Cascade Crew

91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:54 pm Post subject: ground FX protection?

i was thinking today, cause someone hit my car and the front has to be re painted again, (got hit 2 weeks after i got my bumper painted)

can i somehow wire up like four of these on the bottom of my GFX to make an alarm go off if the front spoiler gets to close to the ground?

http://www.keyence.com/products/sensors/proximity/em/em.php

or have 2 wired to a yellow light thats set at two inches and have 2 connected to a red light at 1 inch or something

QwkTrip · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:28 pm Post subject:

I doubt you could react before hitting something. Things happen fast when you're moving. Best thing you can do is be careful and attentive while driving.

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:52 pm Post subject:

Need curb feelers like on a 70's pimp's car. Cool

If someone hit your car then there is nothing you can do about that. People can't drive and they crash into shiny things. That's how it goes.

If the cost is higher than your detectable (and it probably wont be) but if it is, then you can make a claim against your UIM insurance and have a shop match the color up.

If the problem is you running into curbs and whatnot then you just need to learn to drive better. Wink

QwkTrip · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:07 pm Post subject:

91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:36 pm Post subject:

the bumper is in paint, he paid me cash to fix it, and i dont hit curbs i back into every parking spot, its just going down steep slopes i cant tell if im gonna hit or not and i go over things very slow, it would be nice to at least have some warning so i can reverse and not scrape

91RSVert · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:39 am Post subject:

If I'm reading that right, it only senses 8mm out?? Thats around 1/4"

DBL_TKE · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:12 am Post subject:

91camaro_rs · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:52 pm Post subject:

i do go sideways and somehow it still scrapes

aaron_sK · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:00 pm Post subject:

91camaro_rs · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:41 pm Post subject:

i could put curb feelers under there, do those just make a noise or how do they work

QwkTrip · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject:

I'm a nerd and even I'm too cool to put curb whiskers on my car.

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:47 pm Post subject:

Jon that's because you've done the uncool-kid thing and bought a car with no ground effects at all! Cool

QwkTrip · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:58 pm Post subject:

What he needs to do is install drag springs up front. That way he can just throttle his way over obstacles.

BluFbdy · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:33 pm Post subject:

Dewey316 · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject:

You need to work at the angle you approach them at. Skyler and I have by far the lowest cars in the group, and we make due. I rarely hit the nose, and rarely does the cat hit. Its all in getting is position and taking the right angle to not hit stuff, its not that hard, and my car is at least 3" lower than yours.

Alphius · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:20 pm Post subject:

My car is decently low (probably 4th lowest behind Skyler, John and Ian Razz

) and I never scrape. The only thing I have a problem with is my driveshaft loop on the Spohn crossmember scrapes over speedbumps. Dewey is right, it's all about approach angle and simply paying good attention to what you're driving on.

iansane · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:25 pm Post subject:

I used to scrap my exhaust on stuff. Now I'm excited to drop it another half inch or so because I won't have to worry about the exhaust. Laughing

I've gotten high centered before leaving a gas station in Gig Harbor. Whoops. Laughing