I would just like to throw out a question to everyone on how they drive over speedbumps, railway crossings and turn into driveways etc?

I'm already going to assume that everyone uses their own common sense, slows down to a reasonable speed and judges each of the prementioned obstacles in your daily drive and how well you know your area. And of course I'm assuming no one jams on there brakes directly when a obstacle is hit.

But are there any extra precautions some of the mild to extremely lowered or body kitted cars must take to preserve a vehicle?

One wheel at time on an angle or should one approach an obstacle flush with two wheels per axel going over a bump?

Just like to hear some opinions and thoughts...

 

Well first the key is to make a big, big deal of it so that everybody in the parking lot and sidewalk and up and down the street knows your car is slammed and basically impossible to drive.

1 - slow way, way down before the speed bump, almost but not quite stopped
2 - turn the wheel sharply to the side, and try to cross the bump at something like a 45-degree angle, taking your time of course
3 - roll down the window a bit and maybe stick your head out of the window to watch your wheels, body kit, curb feelers for scrapes
4 - do another 45 degree turn opposite lock for the rear wheels
5 - do not at any time exceed 5 mph
6 - once you are past the dip, you can straighten out and return to pwning the streets

 

I have been doing this for YEARS from a body kitted civic that sat 3 inches off the ground to a raised nissan pathfinder that could run over u to my fit sport w/ tanabe springs. I always take one wheel at a time at a slow speed. If i'm coming out of a driveway, i go at an angle, the steeper the driveway the more of an angle. most the time (99%) , i don't get into the other side of the driveway or block anybody else's pathway, but once in a while it happens. If i'm getting on an onramp, i gain speed a lil, slow down, turn at a slight angle and gas it a lil. That gas tap will lift the front end a little to clear it, or else i'll have to slow down a lot more. I try 2 make my driving not interfere with other peoples and for years it hasn't. As for speed bumps, just take it slow and go one wheel at a time. I mean, speed bumps are meant for slowing people down so u can go as slow as u want. I once had this moron behind me honking at me because i was going one wheel at a time over a speedbump on a 2 way, one lane street. He got mad n tried 2 go around me fast and hit the speedbump so hard it actually got his drivers side to fly up and over the curb and slam his car into a tree. I was laughing soooooooo hard when i drove by him and he just looked at me like "sorry dude."

 

LMFAO!!!

 

Freaking beautiful. I love it.

 

those are the best instructions i have ever heard.cant stop laughing

 

Hands down....we gotta make those instructions a STICKY!

 

20mph straight over them

 

Just take the bumps head on with as much speed as you can muster. Anything that gets ripped off will be one less thing that gets in the way and rubs next time.

 

Speed Bumps: (Reg Style) I just hit them. Slow of course but not ridiculous idle speed like some idiots Ive been behind. At times I'll drive over them at angles, I only do it if Im going sorta quick. Quick I mean over 5mph. Thats my average speed for speed bumps.

Speed Humps: (big ol thangs) These arent so bad on the suspension but they love front lips!! These kill my lip if I dont go either really slow or hit them at angles. At times its hard to hit them at angles because of other drivers.

Driveways and dips also kill my front lip. I drive my car like it was intended, its a car and is designed to hit bumps/absorb bumps. Even if the car is lowered they companies do keep in mind ride quality.

Just drive with caution, but dont be overly cautious. Ive noticed people that worry about EVERYTHING on their cars are the ones that get screwed. Rear ended, keyed, dinged.... all that.

I drive the same way in my Mx-6 also. My Mx-6 is lower than my Fit.

What I keep in my head about my front lip "Its only painted." If it was CF, yea that be different. They dont make CF touch up paint.

*I just started a new job. Its in the DownTown Orlando area. I must say those are the worse roads of all time!!! Theres this train track I hit every day during lunch. I swear the rails drop a foot into the road. I see dump trucks go over this thing at idle speed! Its horrible! I get tossed around in my Fit.

 

Yeah....I guess if one is responsible to avoid premature struts, bushings and other suspension components....going slow is a priority.

My old Protege 5 dropped 1.3" allround on H&R SPORTS with windsplitters had me slow down and put on my 4ways.

It's sorta funny that people saw a ricer protecting his suspension so even the SUV's behind me took their time too.

 

You have to remember, no matter what; if the pieces are OEM adding lowering springs/coil overs are going to cause them to wear prematurely.

When I worked at Greenway Dodge, the tech I worked under specialized in suspension, noise, alignments, and what not...
Anytime we took cars on test drives we would hit speedbumps at 25+mph. Hahahaha!! I always laughed. Fastest I went was 40mph in a Grand Cherokee.

He had this saying "Theyre called SPEEDbumps, not slooooooowwbumps!!!"
Very true.

 

That is a pretty bad misnomer, isn't it... there's been a few others that have bugged me, but I can't think of any off of the top of my head.