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Car is low, how to get onto driveway?

Old 11-05-10, 01:00 PM
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Default Car is low, how to get onto driveway?

I'm planning to go really low like the ones in the thread "Lowest of the low, coilovers only"

My driveway has a slight hill getting onto the driveway. Plus I'm planning to get a bodykit as well. Is there any method getting into the driveway?

PS. coilovers only.
Old 11-05-10, 01:04 PM
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make ramps
Old 11-05-10, 01:10 PM
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I think ramps would still hit the front bumper and scape and etc. unless there a unique way making that ramp?
Old 11-05-10, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by horent135
I think ramps would still hit the front bumper and scape and etc. unless there a unique way making that ramp?
If you're going really low, you are going to scrape and rub something some time. You can't escape it. Just go slow and at an angle and you should be fine.
Old 11-05-10, 01:16 PM
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Many options (maybe a poll):

1) Creeping on/off the driveway at an angle slowly like a turle.
2) Who care, let it scrape.....pay to play.
3) Silly question, if you have to ask then raise the car up.

Just messing with you .
Old 11-05-10, 01:26 PM
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If you can't 45 up the driveway, you'll have to park in the street.
Old 11-05-10, 01:27 PM
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air suspension [/thread]
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Originally Posted by Kohinoor
air suspension [/thread]
what he said.
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I was slammed for a while and scraped no matter what I did and I didn't have a kit. You're going to have to park in the street or move to a house with a flat driveway.
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coilovers FTW!!

But yea, either I have to park in the street which is pretty scary cause I see cars get damage on the streets. I guess I gotta raise it when I get a body kit.
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Originally Posted by Kohinoor
air suspension [/thread]
I was in your exact same situation. The only reason I went with air. I was happy with coilovers but after the bodykit went on there was no getting up the driveway. My driveway was steep then mild slope. I considered repaving the driveway to make a more gradual slope the whole way but then came to the conclusion that it would not be enough of a difference.

Stay with the 97 kit or what ever you got unless your gunna spend BooKoo Money!
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Originally Posted by lfrers
I was in your exact same situation. The only reason I went with air. I was happy with coilovers but after the bodykit went on there was no getting up the driveway. My driveway was steep then mild slope. I considered repaving the driveway to make a more gradual slope the whole way but then came to the conclusion that it would not be enough of a difference.

Stay with the 97 kit or what ever you got unless your gunna spend BooKoo Money!
Was your air setup super expensive? I used to be slammed on lowering springs and it sucked. I would like to get an air setup once I'm out of college and stuff.
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Ummmm.. yea. There were some things I didn't know about going on air that I found out the hard way. The person I got them from was cool but if they just would have mentioned some other details It would have saved me some headaches.

I probably over spent but I have an expensive mini manifold that has all the solenoids together which reduced my installation mess. I spent 2k for the complete kit just using switches for control. Then went digital for another 6-$700 cant remember exactly.

Spent another $400 on a torn bag, $400 on a tire I destroyed when I lost air to one wheel, $200 on airlines, dryer, filters and fittings since then. But If you knew what you were doing, which I did not, then It would cost you less. you would not make the countless mistakes I made.
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angle in and get one wheel onto the driveway
drive forward to get that one wheel onto the curb.
back up and get one of your rear wheels onto the curb
turn up into driveway.
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Originally Posted by ArodDaLob
angle in and get one wheel onto the driveway
drive forward to get that one wheel onto the curb.
back up and get one of your rear wheels onto the curb
turn up into driveway.
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