Parking lot stop curbs - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

phastafrican · 12-30-2013, 10:40 AM

Make it a habit to back up. This is the first lesson learnt when owning low cars. And I'm sure you've now decided never to pull up as far anymore. Don't feel bad, it's happened or will happen to nearly everyone at some point.

userjack6880 · 12-30-2013, 12:43 PM

The town I'm in is so hilly, it's not uncommon to find a parking parking spot that's on a hill... that's just barely long enough for the car (which is short already!). Sometimes parking with the nose pointed down towards a curb is unavoidable (like one-way parking lots with diagonal parking spots), not to mention the many parking lots that are at a 45 degree angle to the road (nobody hear of leveling entrances?). So, that part of my bumper is pretty much scratched up. Good thing it's on the bottom of it. Nobody can see it unless they look for it under the car.

Then there are parking blocks and curbs that are lower than the car itself (stock). Hell, there's even curbs the FR-S will clear my old sedan didn't (Mercury Sable).

The is the only reason why I might not even get a front diffuser for the car. I'll just rip it off in about a week.

DoomsdayJesus · 12-30-2013, 12:46 PM

Need some fender feelers for your bumper.

cwb48 · 12-31-2013, 11:55 AM

Mine is just over a year old and I've done this twice. Since I've been driving for over 47 years and have never had a (serious) accident, I don't think it's me- the front bumper is low, like the entire car. I bought a can of touch up spray to fix it, but since you really need to take the bumper cover off to do it right, it seems like a lot of trouble for something that even I can't see unless I lie down on my back in front of the car. I think I'll just get on with life.

dem00n · 12-31-2013, 12:06 PM

Something you can see annoys you that much? The bottom of my bumper is white.

hur1ey02 · 12-31-2013, 01:17 PM

It happens, buddy! Just keep on enjoying the car.

PoorMansRacing · 12-31-2013, 01:32 PM

I'm so guilty of this. I've learned to ignore it until I begin detailing my car

smbrm · 12-31-2013, 02:25 PM

Fender feelers have been suggested before with lots of wild options! I have found that picking a reference point on your own car helps. On mine with my height when sitting, if I drive into the space until my view of the adjacent curb stone intersects the forward notch of the small window on my left, the front bumper will have good clearance to any parking lot curb stone.

Tromatic · 12-31-2013, 03:57 PM

You have the "hump" to show where your front wheels are, and when you see the curb/line in the small window (I forget the nomenclature), stop.

ftc~brz · 12-31-2013, 05:01 PM

I did that once, don't sweat it too much it could be worse….TRUST ME

luluma · 12-31-2013, 05:44 PM

Join the club..

My TRD front is ready for a repaint.

BRZnut · 12-31-2013, 06:37 PM

It would be great if there was a sensor we could attach to the bottom of the front lip that would give a warning when too close to the curb. I know they make back up sensors with lots of sensors and wires, but a single sensor for the front would be great!

BLTcookie · 12-31-2013, 06:48 PM

I had mine for a few months before scraping the bottom of the bumper coming out of a gas station with a really deep incline coming back onto the street. Even went super slow and came in at an angle.

Broke my heart but I came to accept that these things will happen but I do what I can to avoid them.

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12-31-2013, 12:06 PM	#33
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12-30-2013, 10:40 AM	#29
phastafrican Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Raven Scion FR-S Location: Fernandina Beach, FL Posts: 437 Thanks: 118 Thanked 171 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Make it a habit to back up. This is the first lesson learnt when owning low cars. And I'm sure you've now decided never to pull up as far anymore. Don't feel bad, it's happened or will happen to nearly everyone at some point.

12-31-2013, 11:55 AM	#32
cwb48 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 2013 FR-s Firestorm Location: Maryland Posts: 113 Thanks: 10 Thanked 26 Times in 19 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Mine is just over a year old and I've done this twice. Since I've been driving for over 47 years and have never had a (serious) accident, I don't think it's me- the front bumper is low, like the entire car. I bought a can of touch up spray to fix it, but since you really need to take the bumper cover off to do it right, it seems like a lot of trouble for something that even I can't see unless I lie down on my back in front of the car. I think I'll just get on with life.

12-31-2013, 01:32 PM	#35
PoorMansRacing Anorexic Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2003 Honda S2000 Suzuka Blue Location: Washington, DC Posts: 341 Thanks: 598 Thanked 175 Times in 95 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm so guilty of this. I've learned to ignore it until I begin detailing my car

12-31-2013, 02:25 PM	#36
smbrm Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Drives: Scion FRS Ht Lva(AT) Location: Alberta Posts: 409 Thanks: 30 Thanked 81 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Fender feelers have been suggested before with lots of wild options! I have found that picking a reference point on your own car helps. On mine with my height when sitting, if I drive into the space until my view of the adjacent curb stone intersects the forward notch of the small window on my left, the front bumper will have good clearance to any parking lot curb stone.

12-31-2013, 03:57 PM	#37
Tromatic Banned Join Date: May 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,232 Thanks: 61 Thanked 1,728 Times in 786 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	You have the "hump" to show where your front wheels are, and when you see the curb/line in the small window (I forget the nomenclature), stop.

12-31-2013, 05:44 PM	#39
luluma Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Location: Pasadena Posts: 89 Thanks: 3 Thanked 46 Times in 28 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Join the club.. My TRD front is ready for a repaint.

12-31-2013, 06:37 PM	#40
BRZnut Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: BRZ DGM Limited Location: USA Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 5 Thanked 431 Times in 250 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It would be great if there was a sensor we could attach to the bottom of the front lip that would give a warning when too close to the curb. I know they make back up sensors with lots of sensors and wires, but a single sensor for the front would be great!

12-31-2013, 06:48 PM	#41
BLTcookie Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: Whiteout FR-S Location: San Jose Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I had mine for a few months before scraping the bottom of the bumper coming out of a gas station with a really deep incline coming back onto the street. Even went super slow and came in at an angle. Broke my heart but I came to accept that these things will happen but I do what I can to avoid them. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

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