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my car is significantly lower than OP's. Half a turn from all the way on Aldans. Also have splitter and side skirts installed. Have driven very low cars for quite a number of years now so have learned to deal with it and how to get around. I do have to replace/repair my splitter on occasion but thats more when I make a mistake than when I'm actually driving it. You can see some damage here but that was from an offset curb stop that wasn't picked up in my front camera so I didn't see that it was there. New splitter has since been installed. Driven it about 6k miles this year.
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my car is significantly lower than OP's. Half a turn from all the way on Aldans. Also have splitter and side skirts installed. Have driven very low cars for quite a number of years now so have learned to deal with it and how to get around. I do have to replace/repair my splitter on occasion but thats more when I make a mistake than when I'm actually driving it. You can see some damage here but that was from an offset curb stop that wasn't picked up in my front camera so I didn't see that it was there. New splitter has since been installed. Driven it about 6k miles this year.
Wow, that’s on the ground! Looks great, but a ground squirrel would ruin the day! lol
I like that splitter, is it the C7 carbon one?
"Too low" to me is when the car is not drivable or simply just not practical whatsoever. I removed my front bolts and put longer ones in the rear, as well as added a front splitter & side skirts and I drive it like this every day. Just take a few extra seconds to go over a speed bump slower and at a slight angle, and plan your approach for steeper inclines. One wheel at a time is ideal. I lived in an apartment complex that had two unavoidable speed bumps as well. Driving straight on I'd occasionally hear a minor scrape underneath but at a slight angle I was fine. The only thing that would very mildly scrape are my longtube collectors which is the lowest part of the car.
The front valence that you can hear scraping is very soft flexible plastic, just consider it as an expendable feeler so you don't scrape anything any worse. After a while of driving with it you'll develop an eye for knowing what your car can and can't handle and it'll just become second nature. These cars look so much better lowered - yours looks great in the photo that was shared, just give it a little more time and you'll be golden.
Unfortunately I have to go over 2 to get to my driveway. Or 3 if I go the other way. Those I can do at an angle OK. Short of moving I have no choice.
The steepest incline I deal with ever is my driveway. It will take the nose off if you hit it straight. Stupid drainage thing leading to ramped up concrete. I tried to cut it down some but it’s horrible.
Still, it’s all in the attack angle. I get in and out whenever I take the car out.
As for others concerns of “messing up the underside”. The car is damn near flat. The ONLY scrapes I have are on the bottoms of the collectors for the longtubes. They sell rocker sliders if you’re that concerned. Otherwise you’d have to totally high center the car and you’d need a crazy speed bump to have that happen. Any normal incline that doesn’t immediately drop off is fine.
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Originally Posted by bobgroger
Yes, this is the first lowered car I have owned. I am going to try to get it on a hoist to have a look at the underside and maybe see what any modifications might be and turn up the bolts a bit while learning. I DO need to learn to drive this near obstacles, and have been backing in to parking spaces for years. But we don't live in Kansas, and avoiding a driveway rise can be tough. I need to relearn driving a car I care about, it has been a lot of years. Not off to a good start, but no major damage yet. Thanks for the tips!...
No worries Bob!! Sounds as though you've accepted the challenge of keeping it lowered, and learning how to drive it in that set-up, I applaud you for that. The geography of where you live sounds rough, and my best guess is you either live in a gated community with speed bumps galore, or you just live in an area that has an above average amount of those and ugly obstacles.....A little patience goes a long way, and it won't take you long to become a pro at avoiding those hypothetical "minefields".
1" drop spindles & coilovers, my rocker rails are level F & R as shown 2.5" off the ground, absolutely love the ride height & if set up properly, it drives just like it did at stock height, have been at this height for 2 summers. Wheel well heights are 25.625 & 26.25
I'd absolutely love for mine to be lower, but i put a lot of miles on the car and Illinois roads are terrible! Also, my driveway has a steep incline which i have to hit at an hard angle as is. My IC airdam piece is already broken and held together with gorilla tape. lol. A friend has a lowered one and he scrapes everywhere he goes. i'm at, what i assume to be, stock height (iv'e never checked) and never have to worry about scraping.
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