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djmm 08-26-2014 06:50 AM

Check the underneath of your front bumper.
 
I just did so recently and guess what I found, a few scratches!
You gotta really bend over and look just beneath underside of the front bumper though.

When my car hit a bump I always thought men it must have scraped some parts underneath or whatever. Didnt know that it was my bumper after all this time.

Not a big deal as you really can't see it but with the paint loss. I worst that it will get rusted quickly as the underside always get water splash.

As a result of this, there is one petrol station that I don't visit anymore as it has elevated driveway and my car always hit it when it enters.

aznatama 08-26-2014 07:53 AM

either you have some crazy high speed bumps, or you're lowered. This is expected of lowered cars. If it's stock, it's probably parking blocks.

WNDSRFR 08-26-2014 08:24 AM

Plastic doesn't rust.

Frishkorn 08-26-2014 08:38 AM

Or in my case it was done by a dealership, washing my car when I told them not to. They hit the car wash wheel guide, then blamed it on me. In short, I'll never go to North Hills Toyota in Pittsburgh, PA ever again (second time they damaged a vehicle of mine).

VacantSky 08-26-2014 08:46 AM

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...psb9gdz2ij.jpg

jdubious 08-26-2014 09:32 AM

Mine was sold to me brand new like this. I didn't notice until like a month later and figured it was gonna be like that soon enough anyways. Here I am almost a year and a half in with no new scratches :/

Tcoat 08-26-2014 09:36 AM

Parked mine the other day and when I got out and walked past the front I noticed I was about 1/4 inch away from the curb! I would have had nobody but myself to blame for the damage if I had pulled up only 1 inch further.

Sportsguy83 08-26-2014 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djmm (Post 1917201)

Not a big deal as you really can't see it but with the paint loss. I worst that it will get rusted quickly as the underside always get water splash.

Not sure is Serious....

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...ck/joker-1.jpg

djmm 08-26-2014 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WNDSRFR (Post 1917231)
Plastic doesn't rust.

Oh lol - I just remembered it's plastic. Brain snap. Well at least I don't need to bother touching it up to prevent rust lol

But my car is normal stock one, I remember I hit it when:
- going down ramp on some normal ass park lot
- going upramp

And I didn't even drive that fast, just normal exit and enter speed. And the car wasn't carrying anything heavy either.

Luis_GT 08-26-2014 10:09 AM

lol... my bumper is scratched to hell and back and IDGAF... will get worse once I lower it... eventually.

sluflyer06 08-26-2014 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aznatama (Post 1917219)
either you have some crazy high speed bumps, or you're lowered. This is expected of lowered cars. If it's stock, it's probably parking blocks.

My car is not lowered and my bumper has scraped coming out of a parking lot even crawling and crossing it sideways, so these cars WILL scrape on steep incline no matter how careful you are and not lowered.

Tcoat 08-26-2014 10:26 AM

Mine is lowered and you learn very quickly how to do ramps, laneways, speed bumps, etc. at an angle! Doesn't take much of an angle to clear but straight on can be very, very bad sometimes!

Turbo95eg6 08-26-2014 01:07 PM

Nice and spotless under mine boys… I've mastered the art of low ground clearance with my previous slammed vehicles.

sklimo 08-26-2014 01:12 PM

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72746

Read through that


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