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    Driveway scraping - R36

    The driveway at the in-laws is one of those nasty 45° gutters and I've recently noticed it's doing all kinds of pain to the front bumper/spoiler on my R36 =S

    Does anyone know of a simple solution?

    I only drive there once every week or two and have resorted to parking out on the street at the end of their long driveway..
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    Approach from an angle, and mount the gutter one wheel at a time.
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    Learn to leb slab mate!

    Its pretty much as above. Go up the driveway at an angle, one wheel at a time.

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    Have tried approaching at an angle, but it still scrapes (especially when backing out).. There is a drain next to the driveway that makes life difficult.

    I'm thinking of maybe some checkerplate or something - a couple of wood studs didn't help at all..
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    Are you on stock suspension ?

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    Yeah, stock suspension.
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    there's no easy way unfortunately. there's no off the shelf front splitter that can take the brunt of the scapes either as i looked into it quite extensively. i thought a poly splitter of some sort would be a good idea and could be removed once it gets damaged or you go to sell the car.

    at my work there is only one way to get down the exit that i take on the way home, and that is to turn so sharply left that the right front wheel takes the edge of the driveway and the left front wheel goes over the kerb. this looks funny but there is no scraping, ever.

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    Carry a short length of 2x4 timber to put in the gutter for the wheel on that corner to drive over. Crude, and a bit inconvenient, but may save destroying your front bar every time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfgang View Post
    Carry a short length of 2x4 timber to put in the gutter for the wheel on that corner to drive over. Crude, and a bit inconvenient, but may save destroying your front bar every time.
    I did try a couple pieces of wood, but the nose would meet the kerb before the wheels made it into the wood.. Maybe a piece of checker-plate steel (expensive'ish) or a much wider piece of wood would do it =/

    I have seen some rubber solutions on eBay, but they cost $165 per piece and you need 2-3 pieces. I'd spend that on my driveway, but not somewhere I visit every 1-2 weeks. That and there's no guarantee someone won't walk off with them..
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    Quote Originally Posted by nermal View Post
    I did try a couple pieces of wood, but the nose would meet the kerb before the wheels made it into the wood.. Maybe a piece of checker-plate steel (expensive'ish) or a much wider piece of wood would do it =/

    I have seen some rubber solutions on eBay, but they cost $165 per piece and you need 2-3 pieces. I'd spend that on my driveway, but not somewhere I visit every 1-2 weeks. That and there's no guarantee someone won't walk off with them..
    How about a ramp made out of plywood nailed/screwed to a bit of timber?
    Last edited by Wolfgang; 25-05-2014 at 07:37 PM.
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