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Old 05-19-10, 08:23 AM
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This should be an official f up ur fenders from being slammed thread hahaha post pics of ur damaged fender
Old 05-19-10, 09:04 AM
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Whoa Brian 24/30 dampening sounds harsh! After the show I raised my car up all around to 1 finger gap, which is a little over 1cm. I'm riding pretty comfortably with 6/36 setting. I drive through speed bumps to work everyday and hated it when it was set to 12/36 in the beginning. Can't imagine going stiffer.
Old 05-19-10, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by djbugz
That would be awesome.. Thanks!! I love these forums and you guys are swell

Someday, I hope to come out to some meets and "meet" some of you guys and girls.. I get so much info on what to do and not do to my 2IS ...
Are you from SoCal or NorCal?

Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
That sucks Brian, but the beauty of it is, you learn about your car and fix the settings when things like this happen!!
Yup, I'm trying to take it all in stride. "Lesson learned" I keep telling myself, probably an expensive one though.

Originally Posted by simple
That's why I'd went raised mines up 1.5 finger gaps all around, also I'm running stretched tires...
Yeah, I'm currently running 235/35/19 on my 19x8.5 wheels up front. I wanted 225/35/19, but they don't have that size in the Hankook V12's, or so I was told.

Originally Posted by mIStaboi
This should be an official f up ur fenders from being slammed thread hahaha post pics of ur damaged fender
Haha, maybe I'll retitle the thread.

Originally Posted by svntwosix
Whoa Brian 24/30 dampening sounds harsh! After the show I raised my car up all around to 1 finger gap, which is a little over 1cm. I'm riding pretty comfortably with 6/36 setting. I drive through speed bumps to work everyday and hated it when it was set to 12/36 in the beginning. Can't imagine going stiffer.
It's definitely stiffer, but not THAT bad. Haven't broken any teeth going over rough roads yet. My coils were preloaded to a relatively soft 10K/8K so I think that's part of it too. I'm a n00b when it comes to suspension so I hope what I said is accurate.
Old 05-19-10, 09:30 AM
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i had the same thing happened to my car. luckly that part of the fender isnt too thick and i was able to just bend it back to place without damaging the paint.
Old 05-19-10, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by brociouz
Are you from SoCal or NorCal?
I'm in SoCal....
Old 05-19-10, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by mIStaboi
This should be an official f up ur fenders from being slammed thread hahaha post pics of ur damaged fender
+1^^^^
someone help to change the title please
Old 05-19-10, 04:53 PM
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NOM NOM... you fender has been NOMed by Pocky's old mooncake.
Old 05-20-10, 07:18 AM
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Hammer them back!!!

Old 05-20-10, 07:24 AM
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lmao at that gif.
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That used to happened to my integra on coils sometimes, but as others have said it was a softer area and was able to be pushed up easily. Offset I think is what gets it so close and putting a spacer on will project the wheel out. Drivng at an angle is correct up a driveway but you can't turn into it right away. The suspension tweaks where one side is lower in the front and can cause the fender to lay on the tire. Sorry to hear about your problem. Hopefully you get it fixed prior to the Home Depot show.
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^ That's if I go to that show. 8:00am roll-in...
Old 06-05-10, 11:21 AM
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Dang! This is exactly what my fender looked like on my previous Truck. I had it lowered on springs and it tweaked just like yours. I wish I had some pictures to show. Anyway, I ended up just fixing it myself. I didn't have a heat gun like everyone on here recommending...but I used the wooden handle of a hammer and basically just slid the handle side in (perpindicular to the tire/fender) and then just used leverage from the tire (kinda in a see saw motion)...pushing up on the fender...in multiple areas, moving down left and right. The wooden handle was soft enough that it didn't damage the paint and was soft enough that I didn't get any "sharp" edges from pushing on the fender.

Now, I'm sure there are probably more professional ways to get rid of that dent, but I'm just sharing how I got rid of mine. Also, it wasn't exactly perfect, but it was pretty close cuz you couldn't even tell unless you were on your back looking up.

Hope everything works out bro
Old 06-05-10, 05:27 PM
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no problem at all! everyone has that exact problem if you are slammed, like ChrIS250 said just reminding you of doing it right
Old 10-27-10, 01:02 PM
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damn that sux! not as bad as some of these other guys' pics. but the question is why would u ever go so low with aggresive wheels and not get a fender roll before hand....
Old 10-27-10, 01:17 PM
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Whoa, zombie thread bump.

Originally Posted by MashinA
but the question is why would u ever go so low with aggresive wheels and not get a fender roll before hand....
Because my wheels aren't that aggressive (19x8.5+35 and 19x9.5+35) and I wasn't that low so I thought I'd be okay.


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