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I will be bringing her home at end of month. Is this going to be a big problem or can I go over at angle or backwards and make it? I saw some of the rubber ramps you could buy that might help. Wondering your thoughts with experience.
I've had to become an expert for the same reason. Use a 45 degree angle in and out. If that doesn't work there are lots of aftermarket products on the interwebs used to "soften" curbs/driveways for this very reason.
Yes, it's a problem! We have them all over Florida, along with speed bumps. Take it at an angle real slow, but the splitter is still going to scrape even though. Read your manual, Chevy says it's normal.
My drive looks worse than that one. I always back in without a problem. Maybe a minor touch of the plastic air dam. Same pulling out but the going at an angle does work.
You will be ok just angle her in and out one wheel at a time. When you scrape you want the center to scrape it'll fold back a little...just don't **** your pants the first time you hear the noise.
You will be ok just angle her in and out one wheel at a time. When you scrape you want the center to scrape it'll fold back a little...just don't **** your pants the first time you hear the noise.
I remember the first time I heard that noise...... had to change my tighty-no-longer-whities right away
My neighborhood added a few monster speed bumps earlier this year. I’m lowered with side skirts.......I have to drive a little off of the road, then immediately turn on an angle and idle over to get the minimal amount of carbon side skirt scraping.
Last edited by myredhead1; Feb 28, 2019 at 11:42 PM.
I remember the first time I heard that noise...... had to change my tighty-no-longer-whities right away
Yep, it's a noise to wake the dead!
OP, I used to have to navigate a driveway even worse than this, once a week, for many years, and the only way I was able to do it with any of mine was approach it from downhill at an angle. When pulling out, do the same in reverse, back your *** out downhill at an angle at the change/street, and head up the street, starting out on the wrong side of the street.
If there is a turnaround up beyond the pic, then when you leave head downhill at an angle. Either way, the end of the car reaching the street first should be downhill.,
Hopefully, this is a quiet street, where you can do this.
That looks to be the same as my driveway. Pulling in nose first at an angle is mostly okay, but backing out at the same angle, or obviously nearly so, almost always is a small scrape to the air dams.
What has worked for me is to BACK in at an angle. No scrape. Go easy when leaving as you step down the curb on the way out at a slight angle as well - no scrape.
I bought a set of ramps from a company called PYLE off Amazon. You need two. Just over $100 each with free shipping. I absolutely needed them and my driveway looks very similar to yours.
For the posters who bought ramps to put on the curb..Do you actually leave them there? I would think that someone would help themselves to your ramps or the snow plow truck would wisk them away when cleaning the front street
Heh, living in the woods, this isn't a problem I have to deal with.
This going to a problem?
