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    Default How LOW do you drive on the daily?

    Theres a few other threads like this one out there on other forums. I know s-chassis guys go super low and they all drive their cars that low. This is open to every one though, im interested to see what every one else has got. I dont wanna see how low you park it, i dont wanna see how low you had it for a photo shoot, I wanna see it the way you drive it on a regular basis! please include model/chassis of car, suspension mods to attain your ride height.

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    s13- stance coilovers gr+, wheel well clearenced, wire tuck.
    this was how it was gonna be on the road this year

    this is how i daily drove it for 2 years

    and a pic of the whole car at above said height


    thanks in advanced, cant wait to see every ones contributions
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    i dont have any measurements/frame pics and im not as low as the slamburglar s13 but heres some pics!
    '90 s13 with cx racing coils-i was alot lower on 15s than i am now on 17s


    and when im stock body im even less low =/ once i get an oil pan plate ill go lower

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    i have an s14 with stance gr+ coilovers slammed on 18's
    i mainly scrape my exhaust and front lip
    every once and a while ill chassis scrape speed bumps with more than me in the car.






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    daily mode, engaged


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    GREAT! love it all keep yup the good work. im looking for 18s for my s13, hope fully ill have some next season. what kind of suspension are you running on you miata pacman?

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    Quote Originally Posted by S13REMI View Post
    GREAT! love it all keep yup the good work. im looking for 18s for my s13, hope fully ill have some next season. what kind of suspension are you running on you miata pacman?
    Tein Flex Coilovers I can go down about another .5"

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    I've been known to cause forrest fires.

    Oh and i don't get stuck on speed bumps, speed bumps get stuck on me.


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    got maybe 1.5" of clearance


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    holy smokes..... i have about 2 to 3 inches of clearence on my civic. But our road are shit up in my area (Ottawa, Canada)
    i wish i could go lower, but the road dont allow me too. its too bad...

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    I'm lucky to have the right combination of downpipe and exhaust to where it tucks under the subframe in front. The last time I checked I could only stand a business card up on the shorter side under my subframe up front. I am about a 1/4" lower than that right now. That's as low as I want it. I can still drive everywhere I absolutely must drive, and I can drive the car hard also if I want.

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    i wish i could go that low, maybe next year i'll just suck it up and go all the way down and just break everything lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Davedavetc View Post
    i wish i could go that low, maybe next year i'll just suck it up and go all the way down and just break everything lol
    thats the spirit.. do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Sup guys, I drive a ae92 coupe... (TOYOTA COROLLA)
    Eibach Coilovers but just the spring (LOL)
    kyb struts all around.
    Heres a picture with my cellphone. exhaust is 1.75". My car basically scrapes on everything from the chassis not the bumper cause Corolla bumpers are short!! lol.


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    i would go lower, but i need to figure out how to move over those damn CV boots, my buddy said just use hose clamps to re secure them ? ? ? what do ya think

    coilover sits right above cv boot, any lower and i wont have one, so i need a way to push it out the way so i can go lower

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    Only pic I have of my undercarriage, but its not showing the lowest part of my car. Lowest part of my Miata are the bolts that hold my rear cross-member in place. By myself I bottom out on the norm (train tracks, large dips in the road, etc etc) but the other night I had a passenger for the first time since i've slammed it and I was bottoming out on the crown of the road when changing lanes........lol. I was shooting sparks all over the place.........it was nuts! But its coming up a quarter/half inch or so once my 20mm spacers go on. Right now i'm tucking tire almost down to the lip of the wheel, but i'd much rather be flush and sacrifice a bit of slam.

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    Not low at all.. :[
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    My lowest point of my car either being the frame or exhaust and I scrape and shoot major sparkage on the slightest dips. Surprised cops haven't pulled me over. And its daily driven.
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    Before my motor swap, my Civic's jacking points were at 0.7". There were always 3 frame rapings involved on my daily commute. I was pulled over twice for throwing sparks and once for just being too low and coming off of the road. Haha My factory exhaust was ripped off in sections as time went by, until the oil pan got smashed against the sender, starving the motor of oil.

    Now it's a bit higher with the new motor... Still low and inconvenient, though! Haha
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    No frame pics but my S13 is almost as low as the OP's is. My oil pan is dented from a manhole cover and it scrapes frame all around. But its an S13 so who cares? They look good low.

    My 740 is pretty damn low up front too, less low in the rear. You can see the oil pan clearance just on the crown of the road... Yes, thats DD height.


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