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Old 04-04-2012, 07:35 PM
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lowered sedan on swift springs with ark grip exhaust question

I am thinking about purchasing the Ark grip exhaust for my 07x sedan, and am wondering if anyone has had problems with it scraping?

I've heard the mufflers/resonators sit pretty low. I am on swift springs with about 1-1.5 in drop all around

Think it'll be good / does anyone else have this setup?

 

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Old 04-04-2012, 09:15 PM
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off topic and not an answer to your question...but do you have measurements for your drop (ground to fender line, also roughly how many fingers)?
 
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I have the Ark exhaust and am on tein stechs (-1.9"f and -1.8"r), I don't have much of an issue with the canisters scraping. I have only nicked the front of the canisters a couple of times on a few speed bumps when going down too fast, I have yet to scrape the canisters themselves or the tips.

But the resonators and forward I have scraped the $%!# out of numerous times even though I have been careful and taken the best angles that I could. I haven't gotten the car on to a lift to look at the exhaust since I put it on, but I'm sure it would look pretty ugly now.

Your car looks to be about an inch higher than mine all around, I think it shouldn't scrape much if at all if you take the right angles.

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The areas in red below are the areas that I have scraped on, so yeah pretty much the front of the canisters and the resonators forward as you have heard. LOL

 

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Old 04-06-2012, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by tonyHTX
I have the Ark exhaust and am on tein stechs (-1.9"f and -1.8"r), I don't have much of an issue with the canisters scraping. I have only nicked the front of the canisters a couple of times on a few speed bumps when going down too fast, I have yet to scrape the canisters themselves or the tips.

But the resonators and forward I have scraped the $%!# out of numerous times even though I have been careful and taken the best angles that I could. I haven't gotten the car on to a lift to look at the exhaust since I put it on, but I'm sure it would look pretty ugly now.

Your car looks to be about an inch higher than mine all around, I think it shouldn't scrape much if at all if you take the right angles.

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The areas in red below are the areas that I have scraped on, so yeah pretty much the front of the canisters and the resonators forward as you have heard. LOL

nicee thanks

I'll get some exact measurements of my drop this weekend
 
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Old 04-17-2012, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by platinumg35x
off topic and not an answer to your question...but do you have measurements for your drop (ground to fender line, also roughly how many fingers)?
27in ground to fender line in the front and rear

2 fingers in the front, 3 in the back
 
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Old 04-18-2012, 12:09 PM
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im lowered on BC coils, dont know measurements, but i dont have any tire-fender gap at all. i have not scraped the canister or the tips a single time in about 10k miles. what i do scrape, possibly once every few days cause of speedbumps, is the midpipe and resonators cause they hang really low
 
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I had ARK w/ H&R springs. No issues at all as long as you know how to drive lowered cars.
 
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Old 04-18-2012, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by J2S2M
I had ARK w/ H&R springs. No issues at all as long as you know how to drive lowered cars.
Guess I'll have to learn
 
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Old 04-18-2012, 03:21 PM
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You should be fine because the Swift drop is pretty moderate. Anyway, enjoy your new set up!
 
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man ur gonna want moar drop in a few months lol
 
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I tried to take a pic of the area that scrapes the most, it is the flex pipe (sp?) area that is the lowest.

 
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