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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:05 PM
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The bad side of being low....
You scrape stuff!

Some pics of the undercarriage of my car:














Apparently my differential heat-sink or exhaust scrapes the ground while I am in corners and throws some nice sparks! Guess its time to convert to coils!
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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:10 PM
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I should have also taken some pictures of my oil pan and transmission pan... Theres some marks on them from grazing stuff... O_O
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Yeap scraping sucks! I'm afraid to look under sometimes lol
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Originally Posted by justinwrock
You scrape stuff!

Some pics of the undercarriage of my car:

Apparently my differential heat-sink or exhaust scrapes the ground while I am in corners and throws some nice sparks! Guess its time to convert to coils!
How LOW did you go? That's a bit scarry, don't even want to think of looking at mine.
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Originally Posted by JoelE55
How LOW did you go? That's a bit scarry, don't even want to think of looking at mine.

For about a week, the bottom of the fender lip sat right at the wheel lip.



Since then, I only tuck about half of my tire.
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Interesting, my diff fins are way different than yours.
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Interesting, my diff fins are way different than yours.
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