Thread: Lowering?
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Old 07-01-2002, 12:20 AM   #4
VieT916
 
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It depends on how much you lower your car now and how large the bumpers and sideskirts of your bodykit are. If they're the kind that are huge and are a lot longer than your OEM bumpers, you may run into problems. Chances are that you won't because you'll find that you won't want to lower your car too much on 17's unless you like rubbing your fenders a lot while turning.

As for the exhaust, it usually won't be a problem unless a few things happen, which include getting a N1-style exhaust that's angled up and out (read: A'PEXi N1) and if your muffler is a canister-style that is really big (again, read: A'PEXi N1). Two ways to compensate are going with something that exits normally like the Tanabe RM or going with a smaller type canister muffler like the Fireball. You can also just get an exhaust with an oval muffler like the kind DC Sports and Comptech use.

But I used to run a bodykit on my Civic, which also had an A'PEXi N1, and I actually did run into a BIG problem. My Civic was dumped 2.5" on stockies, which put the N1 exhaust really close to the ground. Add to that that it moved down even more because the tip kept touching the bumper and burning it, so I had to stick in teflon spacers to drop the muffler down a bit more. Long story short, I ran over a metal plate in the road at 40 mph, and my N1 muffler was literally torn from its piping because the back of the muffler got caught on the plate. I never had a problem with my bodykit, though.

So if you dump your car with a bodykit and exhaust, there's a chance your exhaust will get damaged, and/or you'll rub your fenders a lot because you lowered the car too much on 17's. Unless you get a really big bodykit like a VIS Racing Octane one or something, you shouldn't have too many problems with your bumpers, though.
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