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Old 12-18-14, 09:20 AM
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Trying to be cautious and get out of the car seeing this.
Old 12-18-14, 09:32 AM
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Because of this, lowering the car becomes less and less appealing.
Old 12-18-14, 09:34 AM
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Wish our cars had front cameras. My friends 5 series does
Old 12-18-14, 09:42 AM
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Or u can back in, that's how I park now! Plus, that's why I have some kind of reinforcement under my bumper for event like this.
Old 12-18-14, 09:47 AM
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man oh man that's close! I bought mine as a CPO and because its nebula gray, I didn't notice some curb rash right where the bottom front lip is. I ended up having my body man fill it in and repaint it - a cost I didn't expect, but hey, you gotta pay to play, right?
Old 12-18-14, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ItzFilyO
Or u can back in, that's how I park now! Plus, that's why I have some kind of reinforcement under my bumper for event like this.
^this. Back your car in, or if the other car has good paint you can use that as a mirror, or look at the other cars mirror and use it as a marker with your mirror (usually regular people park their cars all the way in so you can estimate how far to park by their mirror and yours)
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Curb Alert Parking Sensor

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Old 12-18-14, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by DoriSaru15
Originally Posted by ItzFilyO
Or u can back in, that's how I park now! Plus, that's why I have some kind of reinforcement under my bumper for event like this.
^this. Back your car in, or if the other car has good paint you can use that as a mirror, or look at the other cars mirror and use it as a marker with your mirror (usually regular people park their cars all the way in so you can estimate how far to park by their mirror and yours)
^^ THIS ^^

I perfected the use of the reflection from car next to me when I had my 350z which was lowered on coils. The Z was a really short car, so I didn't have to worry about my back end sticking out. I find using this technique on the GS leaves my trunk sticking too far out sometimes so now I back in 90% of the time if there is a curb.
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Originally Posted by blacksun
^^ THIS ^^

I perfected the use of the reflection from car next to me when I had my 350z which was lowered on coils. The Z was a really short car, so I didn't have to worry about my back end sticking out. I find using this technique on the GS leaves my trunk sticking too far out sometimes so now I back in 90% of the time if there is a curb.

lol lol the life of a lowered car
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Originally Posted by DoriSaru15
lol lol the life of a lowered car
the struggle is real.


LOL
Old 12-18-14, 04:20 PM
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Good idea to use the reflection of the other cars to see. And the front camera would be sweet.
Old 12-18-14, 11:24 PM
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This is the only thing stopping me from getting this lip..the wife loves parking right on top ofvthose things..but like u said for $105 u canveasily replace it lol
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Originally Posted by blacksun
^^ THIS ^^

I perfected the use of the reflection from car next to me when I had my 350z which was lowered on coils. The Z was a really short car, so I didn't have to worry about my back end sticking out. I find using this technique on the GS leaves my trunk sticking too far out sometimes so now I back in 90% of the time if there is a curb.
Lol I do the same thing look at car next to me to see how close I'am.
Old 12-20-14, 04:53 AM
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Same here. Except at work, I'm the first one in so there's no car to help me. Thankfully that curb is just about the only one that my front end clears lol
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Originally Posted by DoriSaru15
^this. Back your car in, or if the other car has good paint you can use that as a mirror, or look at the other cars mirror and use it as a marker with your mirror (usually regular people park their cars all the way in so you can estimate how far to park by their mirror and yours)
The only problem with this is that it requires you to park next to another car. Lemme see--door ding or scratched front lip? I say Lexus give us a frickin' 360 view camera all ready!
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