were i live there is lots of uneven pavement and ive had problems with my exaust scraping the ground ocasionaly but nothing to be to worried about. i want to get my car lowerd but im afraid i would have a real problem with scraping. does anyone have any sugestions about raising my exaust somehow (if thats even possible) , or some other way to help my car handle better without lowering it? your advice would be much appreciated

 

id get the piping redone if your scraping with your car not even lowered...

 

no man you dont understand were i live when you pull out of a parking lot its like hopping a curb

 

if thats the case might as well just loose the exhaust and just lower the car or vice versa

 

or just lose the thought of lowering the car.

 

Sorry, I had to laugh. Mechanics around here get a real kick out of the expensive damage tuners cause when they lower their cars- torn out exhausts, damaged oil-pans, damaged suspension parts, expensive 8-spoke rims bent all to hell.

Build the car to match the street-freeway environment where YOU live. We also have rougher streets/freeways, and also snow. I made a comment here once I could still get the Accord around when tuners were regularly high-centering their cars over 6-8" drifts (packed and hard).

Of course some dick got nasty and commented he was lowered 3" and "still drove around in the snow". Maybe 2-3", but we get 12-24" in a hard snowfall here! (I even eventually garage the Honda and drive only the X-Terra !)

For these reasons, when I built my suspension I only dropped it 1" F/R. I also regularly see tweaked 8 spoke rims, so I went with HD forged rims (light, but a HD design).

I honestly get around when other tuner cars are sitting high centered over snow, or rolled half way down an embankment. And I could punch into a deep pothole and probably not bend the rims (but goodbye tire!)

Build the car for your streets! Suspension designs for nearly glass-smooth raceways often do not do well in the real world. I used to live in SoCal and could have built an entirely different suspension system there than I need here. Wrenchy

 

Sir its time for a truck.

 

this might nt help but i get in situations like this like speed bumps n stuff. if you go slow enough and at an angle it should help reduce scraping and or eliminate heavy damage. jus try it.. n if sum ******* honks at you for going slow over stuff flip the basterd the bird n go on about you day.. I'd rather **** dude off than ruin my ride.

 

this might sound retarded but what are HD forged rims ?

 

what kinda exhaust u got??? u can always do sway bars, struts bars, energy suspension kit...all that suspension stuff without lowering it. it'll look ugly though. u could go with bigger rims and slight drop and be around same height.

 

its an apexi. and i was thinking about doing that with the biger rims i just dont have the mony right now

 

Heres an idea.

Move...

to a town with nicer roads.

Justkidding.

I'm running the 1.5" Sprint coilovers with 17" MHT alloys.

 

well apezi exhaust do hang somewhat low..