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Old Feb 11, 2013 | 09:38 PM
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It seems to. Scrape a lot . Could it be to low.
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Old Feb 11, 2013 | 10:07 PM
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Do a search on lowering and look in the sticky. Literally a hundred posts here on the subject. The search feature is your friend.

Raise it up to where it is lowered no more than 1 inch from stock and you will be fine.
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Old Feb 12, 2013 | 07:16 AM
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Thx i will check.
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Old Feb 12, 2013 | 08:19 AM
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Its probably just the from air damn scraping..most lowered vettes have to replaced the lower valence evey few years. no big deal. Its there to capture and direct the air flow so dont remove it.
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Old Feb 12, 2013 | 08:54 AM
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couldnt find anything on if my car is lowered too much... does anyone know where the article might be? Thx
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Old Feb 12, 2013 | 09:12 AM
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The bushing could be cut, perhaps you might need to put new ones in and raise it back up a bit.
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How high is your car, measured from the bottom of the rocker panel to ground? On level ground, measure the distance to the ground behind the front wheel well and in front of the rear wheel well. On my car the distance is 4 inches. I do have to be careful going in and out of some parking lots and going over speed bumps. The front air dam has about 2 inches of clearance and scrapes regularly, which is no big deal. They are relatively cheap and easy to replace.
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post a pic and show us how low it is...?
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i have the car on stands right now.. but will post pics in a couple weeks. Also i would bet its about 4inches to the rocker. Is this a common measurement. Thx
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