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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:05 AM
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Yup I'll admit I think I need to learn how to drive a lowered car lol
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by lucky666,Feb 17 2011, 11:18 AM
sounds like you need to learn how to drive a lowered car.
That's easy to say until you try to drive on the roads here. I can get through dips and such fine, it's the massive speed bumps everywhere and the mountain driveway slopes that kill it. I go in and out at huge angles and as slow as possible and still scrape the front..
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:33 AM
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depends on where you live. i moved to san francisco and had to raise my car 0.5" given the hills, driveways, and other road issues
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by lucky666,Feb 17 2011, 11:18 AM
sounds like you need to learn how to drive a lowered car.
Does that involve learning to accept your car is going to scrape during typical daily driving scenarios? ...and that there will be some parking lots you just won't be able to go into?

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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Croc,Feb 17 2011, 09:20 AM
fortunately i'm not scraping my driveway and speedbumps at my street.
but i can't even put a jack beneath...
You had to drive the front up on some wood block or at least thats what I do, but for the back I have no problem fitting a jack under.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 02:23 PM
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Scraping is no fun. Raise it if your roads are that unfriendly. I'm dropped on Eibachs and have only grinded once.
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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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just takes some practice thats all
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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 06:17 AM
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i'm a little lower than 1'' maybe 1.2'' and yea i scrape, but its all good, do you approach speed bumps at an angle? I also avoid certain parking lots.
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 08:44 AM
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i'm tired hiting ground with the nose - i'm thinking maybe to put front parking sensors
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 09:24 AM
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There's a lot to be said about learning the angles and all that, but I understand where the OP is coming from. Down here, south Texas, I had to come up to about only a half inch drop all around. There are just too many truck sized speed bumps, bad roads and steep entrances. You can avoid 'em only if you know they are coming, but even then I hated feeling like a tool with a date in the car having to.
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