I recently lowered the car 23mm to the lower perch on the Bilsteins the car is currently running. After a few small test drives and setting the alignment to my spec I took her out (the wife too) for some Korean fried chicken. All was well until after dinner, we left the parking lot and I ran into this dilemma. The exit onto the street was very narrow and this did not allow for an approach angle that was conducive to my front lip. Sure enough I hear (and feel) a momentary scraping that permeates the cockpit. At this point I am sort of stuck on what to do as there are three cars behind me waiting to exit and getting impatient as I am moving forward millimeters at a time. Deep breath!
I decide forward is the only option so I move forward slowly, very slowly. At this point the scraping noise is really loud and I can actually feel it like it was my knee. I hesitate, and try reversing slowly but I can feel the lip catching and I know this is the surest way to rip the entire lip off. So forward it is. As I move forward inches at a time it becomes louder and louder and I'm convinced I'll be leaving some beautifully painted polyurethane in grinds on the road. Suddenly I hit the right angle and I am free to go. On the drive home I am dreading the inspection which after all the dread turns out to be not that bad. The underside of the lip is pretty scraped up but you can never tell unless you were looking at it from the bottom you could never tell.
After thinking about it a bit, I realized that given the same situation I could not have done anything else short of carrying around some 2x4's and using them in like situations. Is i lift or other air lifts the only solution? What do you guys do? Are lips considered consumables? Thanks in advance, that was not something I want to experience again. :biggrin:
I decide forward is the only option so I move forward slowly, very slowly. At this point the scraping noise is really loud and I can actually feel it like it was my knee. I hesitate, and try reversing slowly but I can feel the lip catching and I know this is the surest way to rip the entire lip off. So forward it is. As I move forward inches at a time it becomes louder and louder and I'm convinced I'll be leaving some beautifully painted polyurethane in grinds on the road. Suddenly I hit the right angle and I am free to go. On the drive home I am dreading the inspection which after all the dread turns out to be not that bad. The underside of the lip is pretty scraped up but you can never tell unless you were looking at it from the bottom you could never tell.
After thinking about it a bit, I realized that given the same situation I could not have done anything else short of carrying around some 2x4's and using them in like situations. Is i lift or other air lifts the only solution? What do you guys do? Are lips considered consumables? Thanks in advance, that was not something I want to experience again. :biggrin:
