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Old 04-20-12, 12:03 PM
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Default You know you own a LOWERED ISx50 when...

To continue on the "You know you own an 2IS" theme, lets start one specifically for lowered 2ISs.

You know you own a lowered 2IS when...your front tires wear out @ 15k miles, despite alignments.

You know you own a lowered 2IS when...you cannot access your own driveway.

You know you own a lowered 2IS when...your coilovers cost more than your mortgage pymt.

You know you own a lowered 2IS when...you look fly!
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Just happened to me yesterday...

You know you own a lowered 2IS when...you bottom out going over a speed bump.

My exhaust and the bottom of my sideskirts got messed up lol.
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You know you own a lowered 2IS when... you have no fender liner
Old 04-20-12, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
You know you own a lowered 2IS when... you have no fender liner
****ing good one!

You know you own a lowered 2IS when your front lip needs to be repainted every year
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You know you own a lowered 2IS when...your rubber on your low offset wheels gets cut up by the metal piece holding the bumper and fender together
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when valet refuses to take your car. It wasn't even that low
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you know you own a lowered 2is when...

you're looking at the SPC and megan offerings for camber "fixes".

you constantly scrape parts of your undercarriage.

you look at stock 2is's on the road and wonder how you had your 2is at stock ride height for as long as it was.

you have to adjust your headlights to compensate for the lowered ride height.

when your joe-schmo alignment shop turns you away because you can't get on their alignment rack.

when your local drive-in car wash turns you away because you can't get on the rail for them to roll your car through.
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i love this thread
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you know you own a lowered IS when you are never low enough...
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You know you own a lowered IS when:
- you take your time entering and leaving a plaza
- you slow down at rail road tracks
- you can't use the drive up ATM
- you avoid debris/roadkill on the streets
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You know you own a lowered 2IS when the cords are showing on the inside but the rest of the tire looks fine...
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You know you own a lowered 2IS when... you scrape your exhaust tips leaving the gas station.
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I got some much of them but these are the popular ones I guess

-alignment shop turns you away because you can't get on their alignment rack.
-car wash turns you away because you can't get on the rail for them to roll your car through
-slow down at rail road tracks
-when you’re on your 4th front lip in less than a year
-no fender liners
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You know you own a lowered 2IS when... no shop will pass your safety inspection without recon (Hawaii peeps only)
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you know you owned a lowered 2IS when...you have bacon fenders


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