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Old 02-13-2011, 04:49 AM
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Red stitching would go well with that car. Just don't offer to buy from that guy since the thread is from 09... lol
 
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Old 02-13-2011, 05:28 AM
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No it was already bought ugh I want that steering wheel so bad, but Im guessing none came like that factory any LOL.
 
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Old 02-13-2011, 12:19 PM
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Serious Question here. Ok so we all know I need to lose the S-Techs and get coilovers. This summer when I work I am getting Function Form Type 1 and Skunk 2 LCA's. Problem is my driveway has a huge dip and right now I scrape my Lip off of it and the lip is already cracking around the bolts so I try to avoid my driveway, but I need to be in the driveway to work on the car and clean it out. So what should I do?

I need to be in the driveway, but I scrape as it is let alone if I go another 1" with coilovers I won't have a lip or bumper?!
 
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Old 02-13-2011, 12:22 PM
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Get a piece of wood set up to make the incline easier. When I don't have my buddies low craftsman jack, I have a piece of wood I need to ride up on in order to get a jack under the car.
 
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Old 02-13-2011, 12:24 PM
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Ill have to take a pic to show you my driveway, but yes maybe like a long and thin sheet of wood layed across the dip would help.
 
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Old 02-13-2011, 12:54 PM
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I swear a cell phone pic does not show how rough this is!




And here is what it is doing to my lip ugh! :
 
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Old 02-13-2011, 02:23 PM
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Same thing happened to my lip when my car was ~1/2" off the ground.

That driveway blows! I am not sure if I would even lower my car until I find a better place to park!

That is not a dip, it is a steep incline. Not sure if a something other than more rocks could help that.
 
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Old 02-13-2011, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by cvcrcr99
Same thing happened to my lip when my car was ~1/2" off the ground.

That driveway blows! I am not sure if I would even lower my car until I find a better place to park!

That is not a dip, it is a steep incline. Not sure if a something other than more rocks could help that.
HAHAHA Well on my way to my college the lip flew off because after I got out of my driveway it cracked more and now gone **** I hate PA and my driveway. Well I mean if I lower it It probably would only go another 1" more than my S-Techs offer so should I get coilovers in spring or no? With no lip I don't scrape at all so a little lower shouldn't hurt right?
 
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Old 02-14-2011, 11:05 AM
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I still need my last question answered please!

And looky what came in the mail today woo should get installed this weekend thank God I got a tach!
 
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Old 02-14-2011, 01:52 PM
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WTH is your last question again? I don't see it

When I first installed my lip kit, I only had it held up with 2 screws on each side (like you pictured) Nothing on the bottom holding it (bad idea). I went for a cruise (only had the lip on for 15 min at this time) and on the way back I felt a bump while on the highway. Looked in the rear view... yup, it fell off and I ran it over.

I got back to the area 10 minutes later (off the highway, get back on the other way, get off again, and back on the path I was going) and shockingly only had the damage that you have pictured. It must have been ran over about 5-10 times and some how made itself to the side of the road.

I would say yes to coilovers only because you can adjust it as needed. In the winter time, you can raise it up a little bit to deal with the snow, and then back down again when you are ready. If you are scraping with a lip now, 1" lower you would still be scraping, but worse most likely. Not sure what to say about that one. Maybe thick wood boards would help with it?
 


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