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The black plastic is fine to scrape. I was dropped on swifts, and then sitting an inch lower than that because of the tires I was running and I was

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Old 09-17-2011, 06:44 PM   #31 (permalink)
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The black plastic is fine to scrape. I was dropped on swifts, and then sitting an inch lower than that because of the tires I was running and I was fine.
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Yup, dropped on Teins and I am debating on removing the ramp guard things but too lazy to - and they do no harm when they do scrape.
You are dropped on Swifts, I'm dropped on TEINs, remember.
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We drop it another inch or so with springs or coilovers.

Seriously, mine is lower on Swift Springs and I only scrape the outer tab on the lower front air dam. Some people trim them.
mine eventually got torn off at the last autocross i ran
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I will modify someone else's statement; "If you don't have any scrapes, you are not driving the car properly."

I like the ramp idea if that will help. I did all this without driveway issues.
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id prefer to hear the black plastic scrape than my front bumper, it lets me know im getting close. Just get a razor blade and scrape the plastic smooth. if it gets real bad, replace it
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