dangers of lowerage

[shantybeater]

Hi guys, just wondering if everyone could point out the obvious for me, i had a look underneath my car today to realise its barely a tennis ball height off the ground, also spoke to a guy with a vr6 who told me he shattered his gearbox casing & mine is made of alu so would be screwed if i hit it! what can I be worried about damaging underneath the car???? Can i expect more likelyhood of gearbox issues?

Thanks for the help!

[Tetsuo_83]

Theres a million and one problems that come with lowering....

Excessive bearing wear
Excessive CV joint wear
Huge camber problems
Dented sump
Dented or cracked Oil pan
cracked gearbox housing


but its all worth it in the end

[Bryony84]

Just try to avoid hitting anything in the road if at all possible, if you can't avoid it, go very slowly! I've driven over a few things but all they seem to have done is scratched the plastic engine cover. Ripped a big bit off the underside of my splitter with a rabbit as well!

If you come across any of the speed bumps that are meant to go between the wheels, the best way to get over them is to drive to the left or right of them with one wheel on the tarmac and the other wheel going over the bump!

[shantybeater]

Theres a million and one problems that come with lowering....

Excessive bearing wear
Excessive CV joint wear
Huge camber problems
Dented sump
Dented or cracked Oil pan
cracked gearbox housing


but its all worth it in the end

[Mouse_GTI]

I'm "only" lowered 60mm all round and on certain bumpy roads doing 60 or 70 my wheels hit off the arches and my lower strut brace hits the ground

[shantybeater]

i had a look under the car today as I was raising it up a bit for the long journey to ed38 and as bryony said my plastic cover is scratched alot, is it the sump that the plastic cover rests around in a rectangle shape?