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MaXiMuS007

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I've just bought myself an R33 GTSt, it loooks and feels great to drive (of course).

Unfortunately the one thing I didn't count on was how low the beast is. Having both lowered suspension and a GTR front bar means I have a barely roadworthy 10cm clearance at the front end of the car... Eeek, that's after driving a Holden Jackeroo 4WD for 2 years...

Basically normal driving is fine, but going into driveways gives me an aweful, big scary scrape, that almost drags off my soon to be repaired front bar. So I've given up going into driveways for the moment.

Does anyone have any tips for me?

-Max

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Drive reeeeeeally slowly. I scraped my front bar about 3 or 4 times good before I realised the speed you need to travel and the angles you need to go up driveways at.

You'll be over it in a months time. If not then it deffinetly is too low.

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yeah, i have the same problem.. no matter how slow or careful some are just too steep and that doesn't even have to be massively steep too.. really carefully slowly and sideways.

Just don't go some places.. might have to stop and walk a bit :D Otherwise just budget every year for $300 respray and some fibreglass patching :P

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Try applying some stuff to the underside of the front bar if you're that worried, just where you cant see it. Something like a few little pieces of black metal stuck on or something so that when u go up the driveway it just scrapes those.... just put them where u cant really see them...... just an idea.

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I have same problem - just becareful is the only thing u can do - you will scrape it - you will crack your front spoiler from time to time ......... its just what happens to a lowered car the only way to get around it is hightening it and if u dont want to do that just use some TLC in even the slightest slopes and be prepared to do the occasional maintenance work on the front kit. It looks good but it is hard work keeping a lowered car also suspension wise it takes its toll a bit.

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Thanks guys, I just didn't want to feel like the only person who it happens to. Basically the only driveway I can and will go up is the one at my house, (thank god), so I just have to park on the street elsewhere.

I'll just have it fixed and resprayed once a year or something, no problems.

-Max

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If we have someone parked out the front of our house on the street (Live in a Cul-de-sac) my car is stuck up the driveway. Thats coz our next door neighbours lawn is in better condition then the local golf greens so if I got caught going over that he'd have my nads on a plate.

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Originally posted by Nismo_Freak

10 cm clearance is alot... thats 4 inches nearly. My car rides about 2.5" off the ground. Of course stiffer suspension does make it a tad easier to go places cause the suspension doesnt travel very far.

2.5"!!! is that legal in Texas is it? Don't they have speed bumps or driveways there??? LOL

Interestingly enough, I checked and my exhaust sits a bit lower than my bar, yet it never scrapes, but I guess its because its closer to the wheels...

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