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Front End Scraping

Gents, Recently took delivery of a 2016 Vanquish and learned, much to my chagrin, that my driveway is a bit steep for the bottom front lip. As a result, a bit of scraping occurs when I back out of the driveway. Wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same and if there might be a fix? Many thanks for your thoughts....
 
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Time to move.
 
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http://bridjit.com

Seen a bunch of these around town here. They seem to work quite well.
 
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Mine does it when I back out..... I just live with it and twice a year I remove the spoiler and repair it
I'm concerned that augmenting the curb will make my home look second hand
 
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there is a sponsor here that has those...

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Talk to the city/county they might let you alter the driveway at your expense, or do it anyway and plead ignorance and plead for forgiveness .
 
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That's awesome!

Really expensive though. The amount of materials and labor is probably $10. The mold tools were probably expensive though.
 
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Mine scrapes also

I find that my car scrapes when I cross the curb head in. If I back into the driveway it doesn't scrape. BTW, love your screen pic. Go Faber!
 
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XJRS - thanx for the link!
 
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Originally Posted by blue2000s
Time to move.
Great advice. We are moving next summer but want to figure out what to do in the mean time....Thanks.
 
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Originally Posted by TheYoungConnoisseur
get a new house
Thanks. In the process of building a new one. Just would like to figure out what to do in the meantime.
 
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Originally Posted by Senatorblutarsky
I find that my car scrapes when I cross the curb head in. If I back into the driveway it doesn't scrape. BTW, love your screen pic. Go Faber!
Thanks for the tip!

Faber all the way!!!
 
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Great advice. We are moving next summer but want to figure out what to do in the mean time....Thanks.
I was being a wise guy. To be a little more helpful,I discovered that lowered Porsche's have so much overhang they scrape alot if you're not careful. I learned to be very careful with mine. I've always found that if I can approach and leave the curb at an angle and then straighten out once past the threshold, I avoid scraping. I also make sure the front of my cars have dispensable plastic chin guards.
 

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