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Apr 28, 2002

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ever bottomed out?

Ever go over a speed bump and bottom out? I slightly scraped the bottom of my car coming out of a high parking lot at about 7 or so mph. I was wondering: could have done any damage to my new car, and if so, what damage may have been done in the worst case scenario?

Apr 28, 2002

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you could of ripped your exhaust off, but i think you would have noticed that, im pretty sure youll be fine, dont sweat it.

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worst thing that could happen is ull either destroy ur kit or rip your exhaust off either or

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Sometimes your car will immediately blow up too, be carefull!!

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i bottom off all the time when i go to my local Jack In The Box. My 2.25" exhaust pipe scratches when i tried to park the car.

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I scrape everytime I leave my house. It really sucked, but now it's nothing. I'm used to it.

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Dude, it happens to me a lot...[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG]It's getting to be annoying.
I have a 2" drop all around, so Iam considering raising the rear about 0.5-1" before I get an exhaust.

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Thats how it was with my 94 civic. I had a two inch drop on it. I used to scrape my tanabe exhaust on everything. Every two weeks I had to have the exhaust tightened. It was pretty bad. I once bottomed out so bad that I ripped a piece of concrete off the side walk...thank god the dealership was closed where I was.

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Speaking about bottoming out on our loooow cars...heh[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/IMG] does anyone know if you could get an eftermarket exhaust that would mount the same as the OEM?
I was looking at mine and the can itself is tucked up pretty good, so even with my 2" drop it will prob never get scraped...also the tip is sort of offset towards the bottom of the can.

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I dont have any problems with bottoming out....lucky that i live around good roads and not many speed bumps [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]