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benl1981

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What suspension you using? I have a '98 Gtst that used to scrape everywhere, it had teins and was pretty low [and f#$king harsh ride].  Also low profiles will do this, so what tyres and rims?

Ages ago I swapped out to bilsteins , king springs. and whiteline bars [SK kit].  This not only improved the ride, but also the handling and lifted the car by around 10-20mm.  Now I rarely scrape. 

I admit I could have adjusted the teins up and changed the spring rate, but I still don't think I would have got the ride or handling I now have.

I can measure my front bar height if you want, but where? And normally you measure the wheel arch height from the wheel centreline.

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Thanks for the offer, I’ve managed to get an Sspec bumper and it has heaps of clearance. I had to hack it to clear intercooler pipes and the intercooler. 

Ive painted it with enamel primer and gloss final coat. Looks ok, but hope it won’t peel off. I only completed a light sand.

A strange thing, I’ll take a photo. one side the bumper fits fine but on the other it bulges out slightly near the headlights.

Do you sometimes have to heat the plastic to helps shape it a bit better? 

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This is the area that is hard to get to align. 

 

The bumper looks undamaged and the car the car hasn’t been in a bungle. 

 

I tried easing off off the bolts on the other side and trying to push both sides in evenly, but the passenger side is fine but the drivers side bulges out. I can try and put more bolts in but it seems there is something resisting it going back into the right place. 

 

Anyone had had this issue? Or suggestions?

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