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Old 17th September 2010, 21:03   #11
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Man those are lower than I thought. If that were me I would screw a plate on beneath it. I have a strut tower from an old car that would be perfect in fact.
Are you thinking like a skid-plate type of design?

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Are you thinking like a skid-plate type of design?
Yes. But where to mount it?
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I've never had a problem (GC Coilovers), but I'm not lowered very much. There are no scrapes on the headers, so I'm going to assume the previous owner didn't have a problem either.
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Im on Dinan stg 3 suspension, never had any issues. BTW, my trans belly pan still bolts up fine...
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I have had them in my car,not an M5 / 540i , for years with PSS9 suspension lowered and I have never had the SS headers scrape , nor the SS CATS.You do look pretty low from the angle of the photo.
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Im on Dinan stg 3 suspension, never had any issues. BTW, my trans belly pan still bolts up fine...


You also dont have SS race cats.
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Looks like you've been busy

Is there a picture from the side, is the pipe protrude out ?

Did you have to wrapped the PS line at all with SS header installed ?


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