Halfrican

I have a stock height '00 EX and lately everytime I hit a big enough dip, or driveway, or anything slanted without grandmaing my way up, something under the front of the car smashes into the ground hard enough to make me shocked the airbag didn't deploy. What exactly am I smashing? I can't tell from looking under there without jacking it up.

eh9deux

It's probably your tow hooks hitting the pavement/concrete. Look under the front bumper. There should be one on each side. (left and right)

SeanK325

jack it up with a flash light and looked for scraped parts.

phoxking

were your springs/sleeves installed correctly or you using ebay suspension lol. my cousin has that same problem, but its due to his 30$ sleeves....fail

SeanK325

is it a grinding noise or a clunking type? bushings?

Mike95Civic

jack the car up dude, and im 100% you'll see your problem.

Halfrican

It's hitting a brace underneath the radiator, how are you guys that are lowered not hitting this thing? It's the lowest point under the front end.

SeanK325

The radiator core support? Unless your driveway is real high or the support it bent, it shouldn't make any contact.

dane-ej1

Just have to go slow

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

Are you dropped on stock struts/shocks? My exhaust is the lowest thing under the car.

SeanK325

Could it be that struts are blown and it nose dives when you brake before going up the driveway?

Halfrican

Very likely, 137,000 miles on stock suspension.

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

And you're lowered?

SeanK325

he said he's stock height in first post.

grumblemarc

iTrader: (4)

So he did. That car must be bouncing like a lowrider.

SeanK325

lol... that's pretty extreme if I'm right about that. for the radiator support to scrape because of any reason can't be good. 137K miles? Do you mean you've never changed your struts? Seems like it's about that time anyway...

lunareg

yeah my exhaust is the thing that scrapes all the time, I have 3" of clearance on it and I rarely hit it on anything.. sounds like your shocks are completely blown out if I had to guess.