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TrueBlue03

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my car is so low that it bottoms out on EVERYTHING I love the stance, but the whole underside gets raped on a daily basis....

posted in tech a while ago about a crushed catalytic converter because of too many speed bump scrapes....the cat finally gave out and the innards broke into peices and sounded like i had heavy bolts and nuts just banging around in my exhaust. Some large pieces finally managed to work their way out of my exhaust tips during dail driving and when i reved the car a little.

just replaced the cats with SLP's straight pipes....i guess its back to an offroad midpipe for a while


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GToddyT5

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I guess that's what happens with Sportlines and no isolators.
 

CobraRed_96_GT

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I know how you feel man, SLP has my x-pipe friggin low. I knew that if it were to keep on scraping bad after i lowered my car last month i'd have to try O/R H in Cali Luckily w/ C-Springs i only really get scraping on some speedbumps at the college parking lots. I know the route to drive around now there tho. But driveways still suck - my chin spoiler has seen better days
 

squares98

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I never scrape my x-pipe. , Not even on speedbumps, I got straight over them(slowly of course)
 

GToddyT5

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Anyone else picture that Nascar commercial for Sportscenter when that guy is chipping away at the speed bump?
 

streetstang03

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moral of the story: get rid of your cats
 

bullitt_2620

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My car isn't really lowered, other than the bullitt springs, but I can't go over a speed bump straight, the front will drop down and hit the plastic "mud flaps" and it sounds HORRIBLE... I gave up, and just go sideways, one wheel at a time, and have yet to have a problem, plus I don't have to go as slow.
 
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SLP X is the problem there..hangs very low
 

AntL97Cobra

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Ouch, sorry to hear about your cats, at least I got a lesson on what the cats look like on the inside. Now with your O/R you won't scrape and your car must be sound even more mean.
 

steveb24

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i wonder why i swapped my supersports for the pro-kit?
 

1low03gt

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I know how you feel.My Mac catted h pipe is now a cough,cough FAKE catted h pipe.Sportlines + city driving = .But for me that is the only thing that gets the abuse (and that is taking it easy too),nothing else gets harmmed.
 

SRT Handz

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Man My X-pipe Hangs SO LOW!!!

I scrape on everything because my car is so low. everyone keeps telling me go lower but i dont even wanna think about the carnage that would happen.

damn So. Cal speed Bumps
 

Tally_4.6

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Holy crap man that is really bad, my H pipe barely scrapes at the speed bumps at school cause they are these tall humps, but other than that nothing.
 

forum155pl

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i scrape on speedbumps like mad.. and i just ordered LT's to make it worse... AND i had to take my lowering springs out because my bbk H pipe had enough and was just about to break though.. speedbumps here by my house are HUGE
 

mity2

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yea dude, lowerd stang sucks. But when they are parked, or driven on smooth serface(I was told. I never seen my car driven from outside. lol)
 
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blubullett

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You guys should have the stupid bullitt mudflaps! They hit on almost every speedbump and sound horrible.
 

1low03gt

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blubullett said:
You guys should have the stupid bullitt mudflaps! They hit on almost every speedbump and sound horrible.
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I know if i had a Bullitt,i would remove those front portions of the squirting,cut those molded mud flaps off,then fill them in,and have them repainted by a body shop.It would look sick and flow more smoothly,i think anyways,plus be free of unwanted targets to damage them when the Bullitts are lowered.Just a thought!
 

bullitt_2620

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1low03gt said:
I know if i had a Bullitt,i would remove those front portions of the squirting,cut those molded mud flaps off,then fill them in,and have them repainted by a body shop.It would look sick and flow more smoothly,i think anyways,plus be free of unwanted targets to damage them when the Bullitts are lowered.Just a thought!
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Yea, but in doing that, you take away part of the car that is unique, it's the only mustang that has them. Just my .02
 

TrueBlue03

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it really sucked. especially seeing bits and pieces of catalytic converter coming out of my exhaust pipes... and to think i wanted the car to be even a little lower up front.

mity2 said:
yea dude, lowerd stang sucks. But when they are parked, or driven on smooth serface(I was told. I never seen my car driven from outside. lol)
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i feel ya! i love how our cars look just parked or crusing down a smooth surface being that slammed.

at least my car is back to being its normal loud ass self though
 
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2oo3gt

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i feel ya! i love how our cars look just parked or crusing down a smooth surface being that slammed.

at least my car is back to being its normal loud ass self though [/QUOTE]

Ill hear your car later this week, but with the cats it sounded sooo clean. I miss my o/r X tho
 
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