i just put a new set of tokico "blue" shocks/struts and a set of KCR lowering springs. they dropped it a soft a$$ 1.25" front and rear nothing special. But it seems like its scraping on anything and everything it can. i no i got a set of shorter tires on it, 205/30/16 Nitto Neo-Gen. i do have a EGAY cat-back exhaust on it. what do you guys think the problem is? it sounds like its scraping on the cat.

 

definately sounds like exhaust. maybe you have a broken hanger

 

Your soft 1.25" drop is a lot more with those rubberbands you call tires. A 205/30 is more than 3in less in diameter than stock size. So it probably looks like gocart wheels on your ride. Anyway, cut that in half and you're dropped at LEAST 2.75" all the way around. That's significant. Now to determine the source of the scraping, look under the car and see what's closest to the ground.

 

how are people here on H-t suppose to be able to see under your car and know what your scraping? I'd likely look for scrape marks...but thats just caarazy I guess.

Yeah, enough of my sarcasim, you could however take a picture of a level shot of your underside (car underside , don't try to play word games) and I'm sure some one here could take an educated guess and give you an answer correct to 99.4123% !

I would guess either cat or if your have an axle under exhaust muffler it could be scraping back there.

why so low joe???

 

why would you have such thin tires? you can bend ur rim really easy with such low profile

 

here are some pics. for reference the phone is 4.25" tall

 

oh yea here is the tire.

 

Lol.. yea you're pretty low man. Why do you have such crazy lo pro tires though ?

 

I second the tire issue. your speedo must be off like a mother

once you get back to a oem size you will wanna drop it more though lol. i hate the stance i have with the same drop

 

i got them because they were on sale i got them for 55 a tire and managed to get mount and balance for free because i paid for it and they F****d it all up. so i got a refund and they fixed it. now it feels like it needs an alignment after the strut/swing swap. the steering wheel is off by like an inch. as for the speedo... so far never had a problem with it. my friends say im within like 5 mph of them. it doesnt ride rough at all tho.

 

not true

"When speedometer reads 60mph (96.6km/h) actual speed will be 52mph (83.7km/h): 13.3% slower."

 

oops my fault people. my tire size is a 205/40/16. i know it doesnt help much but a little is a little. im thinking i need to bend the hangers on my exhaust so it will but a little further up under the car. what do you guys think?

 

Get the proper tire size and you won't have a problem. Otherwise, the second 90º turn in your exhaust is about 2in lower than it should be.

 

yea i noticed that. but there is no hanger there so how would i go about getting it higher? as for the bigger tire suggestion, when i need tires again im just goin to go with some nice 17's

 

The only proper way of doing it would be to cut and re-weld a portion of the exhaust to correct the bad angle. I'm guessing about 3º-5º of rotation should do the trick.