Low Enough??

[MTV]

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/4/4/3/f_SPA0550m_3d76e1f.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/4/3/f_SPA0550m_3d76e1f.jpg&srv=img37)

[Flash5]

back end hiked up?

[MTV]

No, that's entering my driveway.

[MP5_Joe]

driveways on an angle

[o.g.sk8er]

nice! looks familiar? (drinks)

http://www.msprotege.com/members/o.g.sk8er/DGLIP%20001.jpghttp://www.msprotege.com/members/o.g.sk8er/DGLIP%20002.jpghttp://www.msprotege.com/members/o.g.sk8er/DGLIP%20003.jpg

[MTV]

Looks good man.

I have to take every incline on an angle and really slow so the springs don't compress. Cause if I don't... scrape scrape....

[o.g.sk8er]

thanks. yeah I hear ya...I have to do the same, but thankfully I dont have too many steep driveways around me...except mine of course. lhehe

[Flash5]

wow i just noticed snow in the pic, was this taken today?

[MP5_SCREWSTONE]

hey guys quick question....how low did you droped your car 1.5" rear and front or 2" rear and front......just curious because im about to put that lip on my car i just want to know if is safe!!

[buttthrax]

jack it up and put on some monster truck tires

[CulRidr]

wow i just noticed snow in the pic, was this taken today?

It's in Montreal, Canada. We still have 4-5 feet of snow here, even though it's now 50degrees...

[clicknext]

Haha, I'd have to be inclined to say that's cheating!!

Sincerely,
4x4 protege owner

[Circuit]

hehe I win:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/luminousbeats/IMG_4252.jpg

until someone with a bagged P5 posts on here...

[JPB-Pro5]

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii220/JPB-Pro5/100_0884.jpg

Dang, I think you still beat me!

[Protege5 Driver]

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/4/4/3/f_SPA0550m_3d76e1f.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/4/3/f_SPA0550m_3d76e1f.jpg&srv=img37)

you really should park it on a straight piece of road to realy see how low it is.

[MTV]

3.5'' of clearance......

Point of the thread was to show my clearance entering a slanted driveway.

[A louie]

I gave up trying to park in my driveway, I can get in fine, but its harder getting out on an angle which usually ends up in my scrapping

[Sveivo]

LOL. Sometimes it's bad enough without having a lip.

[jeff240]

although my other cars arnt mazdas....i think i win the low contest haha
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g109/sheuinanus/IMG_2257.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g109/sheuinanus/rota1.jpg

[RaiderH8r89]

i put eibachs on, and they say eibachs dont settle- bs!!! mine decided to finally settle after a couple months, and i scrape on everything... and i dont even have a lip on it... it took me some time to figure out the whole angle thing, but i go it down pretty good now... lol

[Foolish]

My buddy's P5(t) with GC coilovers:
http://gofast42.smugmug.com/photos/265967378_3UjUQ-M.jpg

Originally, it was incompatible with his crazy driveway, and we had to raise it.
Before:

http://gofast42.smugmug.com/photos/265967654_E8YYJ-M.jpg
The entrance to the garage. Before, not going to happen:
http://gofast42.smugmug.com/photos/265967735_BjfjS-M.jpg
After removing the CF lip and raising the coilovers, it fits:
http://gofast42.smugmug.com/photos/266082097_xYHVy-M.jpg
http://gofast42.smugmug.com/photos/266082169_Ud9yM-M.jpg

[maniac_2oo4]

those are some sexy pics, foolish.

[Foolish]

Yeah, it's a sweet machine. I'm super-jealous, as I found the car for sale, tried to get the $$ together to buy it for me, and couldn't. My friend had the Midnight P5 in the background of the driveway pic, but wanted something a bit faster, so when I told him about turbo'ed yellow one I couldn't have, he decided to pick it up.

I'm going to help him de-carbon it in a couple of weeks, he's had it for a month and he's been pulled over twice already!

Here's a shot from when a tornado was hitting the next town over!
http://gofast42.smugmug.com/photos/266082728_DgZ5s-L.jpg
http://gofast42.smugmug.com/photos/266082895_n4Bh8-L.jpg

[Rogue]

who's car is that?

[justanothermp5]

why is he gonna de carbon it?
that doesnt make any sense, he wants a faster car but hes gonna decarbon it which adds more weight

[lil_red_wagon]

why is he gonna de carbon it?
that doesnt make any sense, he wants a faster car but hes gonna decarbon it which adds more weight


in my city, carbon is magnetic...for cop cars.

[Sveivo]

in my city, carbon is magnetic...for cop cars.

Oh, that sucks!

PS: I'm going to follow up with a pic as well soon ;)

[shane02pro5]

One day I will spend the money on a MSP lip and it will be worse but I have always had slammed cars so you just get used to creeping in/out of driveways!

[MTV]

winner^^

[Foolish]

who's car is that?

Lee, my tall English friend. He bought it from AutoRage.


why is he gonna de carbon it?
that doesnt make any sense, he wants a faster car but hes gonna decarbon it which adds more weight

Seriously, the weight savings on most carbon parts are not that huge, and you add weight by adding carbon pieces on top of the stock parts like on the mirrors and rear bumper. It's way faster because of the turbo, putting on the stock pieces isn't going to slow it down.


in my city, carbon is magnetic...for cop cars.

Mostly though: ^what he said^

It draws the eye enough just being YELLOW, the added contrast of the carbon has apparently been drawing cops like flies. I for one wouldn't want the carbon just because every ricer in GA would want to line up at every stoplight with me!

[ProtegePower]

giant car or tiny basketball hoop?

[Foolish]

giant car or tiny basketball hoop?
(laugh)

It's a trick of perspective, I'm pretty close to the car, and their driveway is 1/2 mile wide!




I added you. (first) (http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3798862#post3798862)

[Nsane1]

well, my p5 is kinda low but not near enough to get in this debate w/ you all.... The P5 has some Tanabe DF210's that are a 2" drop... :( It's my wife's DD and she would drag everywhere if it were any lower. But here's my old DD and it was only 2.5" off the ground... Made it fun getting in the driveway...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/Nsane1_82/Civic/DSC00897.jpg

gotta love that 22mm CTR rear sway bar!!! :D
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/Nsane1_82/Civic/DSC00895.jpg

this one is on flat ground.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/Nsane1_82/Civic/DSC02183.jpg

[MTV]

So sick^^

[Circuit]

My install supervisor's 1G integra (daily driven, up until saturday, when he picked up an IS300)

http://a702.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/18/l_df7ae6939e447ce236d7949a24862eed.jpg
http://b8.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01163/83/42/1163962438_l.jpg

[DubbyDoo]

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c37/DubbyDoo/Mideast%20Meet%20Dec%2007/IMG_0446.jpg

[A louie]

Whos is that dub?

[DubbyDoo]

guy up in DE i met at a meet

[A louie]

is he going to maryland?

[DubbyDoo]

not sure i dont talk to him

[MTV]

Is he on bags?

[Nsane1]

So sick^^ Thank you :D

[Shorebroke]

http://www.msprotege.com/members/Shorebroke/811245506_l.jpg

CHEE!!!!!

[kickniteasy]

ha....the original poster reminds me of a myspace.com chick.....working the angles baby!

[MTV]

absolutely

[2000VRsex]

ha....the original poster reminds me of a myspace.com chick.....working the angles baby!

hahahahahahaha ya i kno what u mean...and also i hate when they use photoshop too n shit

[Sveivo]

This is as low as my car gets. This is driving up a pretty steep driveway. Looks way lower in person. Looks scary low in person, actually.

http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q385/failsafephd/IMG_1241.jpg

[Sliver5]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/rideordie2489/Mazda3-1.jpg

about to go lower when I get new tires.

[TreFlip999]

http://www.msprotege.com/members/Shorebroke/811245506_l.jpg

CHEE!!!!!

Now thats just silly

[red95_240sx]

silly slammers

[Sveivo]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i149/rideordie2489/Mazda3-1.jpg

about to go lower when I get new tires.

Do you have red struts?

[ZZZOOM!]

Old pic of stock suspension with 8 80lb bags of playground sand in the back:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u27/tranceonlv426/P1010029.jpg

Tein S-techs...a much better solution. It just didn't handle well with the sand and my son wanted it for his sandbox.:

http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u27/tranceonlv426/P-5Teins.jpg

[red95_240sx]

Do you have red struts?

nope ksport metallic orange! wwwooooottt!!!(headbang)

[Sveivo]

nope ksport metallic orange! wwwooooottt!!!(headbang)

Nice.

[MTV]

Why is it that my threads always get revived months after the date they were posted?

[RaiderH8r89]

bored folks who have nothing else to do than go through old threads... lol sounds like me

[red95_240sx]

fooh. they said my ksports r ruined as far as adjusting the main cylinder up from the bump stops. i cant slam. :-( dont no if ima let them replace em.

[Sveivo]

bored folks who have nothing else to do than go through old threads... lol sounds like me

Friggin' ouch! I deliberately posted in this thread, because I wanted to. I bumped it because pics became available. (protest)

[dandan2]

can i have that carbon fiber front lip when u decarbonize it! i will trade my autoexe for it!!!

[red95_240sx]

^decarbonized???

Im getting my coilovers back hopefully tomorrow. they sent em back monday, and also i went ahead and got em salvaged and replaced for $200. :-(

yeah ill post pix.(wiggle)

[vel]

dandan2>> ur car in the avatar look good... gotta a bigger one

not as low as some but the lip does make it difficult sometimes
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p171/jrgrafics/IMG_4986.jpg

[Sveivo]

Nice, but probably a pain daily (which is what this thread is about).