Who has Damaged their Front or Rear Bumper Bar as their Car was or is too Low?

[Sorted]

Thinking about lowering my car further as its just sitting on lows.

So here is a quick poll to see who has damaged their Front OR Rear bumper bar as their car was or is TOO LOW???

[EFDream]

Haven't hit anything on my superlows.....sorry if thats not relevant...lol

[FORDEBV8]

yer my front bar on a guter :( but all fixed now

[EFFalcon]

yep
i've broken clips/mounts on my rear bar.
the underside is very scraped

front bar has large sections of paint missing near the front underside.
flexing on the edges has caused paint to crack.

[snypereb]

Had to repair the lip on my front bar a couple of times got it caught on a few gutters oh well they are pretty easy to fix!

[ten[A]cio[U]s]

Originally Posted by DRHEMI

Thinking about lowering my car further as its just sitting on lows.

So here is a quick poll to see who has damaged their Front OR Rear bumper bar as their car was or is TOO LOW???

I scrape on some driveways. It really depends on how and where you drive it. But if you take it slow everythig should be fine.

My AU fairmont has been lowered a fair bit with the TS50 kit on it. With no people it sits at around 12cm at the lowest point but with people around 10ish cm.

I find it fine these days but when i first started i was always affraid of scraping. And after coming from a high NA fairlane to a low AU there is a lot of driference.

(Worst memory was when my mum drove my car to work and back and left half the kit between the two. Her quote was "I scraped a little but there are no makrs". I had a peek underneather and there was about 10cm of kit missing. So that had to be fixed..)

Just remember if it breaks it can still be fixed.

[EB 2 XR8]

when a car is low it looks great - just gotta take it slow - although there will always be times when u scrap....on my car i have scraped the front end a few times...once was from not judging a 'U' turn properley and hitting scraping on the gutter and once was pulling out if my driveway not going sideways enough.....the key is go overthe-top sideways on every bump...this should avoid most scraps

[LUXO_8]

you just have to try and take it easy when you park.......not easy all of the time though.

ive scraped the underside of my front bar, and its not all that low yet

[RavenLS1]

Haven't done any Damage yet, touchwood

[SVT8]

no damage for me, but the previous owner did manage to damage the front wheel arch. It was done by going to fast up a steep driveway while turning. I fixed it up though....... :thebirds:

[Dezza]

I obviously ticked the 5th option. I've only ever scraped the underside of my car twice!

[XR6WGN]

My wagon is "standard" Tickford height and I've scraped the front bar several times, It also has the Hayman Reece HD Towbar and the bar that runs under the fuel tank has taken a scrape or 6. I want to take another inch or so out of the height and also fit my Tickford front Spoiler - then I'll have to be careful.

Cheers

Paul B.
XR6WGN

[AdzT3-146]

I haven't "damaged" my front bar as such yet, but i've been scraping a fair bit since we put the new springs and shocks in.

[TUFED6]

Who has damaged chassis rails/parts of floor pan?

[EFFalcon]

i dinted my kframe.... thats about it.

[Rmyers]

Originally Posted by EFFalcon

i dinted my kframe.... thats about it.

I have severly hit my k-frame on the ground on several occasions. Just ask the people behind me last GOR cruise that i brought my car to :P

[OZFORDAU]

Originally Posted by AdzELXR

I haven't "damaged" my front bar as such yet, but i've been scraping a fair bit since we put the new springs and shocks in.

Do u scrap on those little bloody speed bumps through Knox City?

My mudflaps always scrap!

Cheers

Simon

Well at least i think its my mudflaps...Hmm maybe thats y the exhaust is getting louder lol! jkz

[AdzT3-146]

Originally Posted by OZFORDAU

Do u scrap on those little bloody speed bumps through Knox City?

My mudflaps always scrap!

Cheers

Simon

Well at least i think its my mudflaps...Hmm maybe thats y the exhaust is getting louder lol! jkz

nah, not on the little crappy ones, but my cats have scraped on the larger ones a couple of times :P

[niko]

i took a chunk out of a diff once lol

mainly front bar scrapes but not recently, i try to crawl over bumps with the new bar as its still perfect underneath


what was interesting, the previous owner of my car had it at stock height yet the bottom of the bar was still raped... lol

[crannersEL]

A few odd front bar scrapes, but apart from that nothing unless i got a full car load. When the exhaust tips touches the road going into a driveway!

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Originally Posted by OZFORDAU

My mudflaps always scrap!

What are mud flaps? :

[EDXR6T]

Originally Posted by AdzELXR

nah, not on the little crappy ones, but my cats have scraped on the larger ones a couple of times :P

Yer them big one's are a pain in the A$$.

I havent personally lost anything off mine. My brother tho lost my front XR lip over a parking slab. :P

but yer scrape under the car a little pending if im flooring it over dogey road's and stuff.

[OZFORDAU]

Originally Posted by DRHEMI

What are mud flaps? :

So i lower my car after nearly every single person on these forums has told me off for my car looking like a 4WD and i get crap for my mudflaps lol!

It'll never end will it????

Cheers

Simon :ticking:

*******Going outside to car and ripping off mudflaps! :

[Smoked]

Originally Posted by OZFORDAU

So i lower my car after nearly every single person on these forums has told me off for my car looking like a 4WD and i get crap for my mudflaps lol!

It'll never end will it????


*******Going outside to car and ripping off mudflaps! :

Whe you get a solution, let us know. Previous owner of my AU optioned it with 4x4 ride height and mud flaps, which i want to lose both of.

[Damo]

Originally Posted by niko

i took a chunk out of a diff once lol

lowering a car doesn't change the height of a diff ?!? :gren: :the_finge

I have never damaged anything in a lowered falcon apart from scraping the towbar in the EA. The EF might be a different storry this weekend, it's coming down another 2 inches.

I used to drive a Mitsubishi Galant that was dumped on 16's, completely stuffed the front and rear bars on several occasions. Oh and the engine, the gearbox, the brakes, exhaust etc etc.

[eb91xr6]

havent riped a bumper but got my trans cooler lines caught and riped ****ing oil everywhere

[starkersEB]

I scrape my front bar all the time, Ive got a towbar on the rear so that take some punnishment at times oh and ill bottom the guts out some times on speed bumps. So yeah i hate shopping centres!!!!

[[Tonko]]

i bottomed out at an autobarn store (smell irony?) and got stuck lol. the old girl didnt have the balls to get either up or down the driveway... and also rolled it backwards off the trailer and the muffler grabbed the 8mm lip on the back. that made a mess

[MrFlibbles]

I have had my front bar repaired and painted twice now! with the extra lip on the bottom its a pain in the ****, and these goat tracks they call roads up here in queensland dont help, oh to drive on the "good" Adelaide roads again!

I have to Be real careful up here as the front bar catches on nearly every driveway!

[niko]

Originally Posted by Damo

lowering a car doesn't change the height of a diff ?!?

was my old ea ghia, had a full car load and couldnt really get a good angle out of those city carparks

it sat lower than superlows all round looked like ultralows + i had a gas tank, it wasn't a boat :P