Lowering the SS
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Joined: 02-10-2007
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From: LBC Ohio
With SS lower you lose the lincline angle as it it out farther.
I added the retractactable plate to mine and lost about an 1 1/2". I now have scraped it several times including my driveway. Once it was on uneven ground in a parking lot where a ramp went down.
Curbs, holes, speed bumps, uneven ground, driveway and parking lot enterances will all be possible damage areas and you will not know till you hit.
The LS and LT are fine but the SS overhang being so farther out makes it worse.
My Fiero has a standard non GT nose with the DGP air dam that hangs down on a large over hanging nose. I have scooped up gravel with that one already. It is not a daily driver but I can not lower the car without inflicting damage to it.
Also don't know if you drive in the snow or if your SS is a daily driver but in the winter anything over a couple inches will push snow. I have to watch and make sure it is not hard snow or ice.
Just something to think about. I just see so many cars in the midwest with busted front ends here.
I added the retractactable plate to mine and lost about an 1 1/2". I now have scraped it several times including my driveway. Once it was on uneven ground in a parking lot where a ramp went down.
Curbs, holes, speed bumps, uneven ground, driveway and parking lot enterances will all be possible damage areas and you will not know till you hit.
The LS and LT are fine but the SS overhang being so farther out makes it worse.
My Fiero has a standard non GT nose with the DGP air dam that hangs down on a large over hanging nose. I have scooped up gravel with that one already. It is not a daily driver but I can not lower the car without inflicting damage to it.
Also don't know if you drive in the snow or if your SS is a daily driver but in the winter anything over a couple inches will push snow. I have to watch and make sure it is not hard snow or ice.
Just something to think about. I just see so many cars in the midwest with busted front ends here.
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From: Chi-Towns burbs
Im not worried about inclines or snow at all. You just have to take inclines at an angle one wheel at a time, same goes for driveways. I had a civic which was a daily driver and i couldnt put my foot under the front bumper and i never scraped it once. If you lower your car and drive it like you did before it was lowered then youre an idiot and shouldnt be lowering it in the first place. Every car i ever owned was lowered
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From: San Diego
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From: conroe tx
Yeah but here in texas we don't have many things to watch out for lol. I hit my bumper on my friends drive way all the time. But that's why there's that little black lip down there. Im still going to lower mine. And maybe go with those c6 rims like that one guy with the red ss panel.
Anyways I would say go 1 inch or 1 half inch in the front. And 2 in the back. If someone thinks that's bad then tell me lol
Anyways I would say go 1 inch or 1 half inch in the front. And 2 in the back. If someone thinks that's bad then tell me lol
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From: Schaumburg, IL
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