XR8 banished to the street - Page 2

GT69 · 22-07-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ltd

Mate, I completely agree. I have already had the front bar on the G6 painted and it's stock height; only done 8500klm. Already the underside is scuffed again thanks to my father who borrows it when I'm away, saves it sitting out in the elements at the airport. Not that he is being careless, I scraped the bottom on my driveway by mistake as some idiot left a garage bin there preventing my usual angle of attack. It may look good but the car is too low to prevent damage.

Yeah, my XR's the same...not badly, only scrubbed it twice....you look like a bloody wally when it happens as well.....nothing worse than that crunching grinding sound of a front bar mating with a square gutter.

**DJM83** · 22-07-2009, 07:32 PM

Do we really need a thread that your car is in the street?

MNM96 · 22-07-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NJXR6

they just hate not having a cat as nice as mine.

Sounds like you have a nice cat! Got a photo?

**TUF_302** · 22-07-2009, 07:56 PM

The best advice i can give is to ignore the majority of posts made in this thread so far, As for your issue i think the steel plate across the gutter( which is where i assume it scrapes) is the best bet, had a mate who had the same issue he just put down to bits of steel plate and no more scraping!

XRSIKS · 22-07-2009, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6_661

I was more getting at the point of a p-plater having a V8...

Anyways, I'm sure there is a grass verge you can park on in the interim until a solution has been found?

I'm 24, and a P Plater :P

Mate, if your in a decent neighbourhood it shouldnt matter where you park it :P if your in one like mine, then god have mercy on your car.... :P

Barry_v · 22-07-2009, 08:15 PM

My zc can drive over a household bucket easily. don't even bother jacking it up to change the oil. thats progress for you.

dbirdy · 22-07-2009, 09:00 PM

Consider air bag suspension?

or

use pieces of wood for a ramp?

EL8TED · 22-07-2009, 09:51 PM

sleep in the front seat.!

**Dave R** · 22-07-2009, 09:58 PM

If you are working full time and making enough money, you could always ask them nicely if they will let you modify the driveway near the gutter to allow for a better entry incline.

**Dave R** · 22-07-2009, 10:00 PM

Modify the driveway slightly? If all else fails, buy a landcruiser and you'll have no worries.

DOC · 22-07-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Crazed

Thats why I think modern cars are too low to the ground, cant even get up a driveway for goodness sake. I dont know how people enjoy driving cars when they constantly having to watch out for speed bumps or kerbs or drains or dips. .

now is it the cars fault ? or are we now building homes on slopes of land that only goats used to climb ?

4Vman · 22-07-2009, 10:34 PM

Move out and find a place of your own with a flat drieway....

Iggypoppin' · 22-07-2009, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MNM96

Sounds like you have a nice cat! Got a photo?

damn iPhone! Misspelled my word. My car is obviously what I meant, my cat...deceased..the front bar of my XR6? I got over it scraping if it happens it happens.

**PHATAL** · 22-07-2009, 10:57 PM

Jackhammer = your friend

XRSIKS · 22-07-2009, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PHATAL

Jackhammer = your friend

Epic Success.....
:nutsycuck

duaned · 23-07-2009, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DJM83

Do we really need a thread that your car is in the street?

I think it is already to late to state that comment!

Crazed · 23-07-2009, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by DOC

now is it the cars fault ? or are we now building homes on slopes of land that only goats used to climb ?

Yeah it is the cars fault! Do you think slopes, gutters and driveways were only invented in the last 10 years?

You should have seen the roads connecting the regional town a couple of decades ago, ruts as deep as basketballs. And you didnt see Landcruisers and Patrols back then, it was trusty Falcons and Holdens. Nowadays an XR6 wouldnt last 2 mins on those type of roads.

ltd_on20s · 23-07-2009, 12:03 PM

your best bet dude is to get a little "bridge" made up.

its like a modified ramp made with a curve in it, that starts just before the kerb drainage, and goes a metre or two in length. it has a tube thru it so that stormwater can still pass, and is angled to make the the gradient, well less severe.

usually made out of steel and weigh about 7 billion tonnes lol, but thats of your only choices.

b2tf · 23-07-2009, 12:13 PM

Think we're done here, you have a few suggestions about what you can do, anything else is just spam.