the art of scraping bumpers :(

[outlawtorn86]

i recently moved into a new apartment building. its 3 bedrooms, but not exactly something ud call paradise... im 16, live wit my parents. but the story is. i was planning on putting the mugen style lip kit on my honda. i saw it on a accord at home depot a while ago, looks nice as hell. but one problem. my parking lot is like a demons hole. shit leaks, more shit smells, and even worse, the entrance is like literally on a 45 degree angle... my cuzin drove in on his stock eclipse, and scraped the front twice. i quivered in my pants, and since that day i was thinking of what im gonna do now...

1. park on the street (NEVER a spot open, only far from my balcony view)

2. find anothe garage and pay the manager to use a parking spot (havent tried yet, would this work?)

3. not put on the lips (which i REALLY want, like ... REALLY.)

4. youre screwed kid

[whiteracer]

try backing up into it, you may get some more clearance, lol.

[outlawtorn86]

i dont get how that technically works. i mean when my front comes off the slope and onto the straightway, it would still get caught, just backwards lol

[whiteracer]

i know where my vote's going!

[blasian_man]

do you have adjustable coilovers? this might seem kinda dumb, but if you have to put the lip on, then maybe you could raise you suspension up al little??

[Jetts]

hydro it

fully extended it will be higher then stock

[99civic03]

I doubt it would make a difference, but you could try going in at an angle??

[whiteracer]

Actually that might make it worse. The main driveway to get to the parking underground at my work is off a main street and the angle isn't pretty either. I have to go around the back. But when i do take that driveway, if i hit it at an angle, i scrape. But if i'm coming off another street and hit it straight on, no scrape.

[outlawtorn86]

wait so what u saying? i should try just driving straight in? lol thats what im trying not to do <-- lmao that looks so funny

[emerge]

if you take it slow enough and hit the right angle, you won't scrape. it just takes practice...

[99civic03]

Emerge what ground effects you gettin painted? Just the mugen lip?

[emerge]

way to go o/t, lol....

im getting mugen lip, factory sideskirts, and 99-00 rear bumper painted. im also getting my trunk repainted because i had to bondo the holes where my spoiler used to be.

[jason11762]

the only thing i could think of would be to get an air ride but like u im 16 n with insurance n shit i dono bout u but i cant afford shit, im broke after the body kit n now i wont even drive the car until i get it painted lol b/c theres no way in hell that im goin rice lol.

[B16 SiRII]

hahaha....kill yourself.... . Just learn to do it...a little scrape won't really mess it up. You should take a closer look at lips and body kits. Most kits and lips on daily drivers are scraped at the bottom. To the point that if you scrape again then is just kinda slides and doesn't mess anything up. I know mines is like that already. Also...learn your streets...some you will not be able to travel on with that lip (and if your car is lowered).

[00accord44]

That's pretty facked up. WTF kinda apartment is this with a crazy lift like that? Is your last name Jetson or somethin?

J/K Just gotta learn to deal with it or move out on your own. You pick which one is a better decision. I'm thinkin about puttin a lip on my Accord, but will prolly wait cuz the city I go to school in, Tallahassee, FL, is ALL HILLS. Steep ones too. I scrape my bumper on a lot of entrances and exits NOW. And I have stock bumper and ride height. That city is crazy! I go slow too