Lowered on Swifts. Still scraping!

kenchan · 07-12-2012, 01:00 PM

my car is stock... my head is literally touching the cement when im looking for the jack point to raise my car. how the hell do you guys find the jack point so low? use a mirror tool or something? do you feel for it?

hahaha.

speedfreek · 07-12-2012, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

my car is stock... my head is literally touching the cement when im looking for the jack point to raise my car. how the hell do you guys find the jack point so low? use a mirror tool or something? do you feel for it?

hahaha.

go by memory perhaps.

future370zzz · 07-12-2012, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MyKindaGuise

I have been on many steep driveways with my swifts and rarely scrape. Are taking them on at sharp angles? If not try more aggressive entrance angles. I still scrape every once in a while so I actually trimmed that front plastic piece. I only took off the corner or it. Basically its an even line all the way across the front. I will post a pic later.

Yeah, I haven't trimmed or removed anything so I scrape. I come in at about 45 degrees mostly because some of the driveway are vary narrow so I can't really cut in any more.

Please post a pic!

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Originally Posted by wheee!

I removed both the wind deflectors in front of the tires and the chin spoiler... now I scrape very rarely...

Nice. Was it difficult to remove the chin spoiler? Is the bottom of the engine exposed now?

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenchan

my car is stock... my head is literally touching the cement when im looking for the jack point to raise my car. how the hell do you guys find the jack point so low? use a mirror tool or something? do you feel for it?

hahaha.

Speaking of jacks...thanks for hi-jacking my thread.

Just kidding, the more bumps the better.

wheee! · 07-12-2012, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by future370zzz

Nice. Was it difficult to remove the chin spoiler? Is the bottom of the engine exposed now?

Not difficult as much as a little tricky. My dealer had riveted it onto the bumper.... I don't miss it at all... and no, the engine is not exposed as the chin strip only bolts onto the bumper and does not interfere with the undershroud at all.

MyKindaGuise · 07-12-2012, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by future370zzz

Yeah, I haven't trimmed or removed anything so I scrape. I come in at about 45 degrees mostly because some of the driveway are vary narrow so I can't really cut in any more.

Please post a pic!

Damn I forgot to at tonights meet. I will post tomorrow. Seriously just trim the corners back to make it all one solid flush line and it'll make a big difference.

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	my car is stock... my head is literally touching the cement when im looking for the jack point to raise my car. how the hell do you guys find the jack point so low? use a mirror tool or something? do you feel for it? hahaha.