driveways :|

[ac1d3o3]

im thinking of buying a s2 r33 skyline and was wondering if anyone has had trouble getting their car up steep driveways?

i live in nsw and dont know if any other state has the same entrances to their driveways. but i have one of those rounded entrances (as opposed to the flat ones), do these pose any problems for stock ride height on the skylines?

im afraid that when i do buy one that the car will scrape like crazy, so i was hoping someone would give me some advice before i make my purchase.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

dont live where u live...but maybe a picture would help..if thats possible it would make it much easier. Cheers

[ac1d3o3]

ill find my charger for my digi cam and post up some pics

but my driveway is a bit steep, has anyone had problems w/ their 'lines scrapping their driveways? (stock ride height ones that is)

[NA_R33]

my driveway is really steep, and as long as i go up the gutter sidewaysi get up no prbs, my front bar sits abot 80mm off the ground is a lot longer the stocko which makes it terrible for speed bumps and the like but no prbs on the driveway.

[unwritten law]

I have a 32 gtst at stock ride height, and have had no worries. Only scraped once (because i was going too fast). When i was looking at buying one, my folks were like, 'do u think that will scrape in the driveway?' That was one of their ways to tell me not to buy a line.

As for your driveway crossover (at the start near the road), it should meet council standard, because it is within council property. post some pics up. What sort of kerb is there? Mountable or barrier? I design roads, commercial driveways & carparks, might be able to help u out...

[Ash]

mine is stock height and it scrapes all the time it gives me the shits

[unwritten law]

exhaust??

[Ash]

front bar

the lowest part of my exhaust is right between my wheels so its fine

[ac1d3o3]

the "cross over" part is rounded, thats what i was trying to say above. in sydney or my area atleast there are two types the rounded ones

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or the flat ones

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well thats the best i can do at the moment LOL..

ill do my best ot get my digi cam up and running tommoz.

thanx for the replys guys

[ac1d3o3]

what type of drive way do u have ash??

[Ash]

the flat one.

the problem is that the gutter dips down so its like a V and my front wheels go in the V and it FARKS my front bar.

i can only enter and exit from 1 direction and even then it still hits

[ac1d3o3]

that must suck! i was thinking if i cant get up my gutter/crossover section, id get a large sheet of metal or something and place it across it. that way i could avoid the large drop, and not have to get up onto the drive way sideways

[Ash]

or u could just fill the gutter with new concrete

[Shell]

Originally posted by a5h

mine is stock height and it scrapes all the time it gives me the shits

yeah... but you don't have a stock front bar

those GTR-style front bars can be pretty low, i've known a few ppl who have munched them on gutters lol

ac1d3o3, can't speak for a series2 but i never have any problems whatsoever with a series1 (stock height, stock front bar).

[Spook's_Skyline]

my driveway is a bitch squared

its a tight turn off a busy up hill street on a corner witha power pole in the road

we've had that many near misses with retards thinking they can come screaming up the inside (the direction im turning off)

then just to make things interesting, i scrape f*ck out of my front bar if im not super close to the fence backing out and turning;

it took us ages to work out what position to be in, not to scrape, but i think the damage has been done

my front bar is just about scraped all the way through

sure beats our old drive way though (would have been no way to get the skyline up the old driveway)

[ac1d3o3]

Originally posted by a5h

or u could just fill the gutter with new concrete

lol.. is that legal??

actually that would be a good idea.. does anyone have any idea if im allowed to change the shape of my driveway entrance?

[Ash]

i don't think your allowed but on my walk to the station each day i see heaps of people have done it

[Guest INASNT]

When i picked up my car from the importer it had realllyyy low blistern suspension in it and the first time i tried to take it up my driveway no matter how many angles i tried it would get stuck half way up. I ended up cracking the front bumper a bit and had to take it back to the importer and put in some slightly higher springs in. Now it just makes it up with about 2mm clearance to the bumper and i have take it fully sideways. I have a 400r front bar and they hang down real low compared to the stock front bars.

[Evil]

hehe... I used to have the same problems but I call the council (4 times!) complained and they fixed my drive for free! Now I just have to get my front bar fixed...

[ac1d3o3]

serious? the government got off thier ass and did something hahaha

did they change the actual entrance to the driveway or just fixed the bodgey job they did in the first place?