On California roads, how's 4 3/4" from the ground with CT setup? Is this too low for regular street/city driving as far as scraping? I'm not concern about the law enforcement hasseling me. Just don't want to lower the car too low and prevent me from enjoying my driving.
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I would use your current setup as a guide. If your front bumper is already scraping, a lower one will scrape worse. If your front bumper is not currently scraping, then look at the difference in height; if it's minor, you can expect differences in the amount of scraping to be minor, too.S Flavor said:
I didn't think that lowering a car is illegal.S Flavor said:
In California it is. It's really a pain in the rear over here. We can't tint the front two windows, exhaust can't be too loud, can't play our stereo too loud, no drinking and driving , headlights have to be at a certain pre-determined height, can't drive topless, can't swear at animals, can't dry your underpants in your front yard, can't talk on cellphone while driving, ehhhhhhhh I think I have covered pretty much everything here..
, headlights have to be at a certain pre-determined height, can't drive topless, can't swear at animals, can't dry your underpants in your front yard, can't talk on cellphone while driving, ehhhhhhhh I think I have covered pretty much everything here..
Someone called my name? Coolnsx is correct regarding the lowered car--the bottom of the car cannot be below the bottom of the rim. My car is 1/4" above the rim, so I am safe .
I am sure everyone wants to know what it is like to drive a lowered car? Well, I have been driving lowered car for a very long time and I am used to it by now. You just have to remember when going side way in and out or when entering the curb entrance, just slow down during the approach. Especially when approaching speed bumps, and avoid going on regular street that you know will have potholes.
The front of my car is standing at 2 1/4" clearance and I have not scrape anything serious yet, because I am very causcious. If it does, it is like a tinsy bitsy itsey rub on the lips, and that is all. I use the car for street, freeway, and Paloma Mountain run--she performs better here Am I missing anything important?
Coolnsx is correct regarding the lowered car--the bottom of the car cannot be below the bottom of the rim. My car is 1/4" above the rim, so I am safe . I am sure everyone wants to know what it is like to drive a lowered car? Well, I have been driving lowered car for a very long time and I am used to it by now. You just have to remember when going side way in and out or when entering the curb entrance, just slow down during the approach. Especially when approaching speed bumps, and avoid going on regular street that you know will have potholes.
The front of my car is standing at 2 1/4" clearance and I have not scrape anything serious yet, because I am very causcious. If it does, it is like a tinsy bitsy itsey rub on the lips, and that is all. I use the car for street, freeway, and Paloma Mountain run--she performs better here
Am I missing anything important?coolnsx said:
That means that the sidewall height of your tires is exactly two inches.PoohBEAR said:
What size tires are you using? And how do you keep from damaging your rims on any street with bumps or potholes?
Sorry to be skeptical, but I've never heard of any tire sizes that would fit the NSX that have sidewalls anywhere near that low...
Hankook Ventus 215/35/18 . I stretch the 7.5 to a 8" width rim....maybe that is why? I dunno.....
nsxtasy said:
Rim Height
Ken, your post got my interest so I went out and measured my car. I use to think my car was low until PoopBEAR and I measured at the F Car Casino Run. My front rim is 2 3/8" AFF and the rear is 2 1/4" His car is lower then mine.
Ken, your post got my interest so I went out and measured my car. I use to think my car was low until PoopBEAR and I measured at the F Car Casino Run. My front rim is 2 3/8" AFF and the rear is 2 1/4" His car is lower then mine.
Sancho
You forgot the law about taking off your front plate.
[I think the law in CA is no part of the car can be below the bottom of the rim. The logic being if you get a flat tire the car will not bottom out. I heard this from enough cops to believe it to be true.]
PoohBEAR must have run flats.
You forgot the law about taking off your front plate.
[I think the law in CA is no part of the car can be below the bottom of the rim. The logic being if you get a flat tire the car will not bottom out. I heard this from enough cops to believe it to be true.]
PoohBEAR must have run flats.
I used to have an Integra with a Street Fyghter II front bumper (yeah yeah, I used to be a ricer) and in the fron it was about 4 fingers off the ground...I drove it all over the place and never had a problem scraping. Just be careful when you pull in and out of driveways.
CA VC 24008 is the one everyone is referring to.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24008.htm
I've been pulled over for having my car "too low."
I didn't get "hit" with that. I got hit with 24400CVC. The CHP officer said "I am also writing you up because your car is too low. Your headlights are below minimum requirements." The CA Law (California Vehicle Code) requires that the headlights are at a minimum height of 22". I think this is the one that would affect us the most.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24400.htm
... and after seeing 5inchlip put on his wipers today after we got hit with some rain... those are illegal as well. (26706a CVC)
--Conrad "Mr. Fix-it ticket."
(Please, no jokes about getting pulled over on our way home from NSXPO.)
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24008.htm
I've been pulled over for having my car "too low."
I didn't get "hit" with that. I got hit with 24400CVC. The CHP officer said "I am also writing you up because your car is too low. Your headlights are below minimum requirements." The CA Law (California Vehicle Code) requires that the headlights are at a minimum height of 22". I think this is the one that would affect us the most.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24400.htm
... and after seeing 5inchlip put on his wipers today after we got hit with some rain... those are illegal as well. (26706a CVC)
--Conrad "Mr. Fix-it ticket."
(Please, no jokes about getting pulled over on our way home from NSXPO.
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Ticketed for being too low?
I see now laws definitely differ from state to state. Note the quote below from statute 46.2-1063. This is Virginia Law. Has anyone else be tickted for being too low in their NSX?
No person shall drive on a public highway any motor vehicle registered as a passenger motor vehicle if it has been modified by alteration of its altitude from the ground to the extent that its bumpers, measured to any point on the lower edge of the main horizontal bumper bar, exclusive of any bumper guards, are not within the range of fourteen inches to twenty-two inches above the ground.........No vehicle shall be modified to cause the vehicle body or chassis to come in contact with the ground, expose the fuel tank to damage from collision, or cause the wheels to come in contact with the body under normal operation
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+46.2-1063
I see now laws definitely differ from state to state. Note the quote below from statute 46.2-1063. This is Virginia Law. Has anyone else be tickted for being too low in their NSX?
No person shall drive on a public highway any motor vehicle registered as a passenger motor vehicle if it has been modified by alteration of its altitude from the ground to the extent that its bumpers, measured to any point on the lower edge of the main horizontal bumper bar, exclusive of any bumper guards, are not within the range of fourteen inches to twenty-two inches above the ground.........No vehicle shall be modified to cause the vehicle body or chassis to come in contact with the ground, expose the fuel tank to damage from collision, or cause the wheels to come in contact with the body under normal operation
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+46.2-1063
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