Scraping bottom of CTR on driveway

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I've got a super steep and narrow driveway into my townhome complex that I'm unable to hit at enough of an angle to avoid scraping the bottom of my car. It seems like the scraping is happening somewhere around the middle of the car. Is this going to do anything beyond cosmetic damage to the underside?
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Welcome to owning a low ride height vehicle. It's fun!

But generally, no, unless there's a lip on whatever you're scraping on that could catch undercarriage parts. If you're curious, I'd toss it up on a lift or jack stands and check where the scrapes are happening to verify if you need to do something to prevent damage.
 

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I've got a super steep and narrow driveway into my townhome complex that I'm unable to hit at enough of an angle to avoid scraping the bottom of my car. It seems like the scraping is happening somewhere around the middle of the car. Is this going to do anything beyond cosmetic damage to the underside?
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I have a similar set up, I enter my driveway extremely slow and at an angle. As mentioned, I would jack up the car and see where its scraping, perhaps its just an under tray that can be removed before damaging it too much.
 

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Besides cosmetic it probably won’t do much. You can try backing into your driveway or something to see if that helps. Tire with a wider wall could add some clearance, albeit not much. It would mess up the speedo though.
 


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I've been looking (seriously!) for a driveway air-lift similar to what you'd see on Supercars. Nothing yet except the full air suspension which doesn't excite me.
 

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It's annoying as hell. I don't have a steep drive way but I've already scraped the bottom of mine on atleast 2 occasions in other situations.

It's going to happen unless you don't drive often and are super anal about planning your routes to avoid steep angles.
 

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Not that it would help, I have seen neighborhoods where they did the same thing, mix cement, have a trowel, and lay the same thing down. Did it once myself and cheap. Just let it dry good before driving on it. Not that hard to do. Bag of concrete mix from Home Depot and bucket and water.


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