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Old 01-21-09, 05:31 PM
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Default Speed Bumps!!!

I just got back from driving in my IS 250 and I hit an effing speed bumb and it scuffed up and scraped the underpart part of my from bumper!!! I've only had this car for a month!! Any tips on preventing this in the future and what I should do to restore my bumper (glacier frost).

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Old 01-21-09, 05:37 PM
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drive slower lol. i just did that in a parking space with those big curbs. I know it sucks but no one will really notice if you think about it.
Old 01-21-09, 05:58 PM
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I guess you can hide it with the gfx kit
Old 01-21-09, 06:01 PM
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Are you lowered?
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your not lowered if you aren't scraping!!!
Old 01-21-09, 06:27 PM
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No i'm not lowered!! Everything is the same as I bought it from the dealer. What's more agitating is that I have the clear bra and it covers aboout 1/2 - 1 cm under the bumper and this scrape happened right where the clear bra ends!! Also this was a weird speed bumb, it was like 3 or 4 feet long and not very high but it still cause a scrape.
Old 01-21-09, 06:30 PM
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Tips: Yes, don't drive over speed bumps higher than the bottom of a stock height bumper. That thing must have been enormous. Most of the guys on here are so low their whole bumper would have been ripped off.
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PERFECT opportunity to get the GFX front lip.
Old 01-21-09, 06:57 PM
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you need to go over big speed bumps at an angle
Old 01-21-09, 07:22 PM
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hahah~ the underside of my front lip is scrapped black, dont worry about it, wear it as a badge of pride and remember these words, 'if your front lip isn't scrapped, your not low enough'.

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Dang, you didnt hit a speed bump that was a deer.
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I guess you can drive more carefully and pay extra attention next time of speed bumps. It happens to everyone.
No worries though, cover it with a new front lip, like a GFX, fab or vertex.
Old 01-21-09, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by llamaboiz
hahah~ the underside of my front lip is scrapped black, dont worry about it, wear it as a badge of pride and remember these words, 'if your front lip isn't scrapped, your not low enough'.

I am llamaboiz and i approve this message

i totally agree with that
Old 01-21-09, 09:15 PM
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Wow, glad the rest of the car is ok.
Old 01-21-09, 09:57 PM
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Time to cover it with the new fortissimo kit!!!

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...ssimo-kit.html
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