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Old 10-18-2014, 05:41 PM
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Worst damage that can come from scraping

What's the WORST damage that can come from scraping the undercarriage of your car?? I think I may have bent something metal underneath my coupe, like the brace or something. I really don't know what it is lol.
 

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Old 10-18-2014, 05:45 PM
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You can aggravate an active volcano under the ground and kill thousands.

OP you're prob fine
 
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Old 10-18-2014, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by jerseytaylor
You can aggravate an active volcano under the ground and kill thousands.

OP you're prob fine
Lol
 
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Old 10-18-2014, 06:09 PM
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You could scrape the exhaust enough to cause leaks and cracks
 
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Just a couple scratches but now low are you?
 
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Old 11-18-2014, 09:26 PM
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From experience - your flex pipe(s) are going to get decimated. So - expect to replace your Y-Pipe each year if you care about leaks.... which you should as back pressure is an important part of the engine's ability to operate.

This said - even when you've worn through both the flex pipe weave and big slots of the underlying accordion pipe within and have holes large enough to put your fingers into... the car *will* still run.
 
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I second the flex pipes. One day I went to meet someone at an office and had asked for directions to efficiently get out of the area to return back to where I came from (I was not familiar with the area). So the person I meet points in a direction with this large hill and I think "Ok, not too bad". Well, I go to drive up this hill and at the end is this kind of leveling off and I decide to go for it. I end up about half way over this and hear this banshee screaming from underneath my car and hit the brakes. At this point I'm thinking my exhaust has gouges back to the muffler and my OCD starts kicking into overdrive. I eventually go home and check underneath my car and all I find is one of my flex sections mildly torn up, not even a lot. I couldn't believe all of the sounds I heard was the result of the almost non-existent damage to my single flex section. That being said I've bookmarked the page to buy my Y pipe and keep a back up.
 
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In those situations, I gun it and try to catch some air. Hahah jk
 
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You can actually damage your fuel lines if your too low and go over the wrong type of bump at the wrong angle. And if reported to you insurance they WILL total the car I've seen it happen a nice tt g35 totaled from a speed bump lol.
 
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You can actually damage your fuel lines if your too low and go over the wrong type of bump at the wrong angle. And if reported to you insurance they WILL total the car I've seen it happen a nice tt g35 totaled from a speed bump lol.
ive seen this start to happen, it'd be a good idea to cover them up somehow with some sort of skidpad
 
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Old 12-01-2014, 01:46 PM
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ive seen this start to happen, it'd be a good idea to cover them up somehow with some sort of skidpad
tell me more please?
 
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Old 12-01-2014, 02:39 PM
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tell me more please?
have u ever seen monster garage bro
 
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Just destroyed my gas tank last month from hitting small debris in the road. Sent a hole 2 inches wide in my tank. Bevause my cross member is all bent and warped around everything theres no way it's going back on without serious work. ****kkk
 
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Originally Posted by westsideblu
You can actually damage your fuel lines if your too low and go over the wrong type of bump at the wrong angle. And if reported to you insurance they WILL total the car I've seen it happen a nice tt g35 totaled from a speed bump lol.
I also ripped out some fuel lines from that incident. Be safe drivers! And btw I'm almost maxed out low and I've never had even the slightest bit of problems with lines/tank before this
 
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Old 12-03-2014, 12:21 PM
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The car that came in to our shop the owner reported it and the insurance company had the car down for complete fuel line replacement which means the body has to come off. So they totaled the car and didn't allow the owner to buy it back. This is usaa by the way.
 


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