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: Car too low to go into aircare.

kcphuahs4
12-30-2009, 08:44 PM
My car is due for an aircare, I wonder if anyone is aware one aircare center that does not have those wide big speed bumps. I don't have a lot of clearance from my lip, perhaps 4 inches at most.
chris walter
12-30-2009, 08:55 PM
Speedbumps? Do you mean the dyno? What year is your car because newer cars don't need to go for a drive on it.
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boostfever
12-30-2009, 08:56 PM
yeah, only pre-1993 go for dyno if im not mistaken.
Solo_D33A
12-30-2009, 09:28 PM
thought 4 inches was lots of room... and if it's just the lip being low, just take it off if you're worried
!Kodamu
12-30-2009, 09:43 PM
being too low great for aircare :thumbsup:

so you only need to do Idle test
Lomac
12-30-2009, 09:50 PM
Pft, 4 inches is plenty of clearance! Try it with only 2 inches. :lol

Now are you talking about the actual speed bumps going through the parking lot, or the dyno itself?
Dinan3
12-30-2009, 09:58 PM
I went to one in Richmond and the guys were nice enough to let me back out after the test to avoid the massive speedbump at the exit.
kcphuahs4
12-30-2009, 10:45 PM
being too low great for aircare :thumbsup:

so you only need to do Idle test

Are you sure about this?? It is the first that I have heard of.
yoall
12-30-2009, 11:42 PM
its true, you can do the idle test if the car is to low.
Solo_D33A
12-31-2009, 12:20 AM
Are you sure about this?? It is the first that I have heard of.

True, did it once, with my car having only 2:haha: fingergaps...
XtC-604
12-31-2009, 01:12 AM
i only have 2.5" of clearance Fuck my life.
fishing666
12-31-2009, 01:17 AM
My car is due for an aircare, I wonder if anyone is aware one aircare center that does not have those wide big speed bumps. I don't have a lot of clearance from my lip, perhaps 4 inches at most.

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Mananetwork
12-31-2009, 02:29 PM
Every year I can only go for the idle test because I can't get onto the dyno either
Spaceship_coupe
12-31-2009, 04:34 PM
That is correct...if your car is too low or has aftermarket wheels with low profile tires, they will do the idle test.
kookoobird88
12-31-2009, 05:47 PM
yea true, i was so low i had to back out the entrance(air care near marine drive)
then i failed AC and had to go back. had about 1in of clearance when the car was on the dyno then the douche made me go out the exit this time with the speed bumps at the xit, pretty sure i scarped lol
StealthFighter
01-01-2010, 03:24 AM
on an off note. i saw a lowered mr2 on NYE at the liquor store going over a speed bump, guy didn't even try to angle it, just went head on... needless to say all i heard was scraping.
Timpo
01-01-2010, 05:48 AM
Pft, 4 inches is plenty of clearance! Try it with only 2 inches. :lol

thought 4 inches was lots of room... and if it's just the lip being low, just take it off if you're worried

depending on how long the nose of car is..
i dont know about speed bumps, but it will definitely be an issue for going up hills and stuff.

to give you an exaggerated example, Enzo would definitely have a disadvantage than Smart car assuming both cars have 4 inches of ground clearance.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Enzo_side.JPG
http://www.tcnj.edu/~pa/news/2009/images/bluesmartcarJPG.jpg