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bbejj123

10-09-2008, 08:38 PM

it all depends on how low you are but yes from going in and out of driveways sometimes the frame will rub the cement and not only the cement is being scraped away but also the frame and will eventually end up with a hole in your frame

YoungGun

10-09-2008, 08:41 PM

Woops totally read this thread wrong, though it was about tow trucks.

Yeah maybe having your exhaust fall off, thats all I could think off, and destroying aero.

I10cruiser

10-09-2008, 08:47 PM

ddenting your oil pan!

s13 @ fullboost

10-09-2008, 08:50 PM

I Have crushed my cat heat cover it cracked

s13boy89

10-09-2008, 08:53 PM

frame rails and core support i forgot there was a dip lol

HS13KLS

10-09-2008, 08:58 PM

my friend blew his motor because he smashed his oilpan and lost oil pressure/oil blew out everywhere.

BOOM..

i personally dont have too many problems.. just basically..

scraping my mud flaps :) lol

soreballz

10-09-2008, 08:59 PM

^I've been in that boat. =[
It was on a stock height 87 Celica though... I just smashed a HUGE dip really really hard. lol

k0uki

10-09-2008, 09:43 PM

I Have crushed my cat heat cover it cracked

same shit happend to me

Ninjabread

10-09-2008, 09:55 PM

-Exhaust broke in 1/2 (shitty welds though)
-Tension rod brackets are bent all sorta ways
-Front subframe takes a beating regularly
-My downpipe has been squished / flattened
-Huge dents in my frame rails from high-centering on shit

But its so much fun.

s13 @ fullboost

10-09-2008, 09:58 PM

same shit happend to me

freaking sucks doesn't it

ZenkiCam

10-09-2008, 10:02 PM

well i have gotten stuck on a speed bump once....

bbejj123

10-09-2008, 10:04 PM

^^^ haha that almost happened to me daily...then i got stuck in my driveway and realized it was time to raise it =(...a very sad day...

chibo

10-09-2008, 10:09 PM

How the hell do you get unbeached from speedbumps and shit.

Ninjabread

10-09-2008, 10:12 PM

Back up and have someone push you off...

I went off the track and tried to get back on and got stuck on the apex lol.

cxlo8331

10-09-2008, 10:14 PM

ripped a hole in my piping once from those things thay prevent you from going the wrong way in the parking lot, buted header, dented oil pan, and the usual lip damage.

oh yeah,
ran over a squirrel once and it got stuck to my cat.

all in my old car.

bbejj123

10-09-2008, 10:16 PM

How the hell do you get unbeached from speedbumps and shit.
well the way i did it was i started rocking in my chair and the car started rocking then just let the cluth out and eventually got off =)

or since this was a common occurance with me i started carrying a 2x4 or two with me and just got them out when i needed them =)

Leetheslacker

10-09-2008, 11:07 PM

i dunno if its doing any damage but its fun when you hit your transmission and the shifter jumps up.

SpHiNxXx

10-09-2008, 11:14 PM

bbejj123

10-09-2008, 11:16 PM

haha i like how this thread turned out...its quite fun to read

luisgonz

10-09-2008, 11:17 PM

What really hurts its the pocket for making it look so sick and lowered.LOL Well in my eyes of course.

spoolandslide

10-09-2008, 11:19 PM

" my car is so low, i scrape my heels when i go over a speed bump":rimshot:

Mista Lee

10-09-2008, 11:22 PM

various parts like to touch the ground when i'm on some wacked out streets.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/initialdfreak/007.jpg
and.. just because i thought i would make a u-turn..
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/initialdfreak/010.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/initialdfreak/009.jpg

AWSneer

10-09-2008, 11:31 PM

Now that is LOW. wow

nismo racer

10-09-2008, 11:41 PM

my tranny used to hit those little reflector bumps when i would go over them and i got stuck going up a drive way once.

bbejj123

10-09-2008, 11:46 PM

http://zilvia.net/f/2274389-post598.html
Now that is low =)

coreansurfer

10-10-2008, 12:38 AM

ref ticket.

blitzsti22

10-10-2008, 12:48 AM

bumper broke off in the 60 freeway hit something from a truck jumped out of back of the truck something pink i dont remember in front of me. i was going to a meet too :(

usajdm

10-10-2008, 12:59 AM

Not in a 240, but ripped an oil pan clean off at approx. 100mhp causing a beautifully built 502 to blow in my old 60' Elcamino.

I figure that'll help some of you cats feel better about your own loses.

SoguRacing

10-10-2008, 01:02 AM

I've recently had a problem. Dented the oil pan cuz car was too low, didn't know about it then got rod knock...now i have a new motor. shit!!!

spikNspan

10-10-2008, 01:05 AM

oh man, one time I went over some train tracks and ripped the muffler off my magnaflow. that fuckin sucked, good thing it only cost me 50 bucks in the first place.

aoiken3

10-10-2008, 01:21 AM

ppl like putting on nice things 4 their cars n then basically destroying them by lowering it 2 much huh? where do u ppl find the money 2 buy all these parts and then get them replaced cuz u scraped it off?? im a poor dude trying 2 make it thu college so i cant even afford suspension parts 2 lower mine. im rocking the 4x4 look :D

markyboi

10-10-2008, 01:25 AM

rain + rock in the puddle =

bent sway bar
dented oil pan
bent endlinks
ripped ac belt
bent ac idler pulley
ripped front lip

LongGrain

10-10-2008, 01:36 AM

i'm pretty careful

broken front bumpers
hole in my exhaust

etc.

i'm going to try to go lower for next year, we'll see how that goes.

240esux

10-10-2008, 01:42 AM

broke my megan high rise manifold on the way to willow from the flange on my test pipe hitting the reflectors on the freeway.

goldee240

10-10-2008, 01:50 AM

lol not on my s14 but on my 89 celica gts smashed my tranny hitting a bump 100mph on the freeway but that was 3 years ago before i got my 240=D

mkiv98

10-10-2008, 04:09 AM

so is denting your frame rail a big deal at all?

MavericStephenc

10-10-2008, 04:28 AM

I scraped up my exhaust a bit and tore up my front lip.

werd

yokotas13

10-10-2008, 04:30 AM

Woops totally read this thread wrong, though it was about tow trucks.

Yeah maybe having your exhaust fall off, thats all I could think off, and destroying aero.
bingo

two for one
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435/827364018_1e1152de6b.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1252/827363704_ea9148216b.jpg

sncs14

10-10-2008, 04:56 AM

Dented the oil pan, gouged the cross member, and scraped through exhaust resonator.

zenki_240sx

10-10-2008, 05:15 AM

car was too low to go up a flatbed. i had no choice because i was 3hrs away from the shop. so i told them to force it up the flatbed and there goes my front bumper!!!!

shmiddy

10-10-2008, 07:26 AM

one of my buddies smashed his bell housing wide open exposing the pressure plate and everything. that was fuckin nuts... stupid nyc streets

turbo2nr

10-10-2008, 08:24 AM

scrape my kouki lip constantly,
get stuck on driveways,
tore out my fender linings on hi ways,
rub through my wire harness
dented resinator
scrape my downpipe.

but i <3 being low
(car is much lower then sig) old pic..

Maiku240sxS14

10-10-2008, 08:37 AM

just the usual, fender linings, wire harness, front lip, and exhaust.

S14klares

10-10-2008, 08:38 AM

bent oil pan, drained oil out at 75mph, sr20 gone

roorr0

10-10-2008, 09:04 AM

how about getting rear ended and getting slammed underneath the car in front..yea f'in sucks

Jules

10-10-2008, 09:58 AM

My effort the other day, I never park front end in but for some reason I did.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/JulesS14200/bumpercrushu002.jpg

Nearly got beached on a stupidly high speed bump pulling out of a hotel car park earlier too...

truck boy

10-10-2008, 10:05 AM

Well i think we have all broken aero atleat once..
So far its...
Power Steering lines
Dented oil pan
Broken staibalizer bar links
Destroyed a couple of IC piping

racer98

10-10-2008, 10:22 AM

Brian

10-10-2008, 10:33 AM

Where do I start????

racer98

10-10-2008, 10:43 AM

Where do I start????

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/racer98/Suspension/untitled.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/racer98/Suspension/OMGROLLLLLLLLLLL.gif

Brian

10-10-2008, 10:46 AM

Hmmm, I'm not sure if I understand what you mean.

S14DB

10-10-2008, 10:53 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/S14DB/240sx/Exhaust/ManholeRash.jpg

bbejj123

10-10-2008, 11:09 AM

so is denting your frame rail a big deal at all?
it all depends on the severity but idealy u dont want a dent in ur frame

kuruptR

10-10-2008, 11:12 AM

Can I take the win?
Intercooler got sucked under the car with piping still attached.AHAH
Exhuast holes, broken hangers.
Broken manifold 3 times.
Dented my fuel tank
Ripped off my swaybar, broken endlinks and bent all 4 studs.
Dented front cross member, so my steering column hit my turbo.
My wheel sucked in my fender 3 or 4 times while reversing.
Wiring harness caught fire from rubbing.
Bent frame rails from speed bumps.
Broken Front bumper several times.
High centered going into parking lot damaged broke off both side skirts.
Tires get cut from random bolts nuts screws and metal body parts.

Theres more... but im lazy.

ilia

10-10-2008, 11:18 AM

If you're driving the car right it should be fine at any height. I have less than a finger between aero and ground, and it's fine over bumps and driftnig and such.

CusCo_S14

10-10-2008, 12:09 PM

I Have crushed my cat heat cover it cracked

yeah i think mine is craked also. i keep hearing a rattling from underneath ........Damn its annoying

240trainee

10-10-2008, 12:19 PM

I ripped my IC off the other day

that sucked.

And for you suckers with oil pan dents, thats why there are Oil pressure gauges.

JRas

10-10-2008, 12:21 PM

the biggest problem for me being low is tire rub

my front is just a tad too low and it tends to rub my fender..

I basically rubbed off all the paint on my inner fender lips

It sucks

nismoskyz

10-10-2008, 01:03 PM

sucks having open diff and having a free spinning wheel in just about any driveway you go in

civilized_drifter

10-10-2008, 01:04 PM

i borke my exhaust in half. and i have cracked many lips

drftwerks

10-10-2008, 01:04 PM

oilo pan dent -> rod knock

HyperTek

10-10-2008, 01:12 PM

gotta love people with fawked up dropped twisted chassis cars list them for sale for 10grand lol..

got beached a few times on curbs from street drifting back in my adolescent days.. whooops

Not being able to get the car aligned because it wont clear the alignment rack is fun.. also trying to get your car up a flatbed tow truck, and having your hks fmic meet the ground on the incline

SoSideways

10-10-2008, 02:01 PM

I'd say the damage you can also accrue from being too low, is that your bank account might be damaged when mad chics try to go out with you and you wanting to play Hef, sending G's on these chics.

Enna

10-10-2008, 02:19 PM

Nothing too major, lost a lip doin 80 on the highway. Don't know how. Entire exhaust system is dented, good thing its still factory. Frame rails, etc. Funniest tho was getting stuck on my friends driveway, and having a 3' drop from the bottom of my car to the ground. Wish I took pics lol.

nismo racer

10-10-2008, 02:32 PM

i just remembered once i bent a tie rod nasty and had a tow truck come get my car, they had to call 9 different tow trucks until a flat bed one was called and they had to get long pieces of wood planks to get my car on the flat bed. lol the po po had to close the street down for 10 mins so i could get my car out on the street so they could have a flat surface to pull my ride up. hahaha it was embarrassing but yet funny. the looks some people gave me. ill try to get the videos from my friends phone.

projectRDM

10-10-2008, 02:32 PM

I'd say the damage you can also accrue from being too low, is that your bank account might be damaged when mad chics try to go out with you and you wanting to play Hef, sending G's on these chics.

I think the damage that could occur from a car being too low is pretty stupid to talk about for three pages. Whatever is the lowest point on the car gets damaged. From there, anything slightly higher gets it. Do we really need to discuss that? Sorry if you guys think this is worthy of discussion, why not create a thread about the possible damages sustained by driving underneath a truck? A toll gate? A really low bridge? Or how about down a narrow alley with dumpsters on either side?

S14DB

10-10-2008, 03:55 PM

I think the damage that could occur from a car being too low is pretty stupid to talk about for three pages. Whatever is the lowest point on the car gets damaged. From there, anything slightly higher gets it. Do we really need to discuss that? Sorry if you guys think this is worthy of discussion, why not create a thread about the possible damages sustained by driving underneath a truck? A toll gate? A really low bridge? Or how about down a narrow alley with dumpsters on either side?

Naw man, if you an't breaking shit you an't shit yo!

fliprayzin240sx

10-10-2008, 04:00 PM

From being too low...Ive pretty much destroyed my Friends bumper in socali after running over a shredded truck tire, bumper was 3-4 inches off the ground. You know that butt puckering feeling when you know theres nothing you can do because you're wedged in traffic on I-10??? Speed taped the bumper to get it back to norcal so I can rebuild it. The day later on the way up to norcal, going thru the gravevine, hit a really bad dip on I-5. Hard enough to slam on the DP and sheer all 5 bolts on the turbo elbow. Was the best 6.5 hour drive back to Fairfield. Had to safety wire the elbow up to keep me from dragging the DP and exhaust. On top of that, had to drive on 3rd gear the whole way and finding a 5k rpm sweet spot that wasnt making me completely deaf.

PS: Turbo spool sounded sweet tho...

az_240

10-10-2008, 04:07 PM

Its mostly potholes or objects in the road that will do a lowered car in.

I got stuck on a pothole for a second once... was trying to creep over it and got stuck on the control arm. Also been beached on curbs from being a dipshit on the streets.

Om1kron

10-10-2008, 06:00 PM

before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/om1kron/My%20Cars/1996%20240sx%20Kouki/2008-03-23%20-%20photo%20shoot/2008-03-23002.jpg

lowered it another inch

after
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/om1kron/My%20Cars/1996%20240sx%20Kouki/2008-07-17%20-%20front%20end%20damage/th_6.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/om1kron/My%20Cars/1996%20240sx%20Kouki/2008-07-17%20-%20front%20end%20damage/6.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/om1kron/My%20Cars/1996%20240sx%20Kouki/2008-07-17%20-%20front%20end%20damage/th_8.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/om1kron/My%20Cars/1996%20240sx%20Kouki/2008-07-17%20-%20front%20end%20damage/8.jpg)

ayuaddict

10-10-2008, 09:09 PM

oh...

...you guys have no idea...

BlueKpS13

10-10-2008, 09:30 PM

oh...

...you guys have no idea...

lets see, i have to drive over the grass at 45 degree angle to park, i cant go over speed bumps (crab walking, low, anything to help) without scrapin my frame and exhaust and anything else that low. i cant pull into some of my friends drive way, my oil pan is fucked up, and i cant put a lip on my car unless i want to tear it off. i cant fit aero on my car, thats what i know so far

i love my JICs

my car eats pignose lips...yup

ILoveMyRHS13

10-10-2008, 10:17 PM

lets see, i have to drive over the grass at 45 degree angle to park, i cant go over speed bumps (crab walking, low, anything to help) without scrapin my frame and exhaust and anything else that low. i cant pull into some of my friends drive way, my oil pan is fucked up, and i cant put a lip on my car unless i want to tear it off. i cant fit aero on my car, thats what i know so far

i love my JICs

my car eats pignose lips...yup
I'm pretty sure Yuta still beats that.:tardrim:

My friend's driveway has a drop off to the side that goes to grass... My friend dropped his rear wheels off of the driveway while turning around, he got stuck on his frame rails and had to be dragged off.

Leetheslacker

10-11-2008, 12:59 AM

i seem to hit the front of my transmission where it bolts to the block a lot on stuff. pops the shifter up in my hand all funny.

maybe i need new mounts?

Teddy

10-11-2008, 08:05 AM

Broken subframe.

http://a814.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/49/l_750c02bdc51afb0bfb0fb40c6831e1dd.jpg

xkamikazestormx

10-11-2008, 11:01 AM

Broken subframe.

http://a814.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/49/l_750c02bdc51afb0bfb0fb40c6831e1dd.jpg

well your ass slid off track thats why lol.

chibo

10-11-2008, 12:53 PM

i seem to hit the front of my transmission where it bolts to the block a lot on stuff. pops the shifter up in my hand all funny.

maybe i need new mounts?

Odd question, you or your car wouldn't happen to be in Arizona, would it? I know your location says Ohio but I saw a near exact copy of your car on the freeway last night. :hyper:

firelizard

10-11-2008, 01:07 PM

Man, I feel like I drive a 4x4 compared to you guys. I blame my suspension design.

Worst thing to happen so far is scraping off an exhaust hanger, and spitting out an inner fender liner, along with a piece of bumper.

The height of my 205/40ZR17 tires raised the car a bit compared to here on 175/65R14
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/746/img1328qp2.jpg

C. Senor

10-11-2008, 08:51 PM

same stuff...scraped frame, broken cat covers, broken cat flange, dented scraped exhaust. but it's fun seeing people's expressions when you go over a speed bump and they hear nothing but metal scraping. good times.

kaking

10-11-2008, 09:26 PM

oil pan gets hit on long speed bumps. it hurts everytime you hear your frame or oil pan touch.
front aero fights to stay alive everyday(duct tape hold bottom on).

mondojackal

10-11-2008, 11:12 PM

i got stuck on one of those drive in carwashes where you have to align your left wheel with the conveyer belt thing.... i though i heard a scrapping noise...i opened my door and my front wheel was off the ground.... hit it in reverse.... scrapped the hell out of the underbody and ripped off my front lip.. :S

- i got my money back for the wash.
i've done that before, except my cat cover thing got caught, and i couldnt back up off of it. dudes at the car wash thought they could just pick it up and get it off of there. i laughed when they didnt even lift the slack up. sucks that there's no suspension travel..lol

sucks having open diff and having a free spinning wheel in just about any driveway you go in
that's the worst. either that or when you're leaving a gas station or something, and you need to get out and go in traffic, and you start to pull forward, then that one wheel just starts spinning, then you don't go, then it catches a bit and starts squealing, then you have to take off quick cause you dont wanna get rear-ended. always afraid a cops gonna pull me over.

WangonwWarrior

10-11-2008, 11:55 PM

low exhaust+speedbumps=:eek3: its about to fall off but i dont care

articdragon192

10-12-2008, 12:19 AM

Sheared open a hole in my oil pan.

Busted a hole in my floorpan.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/My%20Car/CAM_0230.jpg

Leetheslacker

10-12-2008, 01:46 AM

Odd question, you or your car wouldn't happen to be in Arizona, would it? I know your location says Ohio but I saw a near exact copy of your car on the freeway last night. :hyper:

nope in ohio.

my framerails scrape if i go down my driveway without angling all crazy.

the bottom of my swaybar is rusting from having the coating knocked off it.

my exhaust wont stay tightened up for shit. i need to get the shit hanging higher.

pignose lip hits and scrapes everything but keeps on truckin.

mondojackal

10-12-2008, 02:05 AM

my exhaust won't stay tightened, either.

i swear, i'm up under it every other week tightening the rear-most hanger, and the bolts near the cat. laamme..

terrence

10-12-2008, 07:45 PM

First time driving with aero today, broke it in 4 places comeing out of a gas station :(

no pics of damage, but it looked like this before this morning.

http://i38.tinypic.com/301hra1.jpg

Zero-Offset

10-12-2008, 08:08 PM

haha nice confederate flag in the background btw ^^
the local gas station pretty much knows when im coming since i scrape going in and out lol.

Brian

10-12-2008, 08:10 PM

One time I got a mad sick crack in my FRP origin labs bumper fiberglass.

Total bummer on my fade.

KA-T_240

10-12-2008, 08:15 PM

I want to see pics of how lows these cars hitting oil pans are.........

like how low the pan is to the ground not how low the kit is to the ground.

Matej

10-12-2008, 09:11 PM

My fenders flew off on the highway a couple times because they sit on the tires.

Front swaybar end links ripped off after hitting the swaybar too many times.

Transmission got stuck on the railroad tracks once, that was scary.

articdragon192

10-12-2008, 09:18 PM

I want to see pics of how lows these cars hitting oil pans are.........

like how low the pan is to the ground not how low the kit is to the ground.

This low.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/My%20Car/slammed.jpg

Then raised it to this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/Streets%20of%20Willow/DSC_0481.jpg

joshchewuhh

10-12-2008, 09:38 PM

my oil pan is a bit dented, rails are scraped to shit, resonator is scratched and dented, and my front mud flaps are getting worn.

raise my car NEVER!

articdragon192

10-12-2008, 09:44 PM

Funny, my exhaust never scraped. Clearance was awesome with my old exhaust. I'd scrape rails, my cat, and my oilpan every now and then, but never my exhaust, lol. You all need to get better exhausts.

Ninjabread

10-12-2008, 09:50 PM

Serious, i NEVER hit my apexi megaphone, better clearance than all thsoe n1 style POS.

my DP is old school greddy mx tho, and it needs a good inch cut out of it.

theslows13

10-12-2008, 09:51 PM

My friend's driveway has a drop off to the side that goes to grass... My friend dropped his rear wheels off of the driveway while turning around, he got stuck on his frame rails and had to be dragged off.

that was me. needed a 2500 series sierra to pull my rails/rear subframe off the pavement. it was only a 1.5 inch drop tops from the paved driveway to the dirt surface.

damage... sway bar in front is all sorts of effed up... no paint on the bottom side, but no rust either cus i scrape it so often that it keeps the metal fresh.

i rub harness on both sides, on 205.50.16's... tucked front, rears level with fender line. front lip... is... "not in new condition" anymore... its so bad that when i scrape my front lip leaving everyday from my house, that my front fenders are pushed outward from the upward force of the bumper/lip... my fenders are bulged... i bend them back into shape maybe once a week. had to sell old exhaust cus i wore a hole thru the canister and two flanges, and broke two hangers clean off.

and to top it off... i cannot drive on crowned roads. i live in fucking amish country. ha. hahaahha. ha... sucks... but i love it, and will NEVER raise it

JDM_inspired

10-12-2008, 10:16 PM

well i have gotten stuck on a speed bump once....

:-/ same here!

I10cruiser

10-13-2008, 03:33 AM

haha my friend just blew his motor due to a dent in the oil pan. . im guessing due to a driveway:keke: . or a fall from a jack

ZX88

10-13-2008, 12:32 PM

dented oilpan on the ka, my sr downpipe is like a half circle after driving over speed bumps. exhaust canister is fucked beyond belief i still cant belive there are no hole or crack in my exhaust after 3 years.lol i need to get rid of the shitty n1.

xtreme_s14

10-13-2008, 07:54 PM

chewed up wiring harness.. anything else is baby po0p! me thinks..

mondojackal

10-13-2008, 08:22 PM

what's with all the guys who slam their cars, and then talk about how they've chewed through their harnesses??

seriously..did you not see that one coming? that's like the ONE main thing that you can easily do something about. exhaust can't really move, but harness relocation is easy. do it.

twotoes

10-13-2008, 09:10 PM

flattened out the bottom of my header on my civic si. Backed straight out of a steep driveway and bent the end of my muff a bit on the 240, nothin to serious. Oh yeah and like some dudes above me, I got stuck on a speedbump. There were two and when i finally made it over the first one i just sat there in between the two for like an hour before i decided to try and launch over the second lol didnt work well so basically avoid speedbumps and steep driveways.

SilviaDoctrine

10-14-2008, 06:07 AM

I punctured a hole on my DC Headers in my EF after going over a few driveways, and than finally hitting a bump in the road. Also ripped the front bumper off of my Z once coming back home from D&B and not seeing a gigantic and steep dip at an intersection. I was pissed.

Justin Bernstein

10-14-2008, 07:56 AM

ayuaddict

10-14-2008, 10:53 AM

I don't understand this thread at all. I guess it's the whole desire to spend thousands on parts only to destroy them that I don't get. It must be an awful feeling to fear that you may have to go over a speed bump.

It must be embarrassing to get beached on a speed bump or driveway with your girl in the car. Do you ask her to help push? Weird.

it looks good.

instant gratification is where its at.

haven't ya heard?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b342/ayuaddict/IMG_4731.jpg

its almost a shame i'm looking for a set of eighteens.

Justin Bernstein

10-14-2008, 11:28 AM

haha...oh my god. Seriously that car would last for 1 mile around here.

I'm surprised that people don't use larger wheels to maintain wheel fitment but also maintain oil pans/transmissions etc. and so forth. and so on.

SoSideways

10-14-2008, 11:32 AM

my DP is old school greddy mx tho, and it needs a good inch cut out of it.

Quoted for truth.

Mine is all sorts of scraped and flattened'ish on the bottom.

Needs more flattening.

Or an inch cut out and re-angled so it doesn't point my exhaust downwards.

TheArkitekt

10-14-2008, 11:41 AM

yeah i mean im not that low but im as low as i can get away with in ohio, our roads blow goats....

Slip&Sliden 240

10-14-2008, 10:20 PM

Head of oil drain plug has been ground down a bit. Downpipe is now an oval. I have had to hammer the oil pan flat 3-4 for times. Just finished fiberglassing my front bumper back together after it broke in 3 places. Will I raise it? nope

kaking

10-15-2008, 01:33 AM

it looks good.

instant gratification is where its at.

haven't ya heard?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b342/ayuaddict/IMG_4731.jpg

its almost a shame i'm looking for a set of eighteens.

i just scraped my underbelly front to back backing it out the shop(electrical finally done) and this pic jus made my car look like a monster truck :-( GOOD SHIT!!!

DataXUnknown

10-15-2008, 01:38 AM

My flex pipe is all funky after coils...damn metal shootin' out everywhere. Pics up in like 9 hours from now...

down_shift

10-15-2008, 01:46 AM

went off a road course a bit and dented the pan enough to lose the engine a lap or two later. need to find or fab a skid plate.

SilviaDoctrine

10-15-2008, 02:02 AM

bbejj123

10-20-2008, 09:46 PM

I don't understand this thread at all. I guess it's the whole desire to spend thousands on parts only to destroy them that I don't get. It must be an awful feeling to fear that you may have to go over a speed bump.

It must be embarrassing to get beached on a speed bump or driveway with your girl in the car. Do you ask her to help push? Weird.

if your girl wont get out and push u need a new girl anyways:naughty:

^^^ damn that is low! if u run over a toothpick ur gonna get splinters in ur ass

energy0uth

10-23-2008, 11:24 AM

dented oil pan, mild dent in frame, scrapes here and there....stuck three wheels in in friends driveway. had to have 3 people jump on the hatch so the wheel would hit and spin back

Zero_SX

10-23-2008, 02:57 PM

well the way i did it was i started rocking in my chair and the car started rocking then just let the cluth out and eventually got off =)

or since this was a common occurance with me i started carrying a 2x4 or two with me and just got them out when i needed them =)

haha your sig is priceless for this thread.
good laugh :keke:

Sileighty_85

10-23-2008, 04:01 PM

Quoted for truth.

Mine is all sorts of scraped and flattened'ish on the bottom.

Needs more flattening.

Or an inch cut out and re-angled so it doesn't point my exhaust downwards.

Maybe look into an RS*R DP I have one and Its never scraped, it tucks up nicely above the Frame Rails

SoSideways

10-23-2008, 04:17 PM

Maybe look into an RS*R DP I have one and Its never scraped, it tucks up nicely above the Frame Rails

You're gonna need pics of said awesomeness to impress/inform me.

Sileighty_85

10-23-2008, 05:30 PM

You're gonna need pics of said awesomeness to impress/inform me.

Never mind Its not as tucked nicely as I thought It was, m._.m
Ive always noticed that it was never scraped but my Test pipe and cat back was always jacked up.

but other than busted aero here an there

this is mine
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i235/Neil_85/DSC03784.jpg

but fixed that by cutting a 3 in pipe in half and conforming it to the flat spot

got better clearance out of it though :P

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i235/Neil_85/DSC03795.jpg

goldollar

10-23-2008, 09:30 PM

Bottomed out on really huge speed hump and ended up with 3 pieces of exhaust in my 91 coupe. Bottomed out on railroad crossing and cracked my oil pan in my 93 coupe.

SoSideways

10-24-2008, 07:41 AM

but fixed that by cutting a 3 in pipe in half and conforming it to the flat spot

got better clearance out of it though :P

Ha.

You know they sell oval'd out pipes now right?

I forget where I saw them at, but it's like the same exact type of piping as the ones on the Circuit Sport or Moonface downpipes.

Slip&Sliden 240

10-24-2008, 06:06 PM

Ha.

You know they sell oval'd out pipes now right?

I forget where I saw them at, but it's like the same exact type of piping as the ones on the Circuit Sport or Moonface downpipes.

OvalTubing (http://burnsstainless.com/OvalTubing/ovaltubing.html)

240sxnlr

10-24-2008, 06:23 PM

cracked oil pan...wasted engine

J40sx

10-24-2008, 06:26 PM

scrapped the tip of my
Buddy club 2 exhaust
(sticks out alot) lol

Sileighty_DRFT89

10-24-2008, 09:28 PM

I high centered going into a burgerking driveway once. caused a pretty bad traffic jam lol. luckily these bro guys were there to push me off. that was cool of them

honeybadger

10-25-2008, 01:31 PM

What does high centered mean?

1slowS13

10-25-2008, 01:47 PM

By using my brain and reading for context clues, i have come into the conclusion that he meant his car belly flopped, by saying "high centered."

Z_Spool

10-25-2008, 02:28 PM

High-centering your car is when you get the center of the car stuck on an area that keeps the tires from getting traction. High-centering basically turns your car and a speed-bump into an expensive and frustrating teeter-totter.

Sileighty_DRFT89

10-27-2008, 10:44 PM

exactly what it means lol. i've got some nice marks and dents on my frame rails now. I lowered it another inch.

Z_Spool

10-27-2008, 11:30 PM

High-centered your car then lowered it more? + Imagi-posi-rep for you, my friend.

JDMSTYLE

05-17-2009, 02:05 AM

dented the frame rails to hell...

drift_limo

05-17-2009, 04:05 AM

oil pan ...

yokotavia

05-17-2009, 04:11 AM

definatly gonna say oil pan or replacing exhausts every month because you scrape holes in them around the area of your diff

randyjordan

05-17-2009, 10:09 AM

oil pan

dragging/pushing/running over aero

exhaust falling off etc etc

its all part of the game

KoukiMonsta

05-17-2009, 11:30 AM

but breaking shit is the best part of being so low isnt it?

ya exhaust and frame rail are soooo fuked on my car lol

BoostedCoupe

05-17-2009, 11:45 AM

i have put a few dents in my oil pan aswell as broke my factory pwer brace and the common scraped exahust. My favorite part about a lowered car with the coils at fully stiff is going down a highway that you dont know doing about 80 and hitting a bridge and bottoming out and looking in the mirrior at the sparks that just went all over the car behind you. I know slow down like 20mph when i see a bride that i have never been over. All this and my shit is still high.

DDDsquad_s13panda

05-17-2009, 12:25 PM

my frame looks like its being moved around by a forklift at a junkyard.. nasttyyy....

oh and i broke a fresh CF lip on my civic then soon as i got on the freeway and switch lanes.....

s14jesse

05-17-2009, 12:41 PM

scratching my downpipe then in time cracking the dam turbo manifold!!!

EDacIouSX

05-17-2009, 08:45 PM

yea i high centered my old car once. it was uncool, especially since it was in a parkign structure

wow i thought i revived an old thread but fortunately someone did it for me.

jayrawr

05-17-2009, 08:53 PM

my resonator has a biggg dent in it and my rails are bent. and i think my exhaust rips off those little buttons on the floor. i hit them for sure.

hOngsterr

05-18-2009, 12:13 PM

bent frame rail as well, i been high centered on a high slope driveway lol

landins13

05-18-2009, 12:36 PM

whats the most damage you guys have taken to your car directly because your car was lowered too much?

is it possible to mess up the chassis/frame just going in and out of driveways and over speed bumps?

my motor went boom twice. sitting really low with shitty sr20det oil pans isnt fun. ive blown my motor twice from sitting too low and one of the times i managed to crack a greddy oil pan in half.

xdumbxguyx

05-18-2009, 12:50 PM

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj201/xdumbxguyx/DSC00076.jpg

lost to freeway reflectors

I LUV MY S13

05-18-2009, 01:14 PM

i high centered once..ha tripped me out cuz i didnt kno wat happened at first..rails a lil scraped up but nothin too bad

i8yourfwd

05-18-2009, 02:55 PM

broke my exhaust twice, cracked a radiator, and i have a dented up ass oil pan

s13skank

05-18-2009, 04:42 PM

Scrathing the hell out of my bumper and skirts with my aero kit, and tore up my exhaust res

midnightouge

05-18-2009, 04:54 PM

Front sway bar dented in my oil pan on a speed bump, then fucked up my hks exhaust.

dropdtaco

05-18-2009, 05:06 PM

broke the flanges off my cat.
actuall frame rails dented
front crossmember dented

and something no one here can do.. i scrape my leaf spring hangers on everything. im prolly gonna scrape through the leaf springs but i dont care..i'll just get new ones

slothonaleash

05-18-2009, 05:10 PM

Countless new exhaust leaks, cracked resonator, cracked fuel lines (not sure how I managed that one), tension rod brackets are a joke, I've been rear ended while going over a speedbump diagonally at 1.3 MPH (no damage)

no matter; it's all part of owning a car that when you go by young kids, they yell, "is THAT a DRUG DEALER?!"