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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 10:15 AM
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My car is lower than a Z06 and I rarely scrape...If you are scraping on a driveway a)fix your driveway b) take it slow and at an angle
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 10:38 AM
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This is actually the first car i have owned that i can actually pull in my driveway without scraping. However, it is still at stock height and when i put springs on it, i'm sure then it will scrape. I have to angle it in now, but that might not help anymore even with a slight drop.

I might not lower it just for the fact i love being able to wash my car in the driveway in the shade. That and not having to slow down to 5mph for speed humps/bumps.
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 10:48 AM
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My friend got pulled over in a lowered 240 and the cop said he left the parking lot at a hazardous angle. Just FYI cops sometimes can be mean.

I only scrape on the most monster of curbs and I'm on coils.

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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 11:00 AM
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scrape all the time!!! even at an angle
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 11:04 AM
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^^^ That's about how low I am and don't scrape that much. Once in a while. My Rally-armour mudflaps scrape a good bit on some stuff tho.

If I ever scrape it is because I was going too fast/not taking it at an angle, or the road is just f****d up
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 11:10 AM
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Yea, lately my plastic undertray is coming off due to loss of plastic clips, so that is what usually rubs/scrapes
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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 01:46 PM
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Almost every day. I'm lowered about an inch. I have to pull into my GF's driveway at an 80 degree angle just so I don't scrape. I also know all those other spots where I have to be careful.
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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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I dont understand how so many people scrape when my car is one of the lowest Ive seen......
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by HiI'mDustin
I dont understand how so many people scrape when my car is one of the lowest Ive seen......
Depends on the terrain, but Colorado is not really low-car friendly
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 09:12 AM
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Yeah this is the first place I have lived with the crazy monster curb/driveway.
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 11:16 AM
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ive only scraped once when i was in oc, a little buzzed and not really paying attention, the scrapes werent that bad tho
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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everyday twice a day pulling in and out of my driveway. you got to pay to play
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 11:26 AM
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just as everybody says go in at an angle and slow, more the better - this way there is less "car" in fron the tire making contact at the trough. I've seen way lower cars make some pretty scary hills/driveways.
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Webman
Depends on the terrain, but Colorado is not really low-car friendly
Colorado roads do suck, and I managed ok.

I think a lot of people are being big babies. I had a slammed 240 in Colorado Springs. I did scrape, but usually just the exhaust.

You need to just figure out the roads. For example, when I'm going to this one store, I gotta drive around the back because my car would get stuck otherwise.

I HAVE gotten stuck pretty badly though. To the point where I would have to get out of the car and push because the rear wheel somehow ended up in the air. lol
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Noble713
My car isn't lowered and I've scraped it maybe 2-3 times (in about 2 months of ownership) on some lot entrances that dip down in the middle, like a small ditch. Very annoying.
I'm also stock w/o any lips and I have to angle on some lots. My city is not lowered car friendly and if I'm already struggling, there's not way in hell I'm going to lower!
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