Who hates their Driveway...I do!

[IES13]

Ok sorry to bother everyone with somewhat of a pointless post, but I was wondering who else here has problems with their driveway? Well I do, its nearly impossible to get a lowered car in and out, as you can see from the picture below....The S13 front with a Silvia lip is kissing the street...I will be reconcreting my driveway in the near future, but for now I'm using wood!

Later

http://www.garpot.com/images/s13_kiss.jpg

[TurK]

i have the same problem ....i only have spring setup and having trouble gettin in and out...bummer

[IES13]

It sure does blow! I have Tanabe SS setup and its a bitch to always adjust to simply go in and out....ahhhhh....but hey I still love my car and setup! A life of a car nut!

[SilviaDriver]

drive at an angle

[IES13]

drive at an angle

Tried that....=( Angle works fine on my...hummm.....Accord....but because the S13 is slighly lower than the.....Honda...it barely makes it.

Thanks Anyways!

[BOMEX180]

I have to take out my bumper and bumper support and at teh same time stack up some wood....my driveway sucks ball$

[sw20>>s14]

yeah, i three wheel when i angle to go up any driveway...so i have to swing back and forth and peel out a little...i am in desperate need of a diff...

about to put 2x4s or some ramps...your incline is a lot more than mine...sux to be you :)

[IES13]

Well, its nice to see that I'm not the only one with driveway issues....=P

[go240]

yep, gotta go in nearly perpandicular to my drive. lift up one wheel. and i'll be lowering my car more once my gramlights get here.

[Ian]

i go straight in and out...why? because you just gotta make it work


my exhaust at the lowest point (at the axle) is only 1 3/4" off the ground

you just gotta find the sweet spot and you'll be fine

[Loofee95SE]

hahaha, me too,, my front lip been torn out from the bumper way to many times...C

[SoSideways]

That's not bad. My parents' driveway has a huge dip just before the end, about 3 to 4 inches of water collect there when it rains hard. I belief I have like half an inch of clearance between my S13 chuki SE lip and the driveway even when I go up it on an angle. Car's only lowered 1.5" with Tanabe GF210 springs, and 195/60/15 tires up front.

Am going to slam the car soon, so... gonna have to find a way to just go up the driveway. Luckily, I already have J30 diff, so 3 wheeling should be OK for me.

[sideview_180sx]

I have no problem gettinpg in and out. Here's a tip. don't back in to your driveway. That just guarantees you will tear the front bumper up. I love having a diff. I can teeter all day and make in and out of my driveway.I'm on 17s now, but even on my 15s I never had a problem. No I don't have a calm driveway.

[theicecreamdan]

I have a rounded curb at the end of my driveway
Boise sucks!

[IES13]

Most likely I'll be going in head in on an angle, pretty much like I have been doing with my Accord, if I didn't have the lip backing in would be no problem. :P

[SRkouki]

man ure crazy trying to drive off a driveway like that..... i am pretty much perpindicular when i get off or on my driveway, and i still scrape a little. you just gota go slow and sideways. that lip aint never gona last if you keep going head first like that ;)

[SRkouki]

Most likely I'll be going in head in on an angle, pretty much like I have been doing with my Accord, if I didn't have the lip backing in would be no problem. :P

thats good to hear. make sure you careful everywhere else you go also.

i always end up blocking other people leaving somewhere cuz i gota be so sideways

[SilviaNinja240]

yea, just drive in at an angle, everyone has the problem, easly solved.

What scares me is when people come into driveways or over speed bumps that don't have aftermarket suspension, i'm like "o! shii~!! and then I realize the car isn't lowered.

[Nan Desu Ka?!]

yea, just drive in at an angle, everyone has the problem, easly solved.

What scares me is when people come into driveways or over speed bumps that don't have aftermarket suspension, i'm like "o! shii~!! and then I realize the car isn't lowered.

LOL i do that too!! then i realize its like a land rover or something =X

yeah i have a rounded "curb" leading to my driveway, and its a narrow drivway too... only about 3-4 ft of space on each side of the car, so i have to really come in at a rediculas angle or i scrape. and im only on stechs! if i dont get the angles just right leaving my drivway, i get a nice litte noise to wake me up in the morning. death to driveways.

on a side note, dont EVER let ANYONE back your car outta your driveway unless they KNOW how to use a lowered car... my mom's b/f decided he would be nice one morning by letting me sleep while he backed my car outta the dirveway (so he could get out himself). i jolted awake at the most HORRIBLE sound of my undercarage being demolished. i seriously thought he had to have ripped my bumper clean off and dented my oil pan. i think he just tried to go straight out.... i was soooooo pissed. needless to say, he wakes me up EVERY time he has to back out and im blocking him, becuase i told him NEVER to do that again. my car was ok except for my lip being srapped along the bottom. thank everyhting i had decided to keep my little dust cover thingie when i but in my new motor. /rant.

[Steeles]

I suggest moving

[vvtisupra]

that and your car isn;t even low

[darren240]

ur driveway isnt that bad. just angle it , look at all the room u have. since its ur driveway, u can go as slow as u want.

yeah, i three wheel when i angle to go up any driveway...so i have to swing back and forth and peel out a little...i am in desperate need of a diff...

about to put 2x4s or some ramps...your incline is a lot more than mine...sux to be you :)

we should start a 3weelie crew haha u should see ppl faces when that happens. one time i got stuck on a driveway, couldnt swing back and forth, just spinnin tire. i had my friend get out of the car and give it a little push. :duh: i back up traffic, ppl were like WTF, move bitch :keke:

[TheSquidd]

Hah my driveway laughs at your drive way.



This is mine



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It's literally a curb. And to make matters worse, the driveway is an uphill incline, so it's a huge speedbump basically. I scrape something everyday.

[PARAD0X]

advantages of living in FLA

[240SeXy!]

Damn i feel bad for you guys mine is perfectly flat compared to the roadside..
http://www.independenceantiquebrick.com/images/cobble-drive.jpg
:mrmeph:

[TougeRacing]

wth!?!? your driveway isnt even that steeeep, you have a lot of room to angle into it.

[Sil Beer S13]

wow haha your car is not he low.

you never hit it straight on sheesh

[A Spec Products]

home depot it and buy a couple bags of ready mix

granted the city will beat your ass, but just say that some thief came in the middle of the night and did it

its the 240 and the LONG NOSE, makes clearing things suck. your car isnt that low tho, like everyone said, angling should be fine, but scraping cant be helped. that driveway isnt THAT bad, ive seen way worse, its just cause your lip sticks out pretty far.

i scrape my exhaust and front lip every day out the driveway, it sucks cause it loosens the bolts off the cat, and i end up having whooshstyle exhaust every couple weeks.

[SoSideways]

home depot it and buy a couple bags of ready mix

granted the city will beat your ass, but just say that some thief came in the middle of the night and did it

its the 240 and the LONG NOSE, makes clearing things suck. your car isnt that low tho, like everyone said, angling should be fine, but scraping cant be helped. that driveway isnt THAT bad, ive seen way worse, its just cause your lip sticks out pretty far.

i scrape my exhaust and front lip every day out the driveway, it sucks cause it loosens the bolts off the cat, and i end up having whooshstyle exhaust every couple weeks.

1 word for ya buddy:

LOCTITE!!

:naughty:

[mistaanime]

if you think your car is too low then raise it....

[sideview_180sx]

a bad driveway is going into Jspec. Screw home driveways, get into that place.

[HyperTek]

if your have to scrap it.. its better to scrap it out in reverse.. cuz you dont want to snag the lip to fold under teh car... less damage the other way around.

[420sx]

i fucking hate mine. when i get coilovers its really gonna suck. i still have to enter sideways


you cant see it that well but its 30 degree angle. theres the dip there too for the water to run on the side of the street

[Var]

My driveway is the only thing stopping me from lowering my Z06. even at the highest angle of approach it scrapes.

[IES13]

Thanks again everyone for the comments and feedback! I do agree with all that my car isn't that low, its pretty much prefect just to pull in on an angle, but once I redo the driveway I'll drop it more... ;)

I can only imagine how about it would be to be pulling in with a Origin-Lab kit...and yes pulling into Jspec does blow...I can blame Jspec "Sam" for suppling me with my current lip....:P

[KA24DESOneThree]

My driveway is fun. 40mph is a possibility, but then hard on the brakes for the uphill corner and the dip upon which I hang a rail/subframe mount/transmission/swaybar/etc every once in a while. It's bad enough that I lift a wheel. It's like a curb with a bump at the top of it. When I slammed the car, I scraped my framerails for their entire length, in addition to scraping the lip of the bumper cover. I raised the car after driving another 50 feet and scraping the rail on a little bump.

I remember this time when I was at my friend's house and thought I dropped a driveline piece because my car wasn't moving. Turned out that I was lifting a wheel about 7 inches. Needless to say, I bought a LSD quickly. I was definitely not used to having that little travel.

[FRpilot]

you should build an elevator for your driveway. no more problems there ! :)

[jd-17]

im not looking forward to lowering mine

[gorgasm]

throw some wood boards at the bottom will make it less steep. thats what i do :p. Hey man... Do you drive your car around RCC in Norco? I swear ive seen your car there before, unless theres another champ colored coupe with the sil front end driving around.... nice car nonetheless. I drive a black zenki, converted to kouki now. Youll probably see me around.

[IES13]

throw some wood boards at the bottom will make it less steep. thats what i do :p. Hey man... Do you drive your car around RCC in Norco? I swear ive seen your car there before, unless theres another champ colored coupe with the sil front end driving around.... nice car nonetheless. I drive a black zenki, converted to kouki now. Youll probably see me around.

I'm in the Riverside area! I haven't drove around the RCC Norco area in awhile..but you probably see me around, I may have seen you around. I know I've seen a hot red Zenki driving around Riverside and a black 180sx with S13 front too....

Anyways see you on the streets!

[240SeXy!]

^ i havent see you im in riverside and i go to RCC..

[IES13]

^ i havent see you im in riverside and i go to RCC..
I live in Riverside, but I work in Los Angeles....I went to RCC years ago.....over 5+ years ago..Interesting seeing more Riveride 951 240 fans on the board.

[A Spec Products]

1 word for ya buddy:

LOCTITE!!

:naughty:

duh captain obvious :)

i already did that, many a time, and yes, red loctizzite.

[big_schaf]

Here's mine anyways its down hill for like for 1/2 km and its not paved and you cant got past 10km with the c/o in or you'll hit the roof lol and you have to watch out for the dips so you dont bottom out.... I love my driveway

[240SeXy!]

I live in Riverside, but I work in Los Angeles....I went to RCC years ago.....over 5+ years ago..Interesting seeing more Riveride 951 240 fans on the board.


We shoul make a Thread in The regional section about riverside if you want then we can see how many close freinds of the sport we really have...

[aznpoopy]

a driveway is really one of those things you take for granted until you no longer have one. :)

[samms95s14se]

When I moved from my old place I refused to move anywhere I didn't like the driveway and now as long as I take the right angle I don't scrap, but I won't be getting coilovers anytime soon unless I move again which is not going to happen and I'll just have to be happy with my Tanabe DF210 and AGX's because I can't go any lower and I don't want to spend the money for coilovers just to have it the same height. :mad:

[krustindumm]

my road is gravel, my driveway is gravel, i win.

[2iv0 sx]

Your car is really nice.. what size wheels are you running? thats just a fat ass lip :yum:

[GonadSX]

Raise your car? I dunno...

[mr_240sx]

your car doesnt seem that low, you just probably need to learn how to take steep entrances, cause i can get into worse entrances then that and my car is just as low!

[silviaz]

Yeah. I got that problem also... I can't do shit about that cuz my father is too B.S to rebuilt the driveway. Anyway, I have to live with it... zenki lip are though....

[P4rD0nM3]

You go down straight?

[gorgasm]

We shoul make a Thread in The regional section about riverside if you want then we can see how many close freinds of the sport we really have...

Do it man. Thatd be cool.... Back on topic... you should angle when going down your driveway ;)

[Muzzy]

[email protected]

yea your driveway sux ass!!! i hated it!!

[rrobe99999]

Wow, you guys should find somewhere else to live, or raise your car. Before I bought my house I took a test drive in the driveway to make sure I wouldn't scrape. I can't go down my dad's driveway. I have to park down the street at his sister's house, and get him to pick me up.

[mad s13]

you could do like I do and just let it scrape..lol

I mean i've got about 60 bucks in my paint job, and my bumper is cracked in about 5 or 6 places, so I just let it scrape....screw that angle crap..lol

of course going at angles gets me in a three wheel as well and you get funny looks from people when you are pulling into the mall.....


Gray

[smellslikecurry]

only girls cry about driveways

[sideview_180sx]

duh captain obvious :)

i already did that, many a time, and yes, red loctizzite.

use the green shit they have, usually special order. only way to remove it is by heating the bolt with a torch or cutting it off, haha.

[rockinpandas]

i dont even have a driveway
i have to park on the street
so lame

[iamwesley]

Lets see more pics of your car. Yours look just like mine. Gold rear. Black silvia front. But instead I have Black Skyline wheels. More picsss!

Ok sorry to bother everyone with somewhat of a pointless post, but I was wondering who else here has problems with their driveway? Well I do, its nearly impossible to get a lowered car in and out, as you can see from the picture below....The S13 front with a Silvia lip is kissing the street...I will be reconcreting my driveway in the near future, but for now I'm using wood!

Later

http://www.garpot.com/images/s13_kiss.jpg

[IES13]

Thats awesome...we can be drift twins.... =P

[WILDACEX187]

man u guys are so lucky to even have a driveway. i live in nyc, ghetto ass appartment building, parking on the street with people hitting my bumpers. poorness rules :(

[smellslikecurry]

man u guys are so lucky to even have a driveway. i live in nyc, ghetto ass appartment building, parking on the street with people hitting my bumpers. poorness rules :(


dude i know exactly what you mean...i used to have an apt on the border of jamaica and forest hills and had to park on the street...it was horrible