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  • Batz
    Grease Monkey
    • Aug 2013
    • 303

    #1

    How do you guys drive so low?

    I have late model conversion on my 84, and not too long ago installed megan coils on it. dropped the car so i have about 3 fingers from the ground to my IS lip. My skid plate hits/scrapes on every little road imperfection, got my oil pan bolt busted in two weeks of driving with coils, (yes with red46 skids plate on) and the new one is almost half way shaved already, looks like i bent my skid plate as well. The tires are rubbing everywhere, and its not like i have some weird set up, the bumps are literally impossible to go through without scraping the whole car.

    And i know that there are people whos cars are even lower then mine. I just wonder how do you guys do it? Is it just that you dont drive it daily or maybe used to it and im just bitching here?
  • E30Pacman
    Member
    • Jan 2014
    • 60

    #2
    Lower it
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    • flyboyx
      R3V OG
      • Sep 2008
      • 8371

      #3
      stance is ghey. raise it up 2" and live happily ever after. there is no rocket science here.

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      • E30SPDFRK
        Moderator
        • Jul 2007
        • 5687

        #4
        3 fingers is damn low for an is lip on coils, let's see some pictures of the car to get a real idea.
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        • raudonis
          Advanced Member
          • Jan 2013
          • 184

          #5
          Learn every pothole, drain, dip, bump where you drive and how to get around them. Or be on your tows all the time. Or scrape and hit and just don't give a shit.
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          • gtdragon980
            E30 Mastermind
            • Jun 2008
            • 1808

            #6
            If you are on coils, just raise the front up enough to fit 4-5 fingers and raise the back accordingly. You shouldn't have a problem with scraping anymore. Unless your exhaust is really low.

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            • Ether-D
              R3VLimited
              • Sep 2011
              • 2838

              #7
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              • ELVA164
                R3V Elite
                • Dec 2011
                • 4861

                #8
                Originally posted by Ether-D
                Yeah, my girlfriend is a supermodel. She just doesn't have a vagina. I try and try to poke my penis in there but no vagina. Well, at least everyone sees me with a supermodel. A nonfuckable, no-fun, but pretty, supermodel.
                Accurate metaphor except for this part.
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                • slaterd
                  E30 Mastermind
                  • Jul 2011
                  • 1731

                  #9
                  Originally posted by flyboyx
                  stance is ghey. raise it up 2" and live happily ever after. there is no rocket science here.

                  i have my asbestos underware on r3v. flame away.
                  Quoted...the e30 already handles phenomenally. I think you can do without an inch or two also.
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                  • dnguyen1963
                    R3VLimited
                    • Nov 2011
                    • 2648

                    #10
                    It's the laws of physics or just common sense.

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                    • slammin.e28
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                      • May 2010
                      • 12054

                      #11
                      OP did it wrong.
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                      • rcsoundn1
                        No R3VLimiter
                        • Nov 2012
                        • 3361

                        #12
                        Comes with the territory. You either deal with it or raise it up. When I had a real low truck, I learned the roads near me well, and I worked real close to home. When I went back to school, I sold the truck for a more senceable daily driver.

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                        • ST1G
                          R3V OG
                          • Oct 2012
                          • 6689

                          #13
                          Originally posted by E30Pacman
                          Lower it
                          Yeah, sounds like your problem is you're not low enough.

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                          • Thizzelle
                            R3V Elite
                            • Oct 2008
                            • 4422

                            #14
                            drive slow with flashers on so everybody notices you
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                            • F34R
                              sLaughter
                              • May 2009
                              • 12390

                              #15
                              Because Megan coilovers are shit, they cannot handle dampening or response. I daily drove mine like this:

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