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Old 01-08-2004, 12:41 AM
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...Put on LT headers, my car is lowered with the eibach pro-kit. I also want to add SFC later on too. I just don't want to have to scrape every time I go into someone's driveway or hit a small bump. So everyone with LT's and a lowered car fill me in.

By the way the headers I want to get are Jet hot with offroad and Y-pipe.

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TTT, I'd like to know also.

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Jet Hot has good ground clearance.The clearance problem is mostly with the Y-pipes unless you have it custom made to fit tight.SLP's are the worst for ground clearance.
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yah my ypipe is really the lowest hanging part of my exhaust...i think i have some pics of how low it hangs on my install page check it out if interested.

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Originally Posted by L-SS-1
...Put on LT headers, my car is lowered with the eibach pro-kit. I also want to add SFC later on too. I just don't want to have to scrape every time I go into someone's driveway or hit a small bump. So everyone with LT's and a lowered car fill me in.

By the way the headers I want to get are Jet hot with offroad and Y-pipe.

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Eibach pro kit and FLP longtubes, we have about 3 inches on the left cat.
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have the SLP LT Headers High Flow Cats, Stage II springs from SLP and YES ground clearance is low. I Have About 2" the Only Problem I Have ran into is Speed Bumps,
if I carw over them Iam fine. hit them with any speed and it is bad real bad, (and no drive in car washes with rails) but profromance is out of sight with it.... that my story.
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I'm lowered with some LG springs and I have Kooks LTs. The headers are by far not the lowest part on the car. The Y-pipe (custom made) is the lowest part on the car followed by the ends (parts that weld on) of my BMR subframe connectors. Subframe connectors aren't usually a problem going over bumps or anything like that.
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Thanks for the input everybody... puts everything into perspective.
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Eibach Sportlines with Pacesetter LT and ORY . So far I haven't really had problems with the ground clearance, you just have to be really careful! I only have about 3 inch's of clearance. Their are some driveways that I cannot go onto or I know I'll scrape.
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Lowered 2 inches with QTP longtubes, and my subframe connectors are still the lowest part of the car. But I custom fabricated my own Y pipe or that would have been lower than the SFCs.
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As mentioned, stay away from the SLP's if you want clearance.
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Originally Posted by Cal
Lowered 2 inches with QTP longtubes, and my subframe connectors are still the lowest part of the car. But I custom fabricated my own Y pipe or that would have been lower than the SFCs.
You can't even see my SFC'S unless you get uder the car and look up.. Im not sure what kind they are they were already on when I bought the car. They are welded in too..

Im going to be running hooker LT's hooker ORY and Hooker Cat.. Anyone heard of any clearence issues with these on a lowered car (eibach pro)




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