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Old 03-08-2014, 08:00 AM
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Pulled into a spaced today was distracted by my passenger then *BANG* bits of fiberglass fly into the air




Split the fiberglass,and took out another chunk doesn't look as bad as it sounded thankfully. Guess I should reverse into parking bays


I guess even the S2000's with standard suspension set up don't clear over most curbs?
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Something similar happened to me when I first got mine
All the spaces were slightly banked down towards the curb and was letting it roll forward to make sure I was in the space
I knew I was when I heard a scraping noise from my front lip on the pavement!
Luckily there was pretty much no damage and it's out of view anyway since it was at the bottom of the lip
Standard suspension, I've learnt my lesson now
Even with your damage it's still a looker
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I've done that with mine last year too, cracked and scraped the front lip, luckily I hadn't fitted the APR splitter yet back then..
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Always reverse into spaces.
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Vic did this to her S2000 within days of having it, she now reverses in
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I fitted a cheapo front skirt on my last 'S' and destroyed it a week later on a cattle grid.

My 'newer' S has got an OEM front splitter fitted and it gets well looked after
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When I park at my house I can clear the curb with 1 -2 mm, the other day it just scraped very lightly as I wasn't paying attention fully.

Hope you get yours sorted without too much hassle
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