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New forum guy here and love my new C6 2013. Got a question on some advice. I used to have a SRT8 challenger before this awesome Corvette and had to come in at an angle to clear the steep driveway of mine. Using those same mechanics, I still can't clear due to the rubber/plastic mold on the front underside. Are there any other alternatives that venders offer to help with this situation? I don't want to shred my plastic guard every time I pull in or our of the drive way. Thanks!
P.S. It's pretty steep I would say a little over 37 degrees "ish"
P.S. It's pretty steep I would say a little over 37 degrees "ish"
Drifting
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i don't believe there's anything sold that can help you, but ingenuity would probably work. If the hard turn at the bottom of the driveway doesn't work you can build out the end a little.. (asphalt, concrete, or even wood helps) The pieces are about $100 for all three but if you just damage the outer one on one side it's only like $25 to replace, try to keep the damage to a minimum and just replace one side every so often??
Le Mans Master
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the plastics underneath the car are made so that they can take a little scratching. The chin spoiler on the very front of the car is another story. My suggestion is to do your best to take the best angle to reduce the amount of scratching, as long as it is not scratching the car itself. There are also products from forum vendors that make rollers to put on the underneath side of the car so as not to scratch the front end.
Team Owner
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Find a different angle or back it in.That thing is there for a reason and it's cheap to replace so putting something more expensive on/in/or under there wouldn't make sense..not that there is anything anyway.
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Does it effect the car to just remove the under guard? Is there a performance issue if it is removed? I hate to hear that noise on my brand new C6. I might give backing in a try but it might just scrape the front from being to low.
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I have found that approaching the the driveway as parallel to it as possible and hugging the curb (edge of the road) on the same side as the driveway so that I am entering the driveway almost sideways to it - beginning to turn up the driveway with the front tire on the close side - then sharply turning the steering wheel so that I get the other front tire in the driveway - continuing in the driveway from there . . . . .That's how I minimize front end scrape.
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37 degrees!?!?!?!?!? 
Here's the 31° banking at Daytona and its hard to walk up it. 37° is a VERY steep ski hill!!
No wonder you're scraping!!!
Anyway, the air dam pieces are flexible and designed to deflect when they hit something. If the only part scraping are the air dam pieces, I don't think you're that steep, and I don't worry about it when mine scrape.
If you have a carbon fiber splitter, that's a different story - it's very stiff and is easily cracked/broken.
Bob
Here's the 31° banking at Daytona and its hard to walk up it. 37° is a VERY steep ski hill!!
No wonder you're scraping!!!
Anyway, the air dam pieces are flexible and designed to deflect when they hit something. If the only part scraping are the air dam pieces, I don't think you're that steep, and I don't worry about it when mine scrape.
If you have a carbon fiber splitter, that's a different story - it's very stiff and is easily cracked/broken.
Bob
Last edited by BEZ06; Feb 23, 2013 at 02:02 PM.
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I have found that approaching the the driveway as parallel to it as possible and hugging the curb (edge of the road) on the same side as the driveway so that I am entering the driveway almost sideways to it - beginning to turn up the driveway with the front tire on the close side - then sharply turning the steering wheel so that I get the other front tire in the driveway - continuing in the driveway from there . . . . .That's how I minimize front end scrape.
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Ok so maybe not 36 degrees lol... But it is steep. Thanks for all the posts. In going to see if a piece if plywood lengthing the slab will help. I cringe when I hear the noise. But yeah it's just the little plastic rubber piece that flexes under the front that is scraping
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Ok so maybe not 36 degrees lol... But it is steep. Thanks for all the posts. In going to see if a piece if plywood lengthing the slab will help. I cringe when I hear the noise. But yeah it's just the little plastic rubber piece that flexes under the front that is scraping
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...from the looks of things I would say you would need a decent angle. DO NOT attempt to hit that thing head on. Drive like you're going into the yard (your house front door side), then once the front clears the lowest spot (1/2-3/4 car length), pull slowly back to the left. All of this with no other vehicles in the drive-way.....just my guess.
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Yeah, I managed last night to clear by running parallel with the curb and then kicking it hard right but I will try the other side as well. I only have two cars, one for my wife and my new shiny. I guess expermentation and some scraping are in order. lol... oh well. Thanks again for all the assistance. New car and scraping noises ughh....
Pro
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Yeah, I managed last night to clear by running parallel with the curb and then kicking it hard right but I will try the other side as well. I only have two cars, one for my wife and my new shiny. I guess expermentation and some scraping are in order. lol... oh well. Thanks again for all the assistance. New car and scraping noises ughh....
...those air dams under the car are pretty tough. Sure they'll scrape and rub, but unless you do some serious curb jumping, they'll be fine. Just something else to inspect while you're washing it. I always get down and check mine for condition. Good luck!
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