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after 6 years of jealosy and yearning for my liner...i finally got it...but theres 1 problem ...my bloody driveway is too steep...scraped the bottom of the lip when trying to get it down the driveway ...now my baby has to sit out in the cold :)

I think its time to get the construction crew in to fix up the driveway...

anybody know any quick fixes to get the car down a steep drivway?...

if so, where do i get the materials to solve the problem....??

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Yeh thats what I was going to sugest, planks of wood... work a treat. if they dont work.. then your driveway must be reaaaaaaaaly steep!!

welcome to the car owning side of SAU mate, it was about 4 yrs before I bought my r32 :)

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sledge hammer :)

but in all seriousness, I have to use planks of wood. if you go to your local bunnings, and buy some offcut 2x4 preferreably 2 bits 1m in length, and lay them down in the gutter.

I only drive my car on the weekend, so it'd not too much hassle, but it'd drive me nuts doing it everyday. If you leave em there, some little pricks might take em.

cheers

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buy a sheet of that thick checker plate alluminium (Bunnings Dural has them).

Lay that across the front of your driveway, use a hammer drill to drill into the concrete, and use some bolts to bolt the alluminium down. If council complains, unbolt and remove... Then replace when they're gone... :D

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Thanks for the suggestions guys, ill give the planks of wood a go for now.....its almost impossible to go in on an angle because its such a small driveway, its not the initial gutter im having problems with its the flat bit just before it enters the garage...basically from the gutter its flat, then it goes down on about a 35-40 degree angle then its flat again ..its the bottom section i had probs with...

I'll stick pics up soon, but its pretty much stock looking sII with stock rims ....(next purchase)

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Need to go side way down.. used to happen to my ex-line with 400R front bar everyday (steep driveway). Just remember to let 1 front wheel reach the ground first then the other.

If still impossible, cheapest way is get a long timber and trim it suit ur driveway. I've seen few tyre shops use this way for customers with LOW cars.

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My precious...

Still needs some pretty rims....

I should take it out for a proper fotoshoot when i get them...

Anyway ...thanks for looking ...

ill get a foto of the driveway to explain my dilema properly when theres light...

oh yeah...those halogen lights...is it illegal for me to drive with them on?

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at my old place my parents bought a sedan that was quite low, couldnt get over the edge going down to the driveway, within a couple of weeks they got construction people in, they jackhammered the concrete down and relaid half of the driveway so it was a smooth angle lol

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Huge thread (do a search for Driveway Problems) about driveway problems when I first got my Skyline (well after I lowered it :))... I have one bloody steep driveway and if it weren't for the planks of wood, my front bar would be no more :)

Pros for the wood:

1) They are very very cheap, use offcuts from anywhere

2) Quite light and not too hard to setup

Cons for the wood:

1) Not good in the rain

2) Gets bloody annoying when they start to rot away

3) Depending on your road surface, it will start to destroy itself.

My next plan is to get some steel drainage vents (maybe 2m x 1m) which I can mount on top of the driveway as stated above in a previous post. Not only will this get rid of most of the cons, but will also make a nice addition to my shoddy driveway :D

Just some thoughts...

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Thanks for the suggestions guys, but the real problem isnt entering the driveway from the road, its at the bottom of the driveway. *see attatched* Ive tried reversing it in to no avail.. Close, but no cigar. Anyway, i think the only option is to tear up the driveway and build a new one.

THe red bits on the images indicate where the front would hit if i drove it down front first or reversed it in.

driveway1.jpg

driveway2.jpg

driveway3.jpg

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