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Old 03-18-2004, 08:45 PM
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Ground Clearance

About how much ground clearance would I get if I were to lower about 1.5 and throw on a stillen front lip? You can give an estimate, I don't need it down to the centimeter...

Man, I hate hills and stuff. I am worried about scrapping now, but I really don't like the look of my max without a lip... And I don't like the 4x4 look. So I am going to drop it and put a kit on. Definately stillen!

But, what does everyone do about ground clearance? Should I get bags? I don't want to pend that $1000 or $2000, but I don't want to scrap it?

What does everyone else do?...
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Old 03-18-2004, 09:06 PM
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about 6-7 inches for you im guessing

my rule is as long as you can fit a soda can under the car then its ok. soda cans are about 5 inches tall.
anything lower then I have a hard time in some areas because our city wont repair the old parts of town. they rather build parking lots all over....
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Old 03-18-2004, 09:10 PM
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Thanks!
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Old 03-19-2004, 02:34 AM
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You will need to take special care over dips and entrances if you have any kind of lip. The maxima is more difficult because it has a long nose. Everything should be taken at an angle.

I actually just wrote an article about how to drive lowered:
http://maxmods.dyndns.org/index.php?DrivingLowered
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Old 03-19-2004, 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by drewm
I actually just wrote an article about how to drive lowered:
http://maxmods.dyndns.org/index.php?DrivingLowered
hrm..somethin new to read
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Old 03-19-2004, 05:59 AM
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Excellent Article... I'm planning on staying out of a few places even with that tecnique. Sometimes, where you want to go is off a 4 lane highway in traffic on the opposite side of the street and a 7 foot wide entrance that has a 45* onramp and you only got a few seconds to get in. But it's not that big of a loss... I'll sacrifice that and get me a lowered max! Thanks again!
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