeinMI
Soooo, you slide up sideways?
(
I think the term you're lookng for is "45 degrees", lol)
He just drives next to them.
Jan 28, 2011 | 01:57 AM
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: . New York
Stock ride hieght has I think about 4.5 inches clearence under the rocker panels which unlike the air damn, wont "give a damn" inch
I usually tell people driving for the first time, "if you see something on the road, and it wont fit in your mouth, it wont fit under the car".
Depends on who's driving I guess
Feb 15, 2011 | 05:48 AM
Racer
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From: Justin Texas
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Originally Posted by
jdot
Yeah I hate those blasted parking blocks too.
Do it the Corvette way - back in.
Feb 15, 2011 | 08:29 AM
Burning Brakes
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From: Bartlett IL
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Originally Posted by
skylarkul
Do it the Corvette way - back in.
Agreed!
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Feb 15, 2011 | 09:11 AM
Burning Brakes
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From: Murfreesboro TN
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Originally Posted by
UM Rebel
But do be careful of the rocker panels. They don't give and are expensive to repair.
I scraped the passenger side on mine the first week I had it. It was close to $1500 to repair and repaint it.
Feb 15, 2011 | 10:12 AM
Burning Brakes
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From: GRAYSLAKE IL
Oldtimer
St. Jude Donor '13
Slow & at a angle! I dress-up my air dam bottom while detailing with a file or utility knife. Still don't like the scraping sounds! Good luck!
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