I have just lowered my suspension. One problem is when entering the parking under my building the under carage under the front wheels catch.

[Chloe Kopman]

I have just lowered my suspension on my Model 3. I love the way it handles and looks. One problem is when entering the parking under my building the under carriage by the front wheels catch and scrape. You hear a metal scraping noise. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[PrincessStela]

Try entering at an angle and very slowly

 

[UncertainTimes]

Jeopardizing your battery pack for stance life.

 

[TLLMRRJ]

I did a mild drop and I have clearance issues with certain speed bumps and driveways. Stinks.

 

[Chloe Kopman]

Try entering at an angle and very slowly

I did try this and always catches what feels to be under the two front seats only

 

[Chloe Kopman]

I did a mild drop and I have clearance issues with certain speed bumps and driveways. Stinks.

It's so strange as I clear all speed bumps, just the entrance and exit of the parking ramp where it catches under the front seats only (even with just me in the car)

 

[Chloe Kopman]

Jeopardizing your battery pack for stance life.

I'll go back to the shop who installed the shocks as I am afraid that the battery may get jeopardized, as you say . Thanks

 

[Chloe Kopman]

Try entering at an angle and very slowly

Nothing helps. tried that

 

[Adam3]

Take a look under the car - is anything hanging down below where it should be? Do you see scratches/damage?

 

[Chloe Kopman]

Take a look under the car - is anything hanging down below where it should be? Do you see scratches/damage?

I'm going back to the shop tomorrow and get them to have a look. Thanks

 

[Chloe Kopman]

Try entering at an angle and very slowly

I tried that and still didn't work.

 

[MovedOn121]

Raise it back up. Mine was lowered quite a bit, finally raised it up to almost stock. The butt pucker over every bump I had was not worth the looks.

 

[67King]

Raise it back up. Mine was lowered quite a bit, finally raised it up to almost stock. The butt pucker over every bump I had was not worth the looks.

Are you running coil overs, or did you raise it another way? When I installed the UP springs, it dodn't lower the car much, but over time, the suspension has settled, and it is much lower than I expected it to be. Looks good, though I did it as they advertised increased range. But I do bottom out at times. I believe it is usually the jackpoints that are what hits.

 

[pnwadventures]

Raise it back up. Mine was lowered quite a bit, finally raised it up to almost stock. The butt pucker over every bump I had was not worth the looks.

That was exactly my experience when I went with coilovers on my last car. Looked amazing when I picked it up, but then scraped leaving the shop and again at my office garage, and just couldn’t stand the anxiety. Had to dial back up almost immediately.

Fast forward to now, when I’m considering raising my M3 from stock just to deal with rough roads better.

 

[MovedOn121]

Are you running coil overs, or did you raise it another way? When I installed the UP springs, it dodn't lower the car much, but over time, the suspension has settled, and it is much lower than I expected it to be. Looks good, though I did it as they advertised increased range. But I do bottom out at times. I believe it is usually the jackpoints that are what hits.

MPP comfort Coilovers, I should have specified. Loved the look but I feel it rides better now (may have been too low for the springs to actually do anything.)

 

[NATO]

There's some pretty big speed bumps where I drive, I'm genuinely concerned about bottoming out even at stock. Definitely squeaky bum time going over them super slow.

 

[zhu-]

MPP comfort Coilovers, I should have specified. Loved the look but I feel it rides better now (may have been too low for the springs to actually do anything.)

Do the MPP comfort coilovers ride better even at the same height as stock? I thought they had to be lowered at least slightly for optimal ride comfort.

 

[Gimmethecash]

What size tires are you running? If you’re on the short side (diameter) of what the car can process TC data for, you can get up to an inch or so of ground clearance (difference between the low and high end of what seems to be the acceptable range) by running a taller tire.

My 255/35/20 PS4S are 27” tall, so I’m getting about half an inch more ground clearance than I would with the stock 26.5” 235/35/20 (1/4” more from the taller sidewall and 1/4” less lowering to achieve the same fender gap) - a 255/40/18 or 255/35/19 is only 26” tall, so double those numbers.

Changing tires for ground clearance isn‘t going to make a *huge* difference, but it might be enough to avoid a light scrape on a known obstacle. 1/2” to 1” can definitely help.

 

[Chloe Kopman]

There's some pretty big speed bumps where I drive, I'm genuinely concerned about bottoming out even at stock. Definitely squeaky bum time going over them super slow.

I go over lots of speed bumps, but do slow down and my car is perfect over any speed bump. It's just the steep, quick drop on the driveway entrance

 

[TexasTezla]

Its always an issue for lowered vehicles entering and leaving a subterranean parking lot, if they haven't 'rounded out' where the sidewalk meets the ramp. OUCH!