Lowered cars.

[GeoffM]

[Amiss]

I park on the street now, no more problems

[Honda_Lady]

the speed bumps in my neighborhood are my biggest problem if i lower mine. There is no route to avoid them and some of them are huge. there are atleast two guys in the neighborhood that have lowered cars. one of them used to always go across the speed bumps going diagonally going like 1mph. not sure if that helped him at all.

[Amiss]

the speed bumps in my neighborhood are my biggest problem if i lower mine. There is no route to avoid them and some of them are huge. there are atleast two guys in the neighborhood that have lowered cars. one of them used to always go across the speed bumps going diagonally going like 1mph. not sure if that helped him at all.

No speedbumps in my neighborhood or anywhere I drive normally, but when I do have to go over them thats the best way to go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo23zTZqTSw

[10thAnnivCB7]

SupaWRX is the best. That guy is cool and has probably the sickest latest model suby out right now.

[gloryaccordy]

Its getting a little ridiculous.

[wildBill83]

Hell, I have a 2" drop and still smack my transmission rolling around town... But on highway it rides great!

Just gotta know your limits.

[bigpoppa694lyfe]

My entire town is riddled with potholes so I look like an idiot getting my " swerve" on anywhere I go. Pulling into my dads house is like an act of god because there's a dip between his driveway and the road. Visiting my mother requires meeting her a few miles from her home and riding the rest of the trip in her car

[belac515]

I have a few pretty big speed bumps at my apartment complex, i just take them slow and at an angle and it's fine. My mom lives on a dirt road though so i park at my grandmas house and walk about a half mile to get to get there.

It's annoying but do what you gotta do.

[Night Wolf]

Its getting a little ridiculous.

this ^

people took it too far.

[wed3k]

it's called sacrafices...

the bad thing about the suby...the front lip and no approach angle on that driveway.

my car is low but my lip is recessed into the bumper

[deevergote]

Jersey plates. I think I've seen that car!


IMO, lowering a street car too much is pointless. The road conditions can damage your suspension, and result in your wheels not safely gripping the pavement. You can't clear things like driveways and speed bumps, that were designed with normal car height in mind. If you're doing it for looks, it won't be long before rock chips, sticks, contact lenses... anything in the road that can smack your front bumper/lip, does noticeable damage.

If you want a race car, race it. On the track. If you want a show car, get some non-performance air struts and slam it for shows and meets... raise it when you're actually driving it.

[Honda_Lady]

IMO, lowering a street car too much is pointless. The road conditions can damage your suspension, and result in your wheels not safely gripping the pavement. You can't clear things like driveways and speed bumps, that were designed with normal car height in mind. If you're doing it for looks, it won't be long before rock chips, sticks, contact lenses... anything in the road that can smack your front bumper/lip, does noticeable damage.

If you want a race car, race it. On the track. If you want a show car, get some non-performance air struts and slam it for shows and meets... raise it when you're actually driving it.

that is my reasoning behind not really wanting to lower my car unless it's a "show" car or a "track" car. the only way i would want to lower it is if i could raise it back up for daily driving. If i put in the work to make my car look good, i don't want to have it get damaged because the car is too low.

[deevergote]

I think that's one reason I tend not to like coilovers. You can REALLY slam a car on coilovers. Even on a set of "race" springs, a car isn't really bad on the street... because the manufacturers realize that the car will be street driven.

Also, the suspension needs travel to be effective!

[Turbo617]

I prefer driving low and slow rather than high and speeding.

I followed a lowered brand new accord sedan.. he was practically slammed. we drove pretty slow avoiding pot holes and construction road plates - causing a huge line behind us. some guy floored it passed us. Staties on construction duty pulled him over and signaled us to pull over. he came to us first and said " thank you, you actually make my job a bit easier, people seem to drive fast and forget there is workers working on the road, or even me in the middle of the road " and he let us go.. the other guy though, goodluck to him... quoting a sign we stopped next to " fines doubled when in construction zones "

edit : not going to lie though, my heart sinks when I bottom out. or when the middle of my undercarriage scrapes... mudflaps.. meh i don't care about those.