Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 17:25:52 -0400 From: Dexter J <lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: Low exhaust
Salutations: Paul Halliday wrote: > > > > Anyway - first confirm if you need shocks/struts or if the springs are bad > > (one heavy trunk and the right pot hole can compress it after a while).. > > Once that's over with and you give up because the struts will blow your > > summer vacation money if so equipped - slip on some bigger tires - there is > > a pile of extra room. You might rub a little bit for a while on the > > steering lock - but don't sweat it - it's nothing too serious.. Much less > > so than pounding your muffler.. > > The rear box is well clear. My problem is more the mid-section scraping over > speed bumps. When I'm the only person in the car, it's just the midflaps > that scrape but when it's loaded or carrying passengers ... Ouch! > > There's about 5" clearance at best on the pipe and it's horizontal all the > way. I can't see that it can go any closer to the underside of the car as > well. Perhaps just new shocks would do the trick. > > Paul Perhaps - I still stand by bigger tires myself.. But I think it sounds like springs to me - if it is actually low in the first place.. I don't know how it is over in the mother country (I gather you are in England) - but here spring is pretty much when the wrecking yards start to fill up with the pan-less dead and headerless wounded.. There have been several attempts by motorists over the years to get some satisfaction over it from the Dept. Transport - pretty much to no avail given the costs of pursuing the actions.. In the end - I get to use some of that snappy steering the SAAB has to offer going down to aged relatives - kinda of like a cone course - but with substantially greater risks/rewards for careful progression.. :) .. -- J Dexter - webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day The Cadillacs - Speedo http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/165.RAM