Dangerously close. Can I get a drop (pics)
 

This is my driveway. I realllllyyy want to get lowered especially since I just ordered aftermarket wheels. If I can't get lowered then I will cancel the wheel order because I think I will look ridiculous with rims and no drop.

Hate my driveway. This is what I drive up every day

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...406_093116.jpg

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...406_093306.jpg



Notice the rear wheel OFF the ground in this pic
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Measurements at the lowest points:

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/t...406_092916.jpg

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You can see the scrapes from times where I did not go up at a perfect angle. If I go up perfectly I can make it right now. If I go at any other angle I scrape.

What should I do??

Drop it and park on the street?

You're driveway doesn't look bad at all. Just drop it and take at it more of an angle.

If you already scrape at stock height, pretty sure you would with a drop.

grab some 2x4 and see if that helps.

I am at the entrance of my subdivision so there are cars driving by all day long. No way I'm leaving my car on the street.

IDK if I can even go at a wider angle without running out of driveway:ughdance:

I'm sure that would help but the idea of getting out of my car and setting up a ramp every time i need to leave the driveway is not very appealing

I would lower it...

Different angle+strategic reversing= Win

Some swifts would be fine. Just take it at an angle like you've been doing.

Do you guys think this would help me at all?

Driveway Curb Bridge - Exterior Accessories - Car Accessories - Griot's Garage

You say your car will look ridiculous with the aftermarket rims and no drop. Is the gap going to be worse or is there some other factor since stock Nismo rims look fine without a drop. I dont think rims with somewhat similar specs are going to look any different without a drop. Being lowered is nice but not a life threatening requirement.

Yeah the wheel specs are the same. It's just that I freaking hate the wheel gap right now. If I get rims it will just attract more attention to the hideous wheel gap

you should come see my driveway man :p

from the images it looks like the area where the driveway meets the road isnt 100% level, try going past, u-turn and coming in from the other direction.

I go up both ways regularly. There is not much difference going up in either direction.

I am really wondering if that ramp I linked a couple posts above could solve my problem. I am thinking it would let me go up at an even more extreme angle, without my rear wheel coming off the ground as shown above. Maybe that would let me maneuver up without scraping

if anything that ramp would help you go up straight onto the driveway. but otherwise doesnt seem likt it would help much. you can "test" it by adding some 2x4's in the depression and see if that helps

Yeah I will probably give that a try and re-measure going up. Man, this car hobby is so stressful :mad:

tell me about it. glad id idnt get a nismo. i didnt think about my driveway when buying and when i got home, I could barely get the non nismo up the driveway. The front bumper is about 1" or less from scraping and i have to 2 wheel it up partially.

I feel you man. Somewhat wishing I had a base model. This damn front lip just sticks out so far. I am 99% sure I could drop it with no problem if I had the base model bumper

I know it's not the best idea, but i friend of mine growing up had a stupid low crap azz little truck. He couldn't go right up his parents driveway, he would go partly through the yard and driveway.

Lol ^

I'm dropped on Swifts and dude, I WISH I had your driveway...I tried the 2x4 thing. Getting in and out of the car was a pain in the ***, especially in the rain. I don't park in my garage anymore after my flex pipes got two nice holes in them. Can't wait to move out of this building in a year.

you dont want to be scraping in and out of your drive way every day, trust me that is going to mess your front lip up. Not worth lowering it. The curb ramps will not help you.

Your options are:

1. Don't lower it. You will scrape once in a while, you can always replace the lower front lip with a new one. ~$400.
2. Maybe raise it? Not sure if you can do that with coilovers.
3. Fill in the driveway somehow, maybe concrete?
4. Move.

Get Tein Flex + EDFC = WIN

I thought EDFC adjusts dampening, not ride height

It does.

hold on a second maybe I am misunderstanding something...

Are you telling me that with Tein Flex coilovers and EDFC, it is possible to adjust your ride height automatically at the touch of a button?

no

edfc does not control height.

alsow ith the monoflex, you cannot get back up to OEM height, so you'd be lower just by having them on.

its a bad idea for you.

have you tried backing in? i scrape on my driveway when i pull in forward, even at stock height. i'm on Swifts now and can back in (at an angle) just fine, no scraping.

New Wheels
 

By the way, what did you get?. I know you were looking at lightweight rims.

No I have never tried. I think with the dip I have at the entrance going up backwards would make the front bumper hit really bad. However, this might just work if I had that ramp I posted earlier to fill in that gap.

I was supposed to put a deposit on these this morning and receive them in a couple weeks, but as of right now I doubt this will happen because of the driveway issue and I refuse to have aftermarket wheels without a drop.

Wedssport SA55M

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I say buy the wheels and forget about the drop... Get a little taller sidewall (dont go too much) and call it a day. It cant possibly look worse than stock, only better... IMO

actually backing in might work better. you'd think it would scrape but it wouldnt. your not scraping in the dip, your scraping on the incline, so backing up would fix that. just be careful driving out and dont let the momentum make your lip hit while leaving

hmmm ok I will give that a try and see what my clearance is like going that way

this thread made me chuckle. "dangerously close" hahahah man ive slid the front nose of my nismo up drive ways and sh1t plenty of times. no i dont like it and it makes me cringe, but getting out to measure the distance and everything... hehhee just makes me laugh.

when the "newness" of your nissan wears off you will chuckle as well OP. :)

No sorry i wasn't clear, i meant it does adjust dampening.

Here's how my firend's Z (the one in your pic) looks now.

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...28037333_n.jpg

Drop it or not
 

I may be nuts or something, but I like em without a drop. To me it looks better and obviously less chance of scraping everywhere.

A good set of coil-overs you can go lower and not worry about scraping. Usually they don't have the dip of regular shocks nor the compression. I was low on my RsX with mine and had low front shell. I never scraped now speed bumps and high angles will get you, but they even get the super cars.

Maybe bag the car you can go high and low.

Just outta curiosity do you know what your friend is dropped on, and what kinda cannards those are or where he got them?

He's dropped on BC racing BR coilovers, the cannards are from stillen.

To be honest, you'll get used to the scraping. If you're lowered enough, it's inevitable. At first, I'd cringe at the sound of my front lip scraping but whatever. I scrape on a daily basis coming in and out of my girlfriend's house. That's why I use her C300 as my daily now LOL.

Can someone confirm which blades are those? are those the EVO-R? If so, can someone chime in and explain how it was possible to install the blades without removing the front splash guards?