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Old 04-03-10, 09:36 PM
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Put painters tape like 3layers under your lip to save some paint.
Old 04-03-10, 09:44 PM
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^ I can clearthe front no problem...its the exhaust pipe, muffler that is getting stuck while backing out!
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VIP > JDM mentioned bags so i wont. But i know what you mean, the driveways in frisco are crazy steep. that whole city is steep!

i think the best way bringing her back out is like you mentioned. card board the whole garage.
Old 04-03-10, 10:35 PM
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that is steep! but the nut does not look like come off from the exhaust..it looks small 10mm though...
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Originally Posted by fknISC808
VIP > JDM mentioned bags so i wont. But i know what you mean, the driveways in frisco are crazy steep. that whole city is steep!

i think the best way bringing her back out is like you mentioned. card board the whole garage.
Yeah

I will try to use planks first and see how that goes...but the driveway is too steep I think...I've already called several towing places and none of them want to help because the incline of my driveway is too crazy
Old 04-04-10, 12:44 PM
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i have not found a self locking type nut (or w/e its called) anywhere on our cars (yet) so i doubt it came off your car.
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yeah thats not a bolt thats found on our cars.
Old 04-04-10, 02:32 PM
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damn that driveway is steep -_-
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You should get some corrugated cardboard and wrap it around your exhaust tips - it might save some scratches, especially when you backup because then your tips might hit, as opposed to just underneath when you were pulling it in.

You could also get some zipties and use them to pull the exhaust hangers up a little bit for a little extra clearance, then just cut them off once you're back out.
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Originally Posted by Infra
You should get some corrugated cardboard and wrap it around your exhaust tips - it might save some scratches, especially when you backup because then your tips might hit, as opposed to just underneath when you were pulling it in.

You could also get some zipties and use them to pull the exhaust hangers up a little bit for a little extra clearance, then just cut them off once you're back out.
thanks for the suggestion. I'm going to try the wood first, idk how it will work honestly...my incline is crazy.
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haha GL Colleen! Send me a pic when your cars out :P....just get hella cardboard and lay it across your drive way. bubble wrap your exhaust and blast the music and pull out slowly
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^ I'll make a video haha.
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Good luck in getting the car out. I guess the bottom part of the exhaust has some scrapes on it now.
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Being from the "Old School" world of Lowriders and Minitrucks, you may find this funny but it always worked for me when I was driving a slammed minitruck without hydros. We would fabricate a frame that would drop down and have industrial machine grade casters (2) that dropped below the spoiler about 1/2 to 1". The casters will catch the concrete before your lip does, but you must ALWAYS WITHOUT A DOUBT ENTER ANY AND ALLLLLL DRIVEWAYS at as SEVERE an angle as possible. **** people off, make them mad, stop traffic if you have to. They'll get over it.....Fiberglass doesn't. I never had any problems since we used to do this. I have seen big assed Motorhomes with a Big assed Caster hanging off the rear bumper so what does that tell you? It works....

Not the best picture but you get the point. I did this to alll my lowriders that didn't have bags or hydros.
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^ For some reason I find that amusing. Necessity is the mother of invention I guess.


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