How low is too low?

[afterglow]

For the guys with the lowered rides....how low is too low?? What's the minimum ground clearance of your rides para hindi sumayad?? This is assuming, of course, that the car is lowered correctly by using drop spindles/lowering springs and not by the putol route.

[ghosthunter]

minimum ground clearance? ... make a survey of the tallest humps in your normal route. The tallest one should be your minimum ground clearance.

[niky]

Uh... for me? Stock...

Depends on the ride and the situation. If you have lots of humps in your area and your car has long overhangs, then you can't lower it very much.

Heck, even just 1.5" worth of lowering will see you scrape your bumper on some ramps in Makati.

[empy]

i dont know how you guys in the Philippines do it. with some of those speed bumps being half the height of a small car's wheel, i would be paranoid. and is it a requirement in some cities that ramps be at least at a 20 degree angle?

anyway, it doesn't feel like lowering is a practical option on the roads there. nonetheless, i did see a few slammed cars (at least 2 - 2.5" lowering) while i was there...i wonder how they dealt with life

[niky]

Very slowly.

I once out-dragged a Honda SiR with my Nissan Sentra.

My stock, automatic Nissan Sentra. Which gets to 60 mph in all of 14 seconds.

And he was really trying, too. Revved the nuts off his engine... nearly had me in first gear... then I passed him like he was standing still.

See, he was lowered so bad that he was just three or four inches off the ground. He had to slow down to zero km/h for a very slight (as in, six inches high, slope of just 20-25 degrees) hump. I just drove over it at full speed.

[rion]

Very slowly.

I once out-dragged a Honda SiR with my Nissan Sentra.

My stock, automatic Nissan Sentra. Which gets to 60 mph in all of 14 seconds.

ano po ban Automatic na ibig sabihin mo sir niky? Automatic Transmission?

[Memphis Raines]

Very slowly.

I once out-dragged a Honda SiR with my Nissan Sentra.

My stock, automatic Nissan Sentra. Which gets to 60 mph in all of 14 seconds.

And he was really trying, too. Revved the nuts off his engine... nearly had me in first gear... then I passed him like he was standing still.

See, he was lowered so bad that he was just three or four inches off the ground. He had to slow down to zero km/h for a very slight (as in, six inches high, slope of just 20-25 degrees) hump. I just drove over it at full speed.

Hahahaha! This is a classic

Rice versus simplicity.

[kenny357]

it depends too if your racing car that's too heavy............and packing a lot of system in his car.. but most of the time its on the driver too.... if he's too careful to shift then he can lose but if he's a gunslinger and doesn't really care well that's another story..........

[noelhingco]

Very slowly.

I once out-dragged a Honda SiR with my Nissan Sentra.

My stock, automatic Nissan Sentra. Which gets to 60 mph in all of 14 seconds.

And he was really trying, too. Revved the nuts off his engine... nearly had me in first gear... then I passed him like he was standing still.

See, he was lowered so bad that he was just three or four inches off the ground. He had to slow down to zero km/h for a very slight (as in, six inches high, slope of just 20-25 degrees) hump. I just drove over it at full speed.

my dad's A/T ford lynx battled against a lowered 3-door hatchback honda civic. napahiya ung civic sa hump.

[Memphis Raines]

Why don't you install hydraulic or airbag suspension nalang? You can lift and lower at your discretion like these...

[niky]

bags = $$$$$$$

But if anyone wants them, Joker of Southside Customs (is that right? can't remember) does installs. Their shop is in Alabang, inside Westgate.

[denier13]

minimum ground clearance? ... make a survey of the tallest humps in your normal route. The tallest one should be your minimum ground clearance.

+1 to this, if you want talaga to lower it! Ganyan ginawa ko nung ni-lowered ko yung kotse ko!

[Camgen6]

Pag nahihilo kana sa sobrang tagtag when driving your car then it is too low.

[noelhingco]

meroon kaming 1981 toyota corona, kapag inupuan, nagiging lowered. salpok tuloy lagi sa humps. may remedy ba rito other than lift?

[simplicity]

^^ ah, palit shocks?

[kenny357]

never had any problems with mine.. ang auto ko dropped ng 3 inches in the back and front i never had any problems with handling, actually it handles better cause its low to the ground and i have 19 inch rims 245-35 kumho ventus.. it handles like an f-1 racer kasi ang baba talaga... but walan g pwedeng sumakay sa likod............sasayad ako pag me dip yung kalsada.. yung lang ang downside ko.....and it also depends on what kind of suspension you have in your car...