Ok, It's time for the most noob question of all. It's one thing I've never really understood. If you drop your car, what the hell are you supposed to do about speed bumps? Why don't I hear more people complaining about how they wrecked their undercarriage by going over a speed bump?

 

either dont lower it so much that you worry about every bump. or drive very slow over bumps. Driving slow will prevent the springs from compressing. or you can do the crisscross method that takes one wheel over the bump one at a time. Its just the price you have to pay when you lower it

 

Approaching a speed bump? Put it neutral, hold at 6,400, drop the clutch and floor it! lol Works every time. ^_^

 

lowered car = low clearance,

cars usually need a little more clearance to go over a speedbump normally because cars "BOUNCE"

with your lowered car, you dont have much space to bounce except into the "GROUND"

 

You might even want to shift into gear!

 

yeah, one wheel at a time.

 

Lol!

 

the tc is good on drop.. mine is almost as low as you can go and i can go straight over some huge bumps without a problem. )

 

just dont go full speed like an SUV over speed bumps.. slide slam or whatever they call it

 

i got some big speedbumps in my neighborhood and i am going to be dropped 2 1/4" inches, and i do one wheel at a time now, think i will have problems?

does anyone know the clearance of a tC that is dropped 2 1/4"? this information would help me (espically if the springs settled in)

 

The clearance would be 2 3/4" if I remember right.

I'm not dropping that much so it should be fine. Thanks for the replies.

 

There is a trick I've learned way back in my Mini-truckin
days (Back when many of you were still in pre-school).

It's called "stepping". Guys who do true 4X4 offroad know it.

Basically you step one tire over the speed bump at a time
by hitting it at a sharp angle. Like 45 degrees if you can.

The driveway to my work (and my parents house now that
I think about it) is very steep, and you can see LOTS of
skrunch marks where normal height cars have bottomed out.
It doesn't even phase me because I hit it at a 45 degree
angle at a reasonable speed. DON"T slam into it so your
suspension compresses.

Speaking of which, don't do what most women do (sorry gals
it's true) and slam on the brakes just before you hit a bump,
driveway, or train tracks. When you do that, your nose dips
down and all the weight of your car shifts forward causing
you to hit the incline with more force then if you just coasted
over it!

Think about it, simple physics.

 

interesting.