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Lowered with a chassis brace... bad idea

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Old 10-06-09, 09:40 PM
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man you should see the underside of my car windex, its torn up also. the bottom of the GFX lip i think is just about flat and missing probably all of the paint. plus my stock mufflers are flat in some spots. hahahahah
Old 10-06-09, 09:53 PM
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lol i wish you would've read my post before it got deleted. no worries though. OP, good luck with that brace whatever you decide to do with it.
Old 10-06-09, 10:40 PM
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I wouldn't give it a second thought, just get it repainted etc. At least you know the brace did it's job while it was on your car.
Old 10-06-09, 10:44 PM
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one of the pictures looks like its a little bent...
Old 10-06-09, 10:55 PM
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hahah that's awesome. are the roads really bumpy or were you that low?

if there is no damage to anything but the paint, then sell it to your friend. I wouldn't knowingly sell something structurally damaged to a friend. if it was just cosmetic damage you can repaint, go and sell it.
Old 10-06-09, 11:02 PM
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i'd check other parts under u car for scrapes.. maybe the brace helped take the brunt of all the damages
Old 10-06-09, 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by montgb
Mmm...I bet that was a pleasant noise each time it scraped on a speedbump! Luckily it doesn't need to be pretty to still be effective.
it when a little something like it

Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
Wow, how long did you have the chassis brace on for?
Im not really sure I bought them when sewell had that group buy on the sway bars and the chassis brace its been a while

Originally Posted by IS350ty
one of the pictures looks like its a little bent...
The plate was bent but the bars were fine

Originally Posted by Jetfire
hahah that's awesome. are the roads really bumpy or were you that low?

if there is no damage to anything but the paint, then sell it to your friend. I wouldn't knowingly sell something structurally damaged to a friend. if it was just cosmetic damage you can repaint, go and sell it.
I live in LA the roads get F*ucked out here I actually have marks on my navigation to let me know where the bad dips bumps and potholes are cause sometimes I forget
as for the drop I dropped around 2 inches

Originally Posted by VF84
i'd check other parts under u car for scrapes.. maybe the brace helped take the brunt of all the damages
I have minor exhaust scraped but thats it
Old 10-07-09, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by chrIS250
but i find my lexus to be...well...just a car...
BLASPHMER!!! you will burn in HELL for speaking such heresy!
Old 10-07-09, 12:36 AM
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how did you like the brace on the car? feel any difference?
Old 10-07-09, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Lex v2.5.0
how did you like the brace on the car? feel any difference?
I did the sway bars F/R the same time I did the brace and I noticed a good amount of the body roll was gone
Old 10-07-09, 07:24 AM
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holly crap that sucks.
your shoes match the Fsport blue on the pic
Old 10-07-09, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by juice14
holly crap that sucks.
your shoes match the Fsport blue on the pic
I was laughing about that right when i uploaded the pictures

good news my friend said "its all screwed up... ah i dont care its going under the car anyway"
Old 10-07-09, 05:05 PM
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I actually have marks on my navigation to let me know where the bad dips bumps and potholes are cause sometimes I forget
that is pretty awesome.
Old 10-07-09, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by redline201
that is pretty awesome.
"areas to avoid" on the navigation bumps driveways potholes rough roads and ex gf's houses
Old 10-07-09, 10:09 PM
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The sparks off the thing at speed must of been cool.


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