Driving A Lowered Car 101

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Mar 13, 2008 | 02:18 PM

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wide open strait on at a speed bump then i slam my breaks on JUST as i come up to it.

Mar 13, 2008 | 02:29 PM

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No underground parking...

Mar 13, 2008 | 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TSG-Z

I learned how to drive a lowered car with much practice from my Civic! Come to think of it, that **** was so low I could fit my boots under it!

Mines lower than that stock .... I keep kicking it going around the car trying to lock the garage door. Lol

Mar 13, 2008 | 07:25 PM

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My fear is big speed bumps. There are some obscenely big speed bumps around here, and they are the type that look like a semi circle rather than a gentle slope, so I always scraped the Y-pipe of my exhaust on it unless I took it at extreme angles.

Now, I have a flat bottom car, so if I scrape anything, it's the entire body panel so I take things really slow.

Yep, me too .... There are a few speed bumps around here I have to avoid in order for my car not to grind across the top of them. Got lucky the splitter made it over with 1/8" to spare only hit bolt tips and a flange that didn't matter underneath. Any speed to it and I would have twisted holy heck out of it. Had to back very carefully off it without my passenger in the car.

Mar 13, 2008 | 07:28 PM

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I am now lowered about 1 1/2 inches or a tad more and have had no problems. soon to be 2 inches. we will see

Your commute must be a good one then. Or, you don't go in or out of driveways.

This is the only thing I do not like about owning a Z. Then again it might be my Fat@$$. I'm only 200 though.

Mar 13, 2008 | 08:42 PM

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LOL... yeah, it seems like I will avoid all driveways... parking out on the streets makes me nervous though.

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Your commute must be a good one then. Or, you don't go in or out of driveways.

This is the only thing I do not like about owning a Z. Then again it might be my Fat@$$. I'm only 200 though.

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Mar 13, 2008 | 08:49 PM

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Yeah, I can't bring myself to park mine out overnight unless I have to. For example .... on a weekend trip etc...

Mar 13, 2008 | 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mrboomboom

are nismo v2's even that low?

its not high off the ground if u think it is hah

and im not "lowered" either

Mar 14, 2008 | 07:45 AM

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I have the Eibach pro kit 1" drop and have the 20" wheels, and a seibon lip. So really, there is no drop from the chasis to the ground. Not much difference in the clearance. But I still take it slow on speed bumps and driveways because of the cars naturally low position.

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Mar 14, 2008 | 07:49 AM

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Mar 14, 2008 | 07:50 AM

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Mar 14, 2008 | 07:56 AM

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its not high off the ground if u think it is hah

and im not "lowered" either

Can you say "Snowplow" OMG that IS low. Mine is at least a 1/2 higher off the ground. LOL !!!!

However both of those cars above look GREAT !!!!

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Mar 18, 2008 | 06:43 PM

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Anyone got any tips on making a ramp for my driveway? The front of my z is sitting high as s*** right now, and it just makes it.

Mar 18, 2008 | 06:59 PM

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Anyone got any tips on making a ramp for my driveway? The front of my z is sitting high as s*** right now, and it just makes it.

i used to have 2 little wheel ramps. starts with a thin long piece of wood on the bottom, about 1/2 inch thick, then put one the same width and thickness on top of that but shorter and so on till you get to the height of your curb. you can make it as angled as you want that way

Mar 19, 2008 | 12:18 PM

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Why doesn't my pics come up automatically?????

Mar 19, 2008 | 01:38 PM

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u gotta put link between [IMG] and [/IMG] or [IMAGE] and [/IMAGE]... forgot which 1 it is.. i think its 1st one

Mar 19, 2008 | 02:02 PM

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Accelerate a bit before speed bumps. Just enough to shift the weight back. It helps

Mar 19, 2008 | 04:26 PM

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Low Riders ..

Not To Hot When You Can't Avoid RoadKill,... K'blunk, k'plunk, k'plunk .and hope theres no Permanent Splatter on the front Lip of your car ..also Had a Small Bolder Rock that must of fell off of a truck Do a Number on the front Lip ..Thank God for Auto Body Supply's, Touch up Paint cans ..

Mar 20, 2008 | 05:20 AM

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u gotta put link between [IMG] and [/IMG] or [IMAGE] and [/IMAGE]... forgot which 1 it is.. i think its 1st one

I got it now! Thanks for the info!

Mar 20, 2008 | 05:30 AM

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I have been driving lowered cars for a while now and the Z is pretty low from the get go...mine is currently lowered and you just have to pay attention more to the road and where you are going. Here in Sac the roads here cater to the big Suv's/trucks.

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