they say ksport springs are progressive so i shouldn't scrape my y-pipe on regular roads, right?

 

progressive? i dont understand.

you wont scrape your y pipe man...does it even hang lower than your cross member? i think you'd hit that before your y pipe hit.

 

true true.. lol i thought of that after i posted it.. i had it in the air the other day to replace my motor mounts and was like 'wow thats a nice brace they bolt onto..' its like right there just in case you bottom out... haha now i feel dumb.. haha

 

The b-pipe is what you will scrape on transitions (parking decks, driveways).

 

I almost have a hole in my Y-Pipe. My Y-Pipe is lower than the cross member.

 

black your car looks SWEET. i agree with that quote... lol the rims are mega sexy. *droools*

anywayssss i'm prolly going to get 1.25 drop instead(tokico illumina shock/spring combo)... thx for the help guys.

 

The only reason Black Maxima keeps his ride that way (believe me he probably wants to cry at times) is because it looks amazing, girls probably love his car............ Not him J/K. He's probably close to being able to speak CV joint lingo.


-Click, click click click, click click..

 

Girls that go gaga over Maximas are in middle-school.....

 

so...

 

he speaks from experience?..

 

middle-schoolers, or freshmen on certain college campuses where anything on four wheels will suffice because they can't have cars of their own...

 

you seem to know that a lil too good.... what you been up to?

 

That's the super rare Stillen equal length Y-pipe you keep bragging about, right?

Just checking.

 

FYI, progressive-rate springs do nothing to keep you from scraping. They have a soft section and a hard section to improve handling when you're driving hard, while keeping a smoother ride when you're not.

If you're concerned about scraping anything, think about how much of a drop you have and how stiff your springs are overall -- the lower you are, the stiffer they have to be. From what I've heard, Ksport springs aren't even stiff enough to keep the car off the bumpstops with the massive drop they give, so I wouldn't trust them for a second.

 

i have sprint springs which is a "2 drop all around with the stillen kit. hardly ever scrape at all, you just have to know what ramps and steep areas you can ride over with out scraping. 7 years now no problems.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty damn low too and I hardly ever scrape. Just know your boundaries.

 

an exhaust should be secured by hangers, and such. Scrapping would not occur unless your exhaust is hanging low.

With your exhaust secure in place, you'd need to drop lower than 2" to scrape on regular roads.

 

I have a 3"+ drop and my exhaust does NOT scrape...

Like others mentionned, as long as it's securely installed and not hanging ghetto style...

 

sprint/kybs here wit no exhaust scrape and I have a big *** dent in my y pipe too, when I bottomed out on sum crazy dip on the I-95 headed upstate

 

HAHAHAHAHA @ Apparition

Yea, I might have to weld up the Y-Pipe soon.

 

Most of the time I bottom out is the mud flaps.... BUT, you can do some serious damage if your city is like mine. If it dosnt look like I can make it, I dont go there, or I drive at a HUGE angle rather then taking it str8 on. I have Tokicos and Eibachs. Warpspeed Y-pipe , cattman catback SS.

Just make sure you get the stiffer hangers for the catback. I might trim my mud flaps for the summer. (no such thing as speed bumps in the winter) hehe.

 

I had to trim my mudflaps due to speed humps in Toronto...
Looks great I find... kinda mimicks the 5th gen mudflaps..

 

haha..

 

I was a middle-school girl once.

 

I take all the middle and high school girls to soccer practice.

 

I handle mud flap scraping by not caring...

 

This thread gets me excited.

 

keep it G rated.. . . .

 

i'm dropped on tein s-techs. if i scrape anything it's my low hanging b pipe on the obx catback or my mudflaps.

 

all this talk about scraping and school girls is making the thread oh so much more appealing.. :-D

 

that car is nice what size tires do you have on there and do you rub? what y-pipe do you have?

 

My rubbers are 245/40-18 I think and of course they rub.

And my Y-pipe is Stillen.

 

The reason I lowered my car is so it's easier for the middle schoolers to get in the door.

 

lol middleschoolers... you should make them jump through the window.

 

My rubbers are bigger.. Especially for middle-schoolers.







Big rims, of course that's what I meant.. yeah.

 

yeah so i'm thinking i'll go with the illumina shocks with the matched springs. they said its a 1.25 drop all around. sounds like a good deal.

 

It's definitely slightly more than that, but yes, it's a great deal. That is a great kit.

 

cool, thx for the recommendation.