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And another time on a big dip where a wash-out had started...\n...On that 2nd time, I have drove from Arkansas to Sanford, Florida with the exhaust system completely gone all the way up to the exhaust manifold, which the car sounded like a WW1 bi-wing fighter plane as it went down the highway through the states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Also, I had to keep all the windows down during that trip to keep the exhaust fumes aired out of the car. I finally rebuilt the exhaust system while I was in Florida.\nMy car also hasn't had a rear bumper for the past 4 years...Yup, you guessed it. Torn off on that rocky road going to my place.\nI've been lucky so far I've never torn off an engine oil pan, or a transmission pan, or ripped the gas tank.\n\nThere were times I would remedy that situation by parking the car where the road starts getting really bad, then walk on foot the rest of the way to my place. Of course, at age 67, that 3/4 mile walk isn't as easy as when I was younger. And if a thunderstorm comes up while I'm walking the 3/4 mile from my car to my home, that's not good either. And that is the only road into the area where I live.\n\nIn recent years, I've priced pick-up trucks, SUVs and crossovers. Vehicles like that have been priced more than I can afford...\n...The owner of a repair shop that also sells trucks and cars had even made the comment to me;\n[q]\"Well, with the money you got, you might be able to buy the steering wheel to one...But hey. That's a start\".[/q]\n...Real peanut gallery remark.\n\n\n\n\n[b][i]But finally, I figured out a way to lift the height of my car;[/i][/b]\nAt a steel supply place that also builds utility trailers, I found out they have 4 inch schedule 40 steel pipe that has an outside diameter of 4 and a half inches...This pipe is the perfect size to make spacers to go in between the tops of the struts and the strut wells of the car. \nThey also had bucket spacers made for Bobcat loaders, which are 5 inch steel rings with 4 inch ID cut from 1/4 inch steel. I also got some of those bucket spacers to use disperse the pressure between the spacer and the strut well, so the schedule 40 pipe does not directly contact the tops of the strut wells and eventually fatigue and tear the wells.\nThe original bolts will be pressed out of the tops of the struts, and long, grade 8, bolts will be used to bolt everything in place.\nI also have a strut compressor kit...I'll surely be making use of that to get that job done. \nThe size specs of that material were so accurate to what I needed, you would think it was made for the project of the strut spacers I am beginning to make. \nBy the time I get this project done, my car will ride at the same height clearance from the road as many crossovers and small puck-up trucks do. That height would be plenty high enough to avoid tearing up my car on the road that goes to my place.\n\nI am however going to have to install small twisted link chain inside the front struts to limit the wheels from dropping all the way down if the car was to momentarily become partially air born. \nThat is because at the new height, the rubber flex fittings to the brake lines would get pulled and snapped if I don't limit the suspension drop...And the right CV shaft would bind against the lower A arm to the suspension. So I did take those things in to account as I designed this modification.\n\nI will not have to install drop limiter chains inside the rear struts, as there is plenty enough length on the rear brake line flex fittings to where maximum wheel drop with the new height will not present that problem. Also there are no CV shafts at the rear of the car to worry about.\n\nAs for having the wheels realigned, I am already aware I will have to have that done.\n\n\n\nIn light of this, a thought crossed my mind...Can anyone imagine someone with one of those small radically lowered cars that have a two inch ground clearance attempting to drive down the road I live on? \nIf someone were to try it, I'd grab a bag of popcorn and enjoy the show.\n\nA low slung car is great if you live in a location where level paved streets and roads are the only places you'll ever drive.\nBut a low slung car can not really survive rough dirt roads that have rocks and wash-outs. \n\n        ",
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I also got some of those bucket spacers to use disperse the pressure between the spacer and the strut well, so the schedule 40 pipe does not directly contact the tops of the strut wells and eventually fatigue and tear the wells.<br />The original bolts will be pressed out of the tops of the struts, and long, grade 8, bolts will be used to bolt everything in place.<br />I also have a strut compressor kit...I&#039;ll surely be making use of that to get that job done. <br />The size specs of that material were so accurate to what I needed, you would think it was made for the project of the strut spacers I am beginning to make. <br />By the time I get this project done, my car will ride at the same height clearance from the road as many crossovers and small puck-up trucks do. That height would be plenty high enough to avoid tearing up my car on the road that goes to my place.<br /><br />I am however going to have to install small twisted link chain inside the front struts to limit the wheels from dropping all the way down if the car was to momentarily become partially air born. <br />That is because at the new height, the rubber flex fittings to the brake lines would get pulled and snapped if I don&#039;t limit the suspension drop...And the right CV shaft would bind against the lower A arm to the suspension. So I did take those things in to account as I designed this modification.<br /><br />I will not have to install drop limiter chains inside the rear struts, as there is plenty enough length on the rear brake line flex fittings to where maximum wheel drop with the new height will not present that problem. 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