Scraping Front Lip/Bumper

[scarface]

Im having real trouble with the front black lip on my mk1 lcr. Whenever im coming down multi storey carparks, or off a drive/carpark with a small slant, the bottom of the lip bumper (the black bit) scrapes the floor.

The car is totally standard and hasnt been lowered. Am worried that one day its gona scrape too much and rip the front bumper off.

Anyone else have this problem? Any way to ease the prob?

 

[DPJ]

Erm, everybody does this. The splitter is a disposable part....

 

[scarface]

so do you lot remove it, or keep it?

 

[justsean]

so do you lot remove it, or keep it?

just keep it on there, its £17-25 from the stealers so nothing to reeeally worry about it still scares me when it scratches though! horrible noise...

 

[DPJ]

just keep it on there, its £17-25 from the stealers so nothing to reeeally worry about it

Better to scrape the splitter than your bumper/ undersides......

 

[lc_allan]

so do you lot remove it, or keep it?

Keep it, it's classed as a consumable like tyres etc.. don't try and eat it though

 

[AndyHazza]

As above, so common to go. I know of several customers who have a couple of them lying around at home as spares!

 

[b1nuzz]

I have just replaced mine. Bought a spare at the same time. I replace mine about once every 9-12 months.

Dont worry about t, just accept that it ill get damaged. DONT TAKE IT OFF though, as then you will whack your bumper instead.

 

[xxNickyxx]

Yeh, they all scrape at some point!! I tend to avoid multi storey car parks. Mind you, I had a car which was quite a bit lower than the LCR before, so learnt the hard way where I could and couldnt go.

It does help if you try and take ramps / slants etc at an angle.........I find if you can get the wheels to touch before the bumper it gives you just a little bit extra clearance. I would normally take certain ramps at a 45degree angle, or if it was a driveway or something, reversing out can sometimes help.

And yeh, I have a spare splitter at home as well! £17 from the dealer.

 

[jok0212]

scrape mine all the time, worse time was when i parked in a mutil storey car park level 9, going up was not a problem but when coming down litterally rubbed the ground on every floor.

 

[antbee123]

i know the feeling.

you asked the question i was gonna just ask. was begining to think my lcr was lowered or somat. its terrible gets on my nerves. im sure im gonna rip my bumper off one day. does every one just put up with it or is there somat i can do about it. does any one suffer with slippy pedels at all. if its raining my feet slip all the time . sorry to hijack mate.

 

[street_sleeper]

dnt think theres anything u can do mate apart from raising ur sus n u dnt wanna do that!
im on my third now! generally hav trouble with the sleeping policeman!

do u wear silly shoes? lol

 

[justsean]

as mentioned above just take exits in multistoreys slowly and at an angle. ive mastered it coming out of the carpark from work and barely ever scrape now...

 

[DOLBY]

its there for a reason too, so dont take it off buddy

 

[MDS]

I use it as an EARLY WARNING DEVICE....

 

[shabz]

take it off and send it to me

 

[JasKandola1]

Yeah, They Are Cheap Anyways, Mine Scrapes Coming On and Off My Drive At Home, Speed Bumps, Car Parks, Try and Get In At A Angle, It Might Feel Less Painful

 

[xxNickyxx]

The splitter is only held on with clips, so, in theory, if you scraped it too hard, the splitter should come off long before you rip the bumper off!!

As its been said, it is a consumable part.......cheap enough from the dealer to replace every so often.

Only problem is that my dealer never has them in stock as a lot of the boys in town are buying them to put on skodas, fiestas etc etc.

 

[JasKandola1]

The splitter is only held on with clips, so, in theory, if you scraped it too hard, the splitter should come off long before you rip the bumper off!!

As its been said, it is a consumable part.......cheap enough from the dealer to replace every so often.

Only problem is that my dealer never has them in stock as a lot of the boys in town are buying them to put on skodas, fiestas etc etc.

Nor Did My Dealer, But They Ordered one in for me, took 2/3days

 

[xxNickyxx]

Yeh mine did that for me too. They just dont seem to be able to keep enough stock to keep up with demand.