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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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dang that sucks, speed bumps are there for a reason
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by kneedragger81
jeezus, what happened to the escalade's rear bumper?

Das what goes down in da projects Yo!



Hey in that RIM pic...is that "****" mark a sticker or you just photo shop the pic each time?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Venture
Das what goes down in da projects Yo!



Hey in that RIM pic...is that "****" mark a sticker or you just photo shop the pic each time?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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What's the suspension travel on that, like an inch?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by spf4000
What's the suspension travel on that, like an inch?
well considering that its just the strut lowered into the perch instead of the spring on the strut id say its got a respectable amount of travel.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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Ever hear of bump steer?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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So you have a really dropped & slammed Z and complain about speed bumps? Then show a pic of the smallest one we've ever seen?

Ok.

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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Nevaland90
Ill bet ill run away from you on any track.
With those giant balla rims wrapped around super stretched tires and that sweet slammed suspension I bet your **** of a Z is a beast on the tracks, and judging from the pic, looks like you're into rally/off roading too!















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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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LOL this is epic. What were you thinking by making this thread.?? That we would giv you sympathy?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:46 PM
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I'd love to see this car at the track. It'd be ***** of fun watching it spin out.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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Without people like the OP posting on the Internets, it would be a boring place with no lulz to be found.


I like how he actually listened to the guy and drove over the curb on the dirt and got stuck again, that's like double fail!
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 04:20 AM
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I don't remember laughing this hard on any forum before. Thanks guys.
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 06:42 AM
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Living in Never land, i bet the OP never in his wildest dreams expected this kind of turn out. The poor guy was just trying to show us how dumb he was one day going over a smurf speed bump, then off roading to go around it from the great idea of a honda s2000 driver.

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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by OldDirty Z33
LOL this is epic. What were you thinking by making this thread.?? That we would giv you sympathy?
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by spf4000
I'd love to see this car at the track. It'd be ***** of fun watching it spin out.



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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 07:42 AM
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So I was legitimately thinking about how you did this. Correct me if I'm wrong (which I'm sure you will )...

You claim you hit that pebble of a speed bump on an angle. So you must have hit it on an angle going from left to right. Obviously you weren't paying attention and your front passenger tire fell off the side of the road. Then you started to hear the scraping. Figured you would give it gas... maybe tried to travel slightly further off the road (to avoid completely tearing your car apart). Kept going and couldn't get back on the road and then tried to go straight, pulling the rear tire off the road as well?!

In turn, that tiny little shlt of a speed bump (that was probably already "broken") had nothing to do with you getting stuck in the ditch.

Just wondering, am I right?

(For the record, your drop looks good... for a show car. Functionally it's useless. Nonetheless, I like the lip and drop, just not something I would do.)
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by spf4000
Ever hear of bump steer?
Heh or bump stops. does that car have ANY suspension travel?

This car was built for show, and not for go - neither straight line nor track.

Looks good though.

My guess is that you did not try to go over the 2.5" speedbump at all. You tried to go around it and got stuck on the curb.

Then you or your buddy pulled off a section of the speed bump and placed it in front of the rear wheel thinking it would help get your car off the curb

Either way, fo sho...

Where are the photochoppers at? Cut out the pic of the kid with a chain pulling his honda out of a ditch and see if that'll help with the OP pic...

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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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lol. i wish i had pics of the dirt road i had to drive a couple weeks back... looked like mount everest compared to that speed lump...

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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 11:07 PM
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I think we pissed off the OP and now he's planning to let the thread die by not posting any replies.

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Old Jan 9, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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Nice lookin car, stupid thread
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