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      12-26-2016, 07:53 PM   #23
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I scraped before I lowered it. Now I'm just used to it. Although I haven't seen the lip in person, I cringe at the thought of clearance issues with it. The outer edge seems to stick out a good 2-3" and it looks like the front sticks out 3-4". It also looks like it sits entirely below the lowest part of the bumper, maybe an inch? Hell...you can even see it's scraped in Vorsteiner's shoot, lol.

I'm curious as well, but it honestly seems like this is worse clearance on stock height than no lip on a lowered car, due to it sticking further out from the front.

The diffuser and spoiler are growing on me, though
i thought it was going to be a nightmare but it really hasnt been too bad....just angle it on certain driveways like any lowered vehicle and it should be fine. ive scraped it once in a parking structure and i drive the i8 on the daily. ill take a picture of the front end and how it sticks out a bit when i get a chance.
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I scraped before I lowered it. Now I'm just used to it. Although I haven't seen the lip in person, I cringe at the thought of clearance issues with it. The outer edge seems to stick out a good 2-3" and it looks like the front sticks out 3-4". It also looks like it sits entirely below the lowest part of the bumper, maybe an inch? Hell...you can even see it's scraped in Vorsteiner's shoot, lol.

I'm curious as well, but it honestly seems like this is worse clearance on stock height than no lip on a lowered car, due to it sticking further out from the front.

The diffuser and spoiler are growing on me, though
i thought it was going to be a nightmare but it really hasnt been too bad....just angle it on certain driveways like any lowered vehicle and it should be fine. ive scraped it once in a parking structure and i drive the i8 on the daily. ill take a picture of the front end and how it sticks out a bit when i get a chance.
How's the fitment with everything?
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How's the fitment with everything?
pretty shitty fitment......looks good though
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pretty shitty fitment......looks good though
Damn...not what I wanted to hear. For 2k each...it should be perfect.
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      12-27-2016, 03:40 AM   #27
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pretty shitty fitment......looks good though
What makes it shitty? From the pictures it looks like it sits pretty flush and isn't sticking in/out much, but then again the angle of the picture isn't from directly behind or in front of the car. Did they discuss the offset of the wheels with you?
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What makes it shitty? From the pictures it looks like it sits pretty flush and isn't sticking in/out much, but then again the angle of the picture isn't from directly behind or in front of the car. Did they discuss the offset of the wheels with you?
it didnt fit flush on the bumper. bodyshop had to make some magic happen, i was thinking since its so expensive it would fit perfect......not exactly the case here about the offset of the wheels, they really never discussed it with me, they used my car for sema so they just took it for measurements and gave me the set of wheels...shout out to vince, steve and ace from forgestar and chris from @sterling_auto_con

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Haha, yea...offsets are a mystery. Had the same problem. Sucks to hear about the fitment.
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