hello, I was trying to get a feel on how low the MS side skirts really are...

I plan dropping my car quite a bit and I want to know if you normally experience scraping on the ssideskirts only... thanks

 

I have not had any problem with my sides. But my car has not been lowered.

 

Unfortunately I "think" they will be scraping. I don't have have the kit yet (planning to). But my car is now lowered with appx. 2" fronts and rears, whenever I go over some high bumps I can hear the scrapes. I'm planning to raise the ride height some more when I get the kit.

 

^^^What dampers are you rolling on?

 

I've got the MS sideskirts and dropped 1in with the MS springs/shocks. I have rubbed a few times, but nothing except scratching on the bottom occured, no cracking or breaking. This is only on weird triangle hump entryways, driveways.
Picture of my 8 dropped with the MS sides.

It's definitely the lowest point on the bottom of the car now. Only way to not scrape is to not lower it.

 

Me? I'm running JIC coilovers.

 

I have had no issues even with eibach drop and skirts

 

How low is your drop mikeb?

 

depends on how low you 8 will be, is this your daily, whats your enviroment like etc....

i cant have the MS kit

 

I previously had the MS sides, and would scrape quite a bit. I also could not get up lifts properly. I had the Tein S-Tech, so it was an aggresive drop all around.

 

well, my suspension isnt installed yet. I have the HKS Hypermax RS ... its gonna be a daily driver, so ...

 

i have the stock suspension and sideskirts... never scraped but I have to drive up on 2x4's to get a jack under the car

 

You're going to have some problems at dealerships lifting up the car... some places wont even deal with your car anymore. Otherwise it rides fine, will scrape sometimes.

Also factor in your wheels.. if it goes 19" or staying with 18"s

 

Can someone post a pic of the sideskirt (shooting from the under side) that would be great (well you have a pic like that handy of course). Otherwise I know I'm asking too much.

 

Here's a picture I took of my old midpipe.
You can see how much lower the sideskirt hangs compared to the jacking points now.

sideskirt

 

Surprisingly two of the dealerships had no problems getting my car up. I don't think 19 would be much more different than 18's with the right tires I think rotational diameter is the same. I could be totally off with that one though.