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Hey everyone,

I don't own a Skyline yet, but a few questions about driving one have come to my mind lol. Maybe these are dumb questions, but in general I want to know. :D

Basically, if you have a Skyline with an aftermarket bodykit, or a factory one, does it get scraped often? especially going over the 20km/hr speed bumps/humps or just parking where there is a rectangular concrete block.

Whenever I see the following pictures of R34s/R33s/R32s, the above question just pops to my mind (I want to get a Skyline too :)). People who have rear diffusers, do you also experience some kind of damage while driving?

And how many of you use your Skyline as a daily car?

Thanks in advance. :D

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if you have a Skyline with an aftermarket bodykit, or a factory one, does it get scraped often?

Depends what kit like you said, and how low your shocks/springs or coilovers are. Also depends on if you give a crap or not.

I'm running my coilovers at their lowest setting and want to go a lot lower. My exhaust scrapes over pretty much every speed bump and my front lip does too.

It's my daily.

It's simple mate if your that worried about don't lower it or even better yet don't waste you time with massive kits or even better still buy a land cruiser... If your scrapping on shit then... You've got some issues....

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