damn these cars are low...
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From: katy, tx
damn these cars are low... I have hit a parking block twice now when parking and it is pissing me off. It seems that if you pull too far forward, you end up hitting a square tubing brace underneath the front on the left and right side, they are black. I have now managed to scrape some paint off of them. 
Has anyone else had this problem? Guess I just have to get used to how far I can pull up to a parking block, I have only had the car a little over a week now.
Dean
Has anyone else had this problem? Guess I just have to get used to how far I can pull up to a parking block, I have only had the car a little over a week now.
Dean
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Re: damn these cars are low... It is definitely something you have to get used to. And you cannot "feel" for that parking block like you used to. There is something called "framesavers" that you can bolt on to those square tubes. They have little wheels on them so they roll over ****. Anyway, something to think about. I think you would be hard pressed to find a Vette that didn't have scraped up frame tubes down there. You also need to make sure you alert your wife to this phenomenon since she may have a tendency to "feel" for things with the nose of the car as well.
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Re: damn these cars are low... My car is lowered on the stock bolts and my air damn scrapes on EVERYTHING! Not to mention that right after i lowered it i hit a severe incline at the wrong angle and bashed in the front piece. Fortunatly a heat gun helped to mold it back into place. But i wouldnt trade in the lowered look.
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Re: damn these cars are low...
My car is lowered on the stock bolts and my air damn scrapes on EVERYTHING! Not to mention that right after i lowered it i hit a severe incline at the wrong angle and bashed in the front piece. Fortunatly a heat gun helped to mold it back into place. But i wouldnt trade in the lowered look.
If my car was lowered, I'd be holding my breath everytime I went over a bump, or up or down an incline.
Dean
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Re: damn these cars are low... Yep, did that right after I got mine. Now, I just don'r pull up. But, a set of frame savers will do the trick if you intend on pulling up all the way in those places.
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Re: damn these cars are low...
My car is lowered on the stock bolts and my air damn scrapes on EVERYTHING! Not to mention that right after i lowered it i hit a severe incline at the wrong angle and bashed in the front piece. Fortunatly a heat gun helped to mold it back into place. But i wouldnt trade in the lowered look.
If my car was lowered, I'd be holding my breath everytime I went over a bump, or up or down an incline.
Dean
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Re: damn these cars are low... That front metal frame is easy to replace. After plowing into a cantalope sized rock on the highway, mine was bent to hell. I think it cost around $60-$120 and it took about 2 hours to replace it.
The front air dams are also cheap..I replace them every 6-12 months.
The front air dams are also cheap..I replace them every 6-12 months.
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Re: damn these cars are low...
That front metal frame is easy to replace. After plowing into a cantalope sized rock on the highway, mine was bent to hell. I think it cost around $60-$120 and it took about 2 hours to replace it.
The front air dams are also cheap..I replace them every 6-12 months.
The front air dams are also cheap..I replace them every 6-12 months.
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Re: damn these cars are low...
You would think that when the contractors grade entrances, etc., that they would look at worst case and design for the low clearance vehicles and everything else would be fine. It seems that the industrial side of engineering hasn't grasped this concept of "worse case scenario", or the contractors are incompetent or just plain don't give a ****. But we have all seen the steep entrances to parking lots that will kill any sports car, what are they thinking...guess they aren't.
