Go low they said, it'll be fun they said :fuckthatshit:


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All the suspension bits added up cost me about $1,200 USD (I bought most of the parts when our dollar was 0.83 cents US). Installation was $390 with alignment included in the price.

From when I took over the Element till now, it has about $3k invested in it up to this point. Don't really intend on doing anything much more, maybe a new set of wheels if I get bored. There's just some leftover minor details I want to do before I "finish" with the car.

the feels lol
i believe my front bumper is just under 2" clearance
and my sway bar + exhaust flange hangs a bit lower than that
still made it to blaine and back via peace arch barely scraping on the bumps :fuckyea:

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As usual, thanks to Louis and Mike for looking after my car.

Were you at Belcarra last Tuesday?

I was there on Saturday

I always treated my gti like a shoe. The bottom of it is meant for the ground. Turn the volume up so you don't hear the frame rails scraping.

but yo shoe dont leak oil bruhhhhh

My GTI shoe had a dented oil pan and a flattened oil drain bolt :lawl:

Driving a slammed car is a right of passage with this hobby. Everyone needs to do it at least once lol.

Teaches you how to avoid bumbs, which ones are safe, how to approach driveways etc.

Not to mention it forces you to come up with fun new swear words when you do smash an unseen bump, all the while wondering what you may have damaged in the process :lol

That feel when you know you're gonna bottom out but have no choice :ohgodwhy:

I highly recommend driving someone else's slammed car first. I drove a buddies VI-bait Soarer to and from a show once, stupid thing scraped on manhole covers all the way down, at first I tried to be cautious but then I realized there was no way to avoid scraping that stupid thing. It's not half as bad once you stop giving a fuck about the noises.

Yet I somehow managed to bottom out on stock height :badpokerface:

haha, so true. The butt cheek clench, squish face and death grip in preparation.

Lol the best is how you lift your ass off the seat as if it takes enough weight off of your car to allow the suspension to decompress enough to clear the bump. Unfortunately, science has proved this ineffective.

:lol: :lol:
rad

The worst is when you're doing a solid 60+km/H and hit a spot in the road with deep ruts from the heavy tractor trailers and your car has a sudden and terrible impact with "rut mountain" followed by a loud painful grinding that lasts many yards.

Mainly an Alberta problem I would think.. but damn it sucks.

I also like when you're driving with some noob passenger and do the whole 45 degree approach over a speed bump and still grind.. they just look at you like "what's the point if you still grind" not understanding the severity of the consequences of a straight on approach.

Another classic, you're with noob passenger leaving a parking lot and take the longest possible route out, and they're like "you're going the wrong way" when in reality you're just looking for the only angle of approach acceptable for your car :s

People just don't understand how hard life is when you have limited ground clearance :( The GT3 front overhand is terrible, good thing the front lips are 300$ disposables.

^^^ nice demo vehicle :whistle:

Don't think Ford has BRZ's for Demos...:toot:

^^ LMAO! Equally ineffective is coughing when you know it is inevitable in a failed attempt to mask the sound of the scrape so you don't get the umpteenth eyeroll and headshake from your spouse in the passenger seat.:whistle:

Yeah my girlfriend started breathing heavily after screaming her head off after the first scrape :lawl:

I drove my mom and relatives from HK to Lynn Valley once, we got stuck on a speedbump and I had to ask them all to get out of the car. My mom said "so lame" in cantonese as they all got out of the car =(

sti demo plate :concentrate:

You scraped in your element????????