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Aerokit front bumper ground clearance

SuttonSteve

SuttonSteve

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I'm currently looking for a 3.4 996 with a GT3 Aerokit fitted, but I 'm going to have to modify the small ramp going into my garage before I can put the car in otherwise the front bumper will ground out![:mad:]

Can anyone please tell me what the ground clearance is of the front bumper at it's lowest point in front of the wheels. Ideally a figure for a car with standard suspension and one with the M030 suspension option would be great to cover all bases.

Cheers

Steve
 
Hi Steve,

I don't have experience of the GT3 but have a lowered 944 with a splitter (currently its second one). Why am I posting then?

In my experience it isn't just ground clearance that is the issue but (what we call in Off Roading) angle of attack. Ground clearance is fine for considering speed humps - which theoretically shouldn't be higher than 4" but continuous ramps can be more difficult to judge.

To work out angle of attack you need to know not only how low the front lip is but how far forward it projects from the wheels. The further forward the more difficult it is to accommodate.

If you can come at a ramp or hump at an angle you can reduce the amount of splitter overhanging. If you have to come at a ramp head on this can cause issues subject to how steep it is relative to the run up and how tall.
 
Hi, I recently had my 996 C4 lowered and I found that it scraped when I drive it into my unbelievably uneven drive.

The solution... Back it in!
 
Ground clearance with Standard Suspension + Aero Kit...

6 inches minimum - 7 inches maximum

The overhang past the front wheel is roughly 25inches.

Hope this helps!
 
hi
I have a 1999 c4 with aero kit and m030. my front clearance is 125mm or 5''.
I regulary scrape the splitter !! sometimes to amusment or shock to onlookers !
speed bumps are ok ( any damage sue council ! ) but beware carpark ramps and some junctions that 'dip' into the kerb line, also gets annoying when you get in somewhere and struggle to get out ! but so what, if you want a easy life you would buy a micra !!

paul
ocean jade with aero kit
 
Thanks for the info Paul.

The problem is that my driveway slopes slightly right to left, but of course the garage floor is level, so the ramp increases in size from nothing on the right hand side to a few inches on the left hand side of the garage. I currently have a Boxster which has an vertical piece of plastic about as wide as the tyre which protrudes from the bottom of the wheel arch in front of the tyre (there's probably a technical name for this) which means there is only 3 inches ground clearnace at this point, so it just about grounds out going in and out of the garage. As long as the M030 option gives more than 3 inches clearance at the same point, I'll be OK.

Although the garage is 12'6" wide, the driveway approaching it is very narrow, so backing in isn't really an option as I would save grounding out the bumper, but probably scrape something expensive on next door's garage.[:mad:]

Talking of speed bumps, a friend has a 996 Turbo and he has to reverse over a speed bump half way down his street every time he wants to go out after damaging the front plitter 3 times when going forwards over it![:(]
 
Good luck sorting this out mate. I realised when I got my GT2 home that it won't go onto the drive [:(] I've had to take the splitter off - not a huge problem given the speed limits in the UK but it just looks a bit wrong without it.

Rather than level the driveway I've decided to move house [:D] [;)]

 
ORIGINAL: 996C2

Good luck sorting this out mate. I realised when I got my GT2 home that it won't go onto the drive [:(] I've had to take the splitter off - not a huge problem given the speed limits in the UK but it just looks a bit wrong without it.

Rather than level the driveway I've decided to move house [:D] [;)]
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Bit of an expensive alternative! A treat for your beast?!
 
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