Blown63

I thought pulling out of the drive way would be the only hard part but after a little cruise last night i cant even drive it on the highway with out it scrapping!! WTF

You guys all have this issue?

Need4Speed

Must drive very very carefully! Are you lowered as well?

olszowa12

You have to turn on the pothole scanner

johnnyblaze

This is why I never pay the premium price for a front lip. Get a front lip thats a chinese knock off for 200-300 bucks, so when It smashes into bits, you dont feel so bad :P

Blown63

Yeah I am lowered but I have actually raised the car a bit to be sure I am getting the as much traction as I can... but i was shocked to see it scrapping on the highway!

olszowa12 the pothole scanner is always on, lol Chicago streets suck which doesn't help! I couldn't imagine having a nice set of HRE's or something it would be too stressful!

Sincity

Another reason I don't have a front lip. Too bad no one makes them out of urethane like they do in the "old days."

LIC63AMG

I agree, I think I would damage mine almost right away. NY roads are not front lip friendly. I recently pulled out of a driveway (very slowly) which was not steep by any means and I was told I missed scraping by half an inch. My car is only lowered on H&R too.

NCBob

Enter your driveway at an angle. It'll eliminate scraping. I had a lowered 911 that scraped every time. Angling your approach will take care of it.

LIC63AMG

yup, was angled too. i think with most lips i would have scraped.

khmergod

I scraped on stock suspension in some areas, especially downtown. Never scraped on normal roads. Scrape on some people's driveways no matter how I angle it. The logical thing to do? I gett HR springs, spacers, and waiting on my Vorsteiner lip. That's logic for you. I now avoid all driveways and dead angle entrances. Like a boss.

CoolBDPhenom03

I'm on my 3rd lip...

khmergod

can I haz some monies?

ZephyrAMG

I hate it when the lips stick out....

I am holding off on the lip for this exact reason and I am nervous about putting screws in my bumper...

Chicago roads SUCK.

PartyVan

That's why I'll never get aftermarket lip (I think the sponsers are having a heart attack atm) lower car + lip is just too much pain no matter how good it may look.

dc5itr888

Chicago roads are one of the worst as we have so many potholes right after the winter time and city comes out and fills them and they are never even.

The worst are those stores, plazas that have a huge dip or incline just to enter. P

Ive seen a few g35s, 350z dropped so low they have to twist and turn just to get into a parking lot

Faris63

+1 on this
I got cheap front lip for my CLS63 its lowered and every time I see scratches I plasti-dip it from underneath to cover it lol

CoolBDPhenom03

Hah, it's all insurance money.

noodleman

I guess we're lucky in Toronto. the roads are relatively flat so scraping is a rare occasions.

khmergod

deductible? or did they pay out?

Blown63

Very true, I got it down perfectly where its seriously about 1/4 of an inch from scrapping.

papashango

On my C350 I had a CF front lip that scraped every now and then in some parking lots. That car wasn't lowered though. I've been contemplating getting a lip for the C63 now but the only thing stopping me is the fact that I would have to drill holes in that beauty!

olszowa12

Ok, I see your problem. You have the "worst" front lip when it comes to driveways - the Carlsson style.

Get this one - it's higher in the middle and this really helps on steeper driveways:

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VividRacing

If it's scraping while driving straight on the highway I would check to make sure it was properly installed. At higher speeds the poly front bumper can flex and allow the downforce of the front lip to actually bend the bumper causing it to kind of sag down. I don't know if it's actually making enough downforce to do something like that but if it's loose I could see that happening!

Blown63

That is it!

I haven't installed the middle V shaped part that connects the cf bottom piece to the top. I honestly don't like how that look so i am going to try and connect the 2 in a way with out using that piece.

Vise_

Hope you're right, I'm about to get one installed on Saturday...