Going up hill driveways at an angle: How do you coilver brotha's deal?
08-28-09, 10:29 PM
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Ahhh i rub a lot to..My Coilovers are set to the stiffest setting..If i have a passenger that weighs over 190 then i rub way more...Car handles way better but i do rub a tad...
08-28-09, 11:53 PM
#20
you just choose to not acknowledge that option because you're more concerned about your 2is looking slammed than your 2is kinking the fenders and causing the paint the get rubbed off by the tires.
i'd look into fender rolling - if your fenders don't require body work already.
either that, or you just might have to raise your 2is ever so slightly.
08-29-09, 12:25 AM
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ok sorry im just now reading this lol. but next time you encounter a driveway like this with a steep angle...angle your CAR but keep your wheels STRAIGHT. once your first wheel gets over the initial part of the driveway, turn a little bit into the direction of the driveway but not all the way. once your other front wheel passes the incline, then proceed to drive up the driveway at any steering angle you need to. usually, if space permits, having your car angled 45 degrees before the driveway is the best way to drive up it. have you tried to see if your GFX front will clear the slope without even going at it at an angle?
hope this helps
hope this helps
08-29-09, 05:59 AM
#24
I know exactly what you're experiencing. My tires have pulled the inside fender metal outwards. I've went with less aggressive offsets and even tried stretching the tires a little, but to no avail. When possible, I enter driveways from the opposite side of the street and enter at an angle with my wheels straight. If I make a right hand turn into a driveway, I go wide and slow and try to enter with my wheels as straight as possible. Price you gotta pay to go low
I don't rub my fender when I turn on FLAT surfaces (like normal driving on streets). Its only when going up a drive way. The wheel gets pushed up into the fender well and there's just no way around this I guess... well, I could always raise my car
Yeah, thats not gonna happen 
08-29-09, 06:04 AM
#25
I have my rears rolled, but were not talking about the rears....
I honestly don't see the point in rolling the front fenders. Rolling them will only push them further way from the tire. I would see rolling the front fender's ultimate goal, to push the fender not only away but also UP away from the tire. Visually speaking, might as well just raise the car, it will 'look' the same.
Pushed up fenders, or raised up car. Same difference.
Last edited by mdgrwl; 08-29-09 at 06:13 AM.
08-29-09, 06:07 AM
#26
ok sorry im just now reading this lol. but next time you encounter a driveway like this with a steep angle...angle your CAR but keep your wheels STRAIGHT. once your first wheel gets over the initial part of the driveway, turn a little bit into the direction of the driveway but not all the way. once your other front wheel passes the incline, then proceed to drive up the driveway at any steering angle you need to. usually, if space permits, having your car angled 45 degrees before the driveway is the best way to drive up it. have you tried to see if your GFX front will clear the slope without even going at it at an angle?
hope this helps
hope this helps
I'll start hitting driveways as straight as possible, or use the described method above.
All this may seem like a hassle to some, but to me its all WELL worth it!
08-29-09, 06:33 AM
#27
Roll the Front Fenders
I have my rears rolled, but were not talking about the rears....
I honestly don't see the point in rolling the front fenders. Rolling them will only push them further way from the tire. I would see rolling the front fender's ultimate goal, to push the fender not only away but also UP away from the tire. Visually speaking, might as well just raise the car, it will 'look' the same.
Pushed up fenders, or raised up car. Same difference.
I have my rears rolled, but were not talking about the rears....
I honestly don't see the point in rolling the front fenders. Rolling them will only push them further way from the tire. I would see rolling the front fender's ultimate goal, to push the fender not only away but also UP away from the tire. Visually speaking, might as well just raise the car, it will 'look' the same.
Pushed up fenders, or raised up car. Same difference.
08-29-09, 06:47 AM
#28
I just don't see the point honestly. In my mind, you might as well just raise the car a little bit then.
By rolling/flaring the fender, your creating more of a gap between your fender and your tire... so they don't touch.
Well raising your car also creates more of a gap betwee your fender and tire, same exact thing.
Visually speaking, it would 'look' the same. I'd rather just raise the car 1mm then flare my fender 1mm... oh yeah, I did say raising my car wasn't an option right?
ChrIS250, you know what I'm talking about right?
08-29-09, 08:18 AM
#29
ok sorry im just now reading this lol. but next time you encounter a driveway like this with a steep angle...angle your CAR but keep your wheels STRAIGHT. once your first wheel gets over the initial part of the driveway, turn a little bit into the direction of the driveway but not all the way. once your other front wheel passes the incline, then proceed to drive up the driveway at any steering angle you need to. usually, if space permits, having your car angled 45 degrees before the driveway is the best way to drive up it. have you tried to see if your GFX front will clear the slope without even going at it at an angle?
hope this helps
hope this helps
Javier
08-29-09, 08:28 AM
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make sure you shave the edges of the front fenders since there rubing on it. my tire got cought on fender and pulled/bent my fender edge. i was fine riding low the whole time. it seems like you have to just "catch" it perfectly on a driveway going up, at just the right angle. it can happen so just be aware