Lowered my car, now the plastic panels under my car are falling/scraping off
01-25-13, 09:34 AM
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Lowered my car, now the plastic panels under my car are falling/scraping off
Hello everyone.
So I lowered my car on coils, say about a 3" drop both front and back. After say the first 300 miles of driving, the first plastic panel under the radiator, which is just under the front lip/bumper, was starting to get loose and it was dragging on the ground, so I removed it and kept it like that without a plastic panel.
Next, after another say 1000 miles, the next plastic panel (As seen in the pictures) is now also starting to fall off.... so whats the deal with this? Its hanging down now and always hits any small speed bumps and makes these cracking noises and is gonna get worse if i dont do anything about it. I tried pushing it back into place, but it is really confusing because that cone like shaped plastic prevents it from going back inside... it is hitting the metal, and the plastic seems to be in the right place as it is bolted on still from other sides.
What to do? Shall I just remove the whole thing again? but then there will be no protection?
So I lowered my car on coils, say about a 3" drop both front and back. After say the first 300 miles of driving, the first plastic panel under the radiator, which is just under the front lip/bumper, was starting to get loose and it was dragging on the ground, so I removed it and kept it like that without a plastic panel.
Next, after another say 1000 miles, the next plastic panel (As seen in the pictures) is now also starting to fall off.... so whats the deal with this? Its hanging down now and always hits any small speed bumps and makes these cracking noises and is gonna get worse if i dont do anything about it. I tried pushing it back into place, but it is really confusing because that cone like shaped plastic prevents it from going back inside... it is hitting the metal, and the plastic seems to be in the right place as it is bolted on still from other sides.
What to do? Shall I just remove the whole thing again? but then there will be no protection?
01-25-13, 12:40 PM
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i see nothing wrong here! Looks like your doing it right if your car is so low that your scraping everything on the floor 
Kidding, buy some new clips and replace the missing ones
Kidding, buy some new clips and replace the missing ones
01-25-13, 02:16 PM
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01-25-13, 10:46 PM
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holy **** lol. 3inches. you are daring man 
things might get a little dirty. but you can remove it. its same reason you can remove the engine covers and plastic covers in engine bay. NBD.
things might get a little dirty. but you can remove it. its same reason you can remove the engine covers and plastic covers in engine bay. NBD.
01-26-13, 05:18 AM
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) Yes, it looks cool when the car is lowed, but in the long way, it's not good for your car. I think you should push it up as stock again to prevent that plastic to fall off
01-26-13, 04:35 PM
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I removed every single under body panel including the retardedly MASSIVE plastic that encased the fuel cell. Why that is even there is beyond me. It's plastic. It's not going to aid in anything hitting the fuel cell. It's very very thin plastic.
The under body panels are great for collecting road grime, dirt, etc... They are anchors in my opinion.
The under body panels are great for collecting road grime, dirt, etc... They are anchors in my opinion.
