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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 07:37 AM
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Anyone having to try to get to work etc in your slammed/modded car? takes me about 5mins to go a few hundred feet to get out of my road but i get out without having to dig or get someone to push.

Main roads are fine but i can hear/feel the snow catching the bottom of the car

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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 08:40 AM
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Aye the sump on my Golf's been leaving long lines in the snow
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 08:50 AM
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The tyres on my Mondeo have also been leaving long lines in the snow - and that's all as it doesn't sit on the floor !
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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Just don't see the point of a slammed car. Find the fucking annoying to be behind when they are trying to go over speed bumps without having the front end ripped off!!!
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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I'm with Pardeep !
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Pardeep
Just don't see the point of a slammed car. Find the fucking annoying to be behind when they are trying to go over speed bumps without having the front end ripped off!!!


On the floor and i could get over any speed hump and without a que behind me... Its down to the driver
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 09:27 AM
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Rollin Rides
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On the floor and i could get over any speed hump and without a que behind me... Its down to the driver
Same here, my civic is about as low, but i do have skirts and front splitter aswell, but i can still go over speed humps, i crawl over them yeah but im moving the whole time.


Clean civic there Rollin Rides sure i saw it for sale on here ages ago, maybe the start of this year or end of last?

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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 12:08 PM
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my touring is pretty low and been using it. Now most of the snow is gone its helping clear the piles of snow and ice inbetween where peoples wheels go lol. I have no trouble with speedbumps etc.

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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 12:38 PM
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My lower strut brace flattens the snow in the middle of the road, and I can hear it hitting the bottom after the strut. And my car's not even low!
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 01:02 PM
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mines to low at the back, keep catching the bumper and exhaust, and even though the front looks a lot higher, it isnt much better. ive been walking while the snows been bad, its cheaper and safer.
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 01:58 PM
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the focus wont get out of the snow, its not the fact its slammed more the splitter at the front compared to the tracklines in the snow, the middle of the road is the issue



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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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my 3 series is on its arse (not my choice but haven't been arsed changing the springs) the m3 evo front bumper is an awesome snow plow when I'm not driving it into walls
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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last year i was using my s3 in the snow was fun but the sound of the ice in the middle of the road hitting the underside didnt sound good lol


im driving the girlfriends beetle now its lowered 50mm and yet again it ploughs the snow but goes everywhere
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by gavt123
last year i was using my s3 in the snow was fun but the sound of the ice in the middle of the road hitting the underside didnt sound good lol


im driving the girlfriends beetle now its lowered 50mm and yet again it ploughs the snow but goes everywhere
Love the S3 chap about the same stance as my civic, and yeah the sound of snow hitting the underside of the car isnt nice, like a thud or something i wish there was a snow plougher round here, i saw one near by the other day but they dont seem to clear much of the snow in the middle
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 03:35 PM
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I had a Punto GT a year or so ago, was slammed -60mm, was crazy low, never ever got stuck with it, but nearly ripped the front bumper off a good few times whilst on ploughing duty!
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 04:21 PM
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My mk1 xr in the snow last year!! Drove the absolute bollox, never got stuck, got slowed down cos of snow build up on the front, but it was honestly mint in the snow!! Much better than the 3i im using this year!!









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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by BM08
Love the S3 chap about the same stance as my civic, and yeah the sound of snow hitting the underside of the car isnt nice, like a thud or something i wish there was a snow plougher round here, i saw one near by the other day but they dont seem to clear much of the snow in the middle

thanks pal sadly the s3 has been sold on was so much fun in the snow,
i havent seen any snow ploughs round my way at all


love the rear end pic of the mk1 with the exhaust in the snow
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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My mates Bora is a bit of a pain,it ripped the plug off the oil sensor on the bottom of the sump last night, it is very very low though.

Saying that we did 500 mile in it today to Colchester and back and the motorways were not even bad, dont know what everyone is crying about tbh.
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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Get some hydraulics!!!!! Then you can forget about smashing your bumper or sump.
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BM08
same stance as my civic
you need a name change again

get some pics up of your Civic
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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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I haven't struggled at all to get about but I have started to realise my ST maybe lowered as others I have seen don't seem so low.

It's been dragging the snow from the middle of the roads which most other cars seem to drive over easlily.

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Old Dec 22, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Rollin Rides


On the floor and i could get over any speed hump and without a que behind me... Its down to the driver


i would pay to see you drive my fiesta van with 18's on it go over a speed bump at speed. its just plain impossible
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Old Dec 23, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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my gti last year, graded half of north cornwall to about 1 inch of snow. and we didn't have that much in the first place lol
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