I've got a seemingly huge problem. I'd really love to lower my Accord. I've got the money to do it right, that fits my needs. (~$500). I've got a GReddy Evo2 exhaust that's huge and I'm so afraid if I lower it even a tiny amount (I was thinking Eibach Prokits on some GR-2 shocks but now I'm thinking H&R because it's -0.2" vs the Prokits. (1.5f/1.5r vs 1.5/1.3). But I'm afraid if I lower it even that much I'll scrape the damn thing. I've already scraped it a couple of times and I'm a CAREFUL SLOW driver on those shitty downhill roads. The funny thing is, I scraped it once coming out of the ACURA, that's right -- the ACURA dealership. Lowered cars would have a hell of a problem coming out/going in, even the A-Spec RSX-S's I bet. Not to mention if you were lowered on a bodykit!

My concerns are, how many of you have an aftermarket catback and scrape it? Is this going to damage it in any way? Is there ANYTHING I can do?

 

I have a Greddy Evo knockoff and I zing it here and there on H&R Sport Springs and 17" wheels.

You get used to it and they are tougher than you seem to think.

 

Take your car to a muffler shop and have them cut the hangers and make them shorter granted it depends on how much room you have above the muffler

 

Well its just a fact of life. You must have just gotten your exhaust recently. I was the same way at first but i eventually got over worrying about it. Just start parking your car down the hill lol, or park away from the dealership and then walk lol hehe.

 

i don't scrape my evo2 and i'm lowered on h&r cup kit

 

This may not help your situation, but I'd much rather have a sporty suspension than an aftermarket exhaust, so I'd put the suspension first and if you have to, find an exhaust that doesn't hang down so much. That's one of the things that sucks about 6th gens, no real exhaust cutouts, so aftermarket exhausts generally look like hanging nutsacks IMO.

 

Like others said it's just something you get used too. You get used to taking speed bumps and other obsticles at an angle and going slooooooooooow. Get the prokits man, they don't lower your car much at all.