Notices

scraping

Thread Tools
 
Old 12-02-2003, 11:15 PM
  #1  
93accord4door
upgraded to 97 ;]
Thread Starter
 
93accord4door's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: miami
Posts: 344
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default scraping

ok i just got a coilover set for my car...and i love the drop the rid, everything...but i was wondering...how much damage am i actually doing to my car if i go on a speed bump and it scrapes, its not loud and horrible, very slight, but i notice it...is there something that i am damaging that could be harmful in the near/far future? also it only scrapes in the front...
Old 12-02-2003, 11:49 PM
  #2  
b12uceHuy
Jizz Maste12
 
b12uceHuy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: DISNEYLAND!
Posts: 702
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Of course scrapping is never good. What ever is scrapping will get thinner and thinner then have a hole in it. i think its your downpipe from your exhast manifold.
Old 12-03-2003, 02:23 AM
  #3  
Nightshade
un-Touch'd krew
 
Nightshade's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: My own level of hell
Posts: 51,774
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default

Usually the only component to scrape is your catalytic convertor...I have yet to hit my header pipe.
__________________
"I'll keep my money, guns and freedom. You can keep the "Change."
Old 12-03-2003, 05:44 AM
  #4  
Surfacing171
cb7 fanatic
 
Surfacing171's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Gulfport MS
Posts: 927
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

I scrape my whole damn exhaust sometimes
Old 12-03-2003, 06:37 AM
  #5  
polakatl
Senior Member
 
polakatl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Atlanta/Statesboro
Posts: 1,163
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: scraping

Originally posted by 93accord4door
ok i just got a coilover set for my car...and i love the drop the rid, everything...but i was wondering...how much damage am i actually doing to my car if i go on a speed bump and it scrapes, its not loud and horrible, very slight, but i notice it...is there something that i am damaging that could be harmful in the near/far future? also it only scrapes in the front...
If that is how low u are in ur sig than DAMN!!! U also need a camber kit. That rear looks bad even from this pic!! Next time u jack up ur car check for scratch marks to locate the part that is getting hit. If it is the cat maybe u can take off that heat/protective shield thats around it. I don't know how important that shield is so make sure if u do take it off.
Old 12-03-2003, 07:09 AM
  #6  
carta79
Life after death
 
carta79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: In a place called Hell
Posts: 2,780
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Re: scraping

Originally posted by polakatl
If that is how low u are in ur sig than DAMN!!!
I'm pretty sure that's not how low his car is. I think I remember a post of his in the past. He had 17' inch chrome rims with a quite a bit of wheel gap if I remember correctly.

As far as the scraping goes lift the coilovers a little or just be careful how you drive. Take speed bumps on a angle as compared to taking it head on. Depending on how low of a drop you have the exhaust downpipe could get damaged. I think someone stated that already.
Old 12-03-2003, 07:36 AM
  #7  
polakatl
Senior Member
 
polakatl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Atlanta/Statesboro
Posts: 1,163
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

yea ur right. That drop in the sig is not even drivable. The side skirt is almost touching the ground.
Old 12-03-2003, 11:10 AM
  #8  
uclaccord
Senior Member
 
uclaccord's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 831
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

i've always wondered...if thas not his car...who's is it?...cuz thas about as slammed as u can get...o...and why would scraping be anything other than bad?...does it sound like metal scraping or something else (i.e. ur lip)
Old 12-03-2003, 12:53 PM
  #9  
MeiSoSlow
WEEEEE!!!!!
 
MeiSoSlow's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: At Red Line!
Posts: 842
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Scraping usually entails under carriage damage or even header damage. How damaged it get depends on how you go over those bumps.. If ur car is as low as the sig, dun even think about going over the bumps unless you want to make your car teeder tot
Old 12-03-2003, 01:14 PM
  #10  
USteppin
Junior Member
 
USteppin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Cape Coral, FL
Posts: 15
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

the car in his sig is a member of revtech racing: http://www.revtechracing.com/rrmembe...=profile&id=33



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:15 PM.