Daily Drivers: Does It Ever Get Easier?

[DaveB]

For those who street drive their GT350/R's regularly, how concerned are you about bottoming out the suspension and/or belly pan when moving quickly over the rough stuff?

I live in the Chicago suburbs and commute into the city. My beater is taking a break so I've been daily driving the R for the past few weeks. I get worried about going normal speeds over some of the extremely shitty road surfaces we have here (those who know Rt 53 by Streets of Woodfield/Woodfield Mall all the way to Half Day Road know what I mean). So much so that I'm swerving and/or slowing down significantly. Am I overdoing it?

For comparison, in the past I've owned an Evo IX and S2000 with aftermarket suspension and I've never been concerned about this stuff before. The Evo was probably closer in terms of damping, but the S2000 was closer in ground clearance.

I daily mine every day. Rain or shine. I love west of Indianapolis…I hate going in there, but here and west isn’t as bad. I just pay attention to other cars and roads

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[TommyBoyDIY]

I'm in Buffalo NY and the roads here are also terrible. The thing that saved me the most was actually the magneride dampers. I've hit some bad bumps, potholes, and even jumped an intersection that I didn't realize had a peak in the middle (almost positive the car was off the ground like Ferris Bueller). Believe it or not the speed of the magneride adjustment saved me in all cases. Only thing I can say is the front splitter is definitely a consumable, mine is wasted. But I have a brand new one in the basement for when the time comes. I'm just enjoying every minute of driving

 

[MrBD1348]

For those who street drive their GT350/R's regularly, how concerned are you about bottoming out the suspension and/or belly pan when moving quickly over the rough stuff?

I live in the Chicago suburbs and commute into the city. My beater is taking a break so I've been daily driving the R for the past few weeks. I get worried about going normal speeds over some of the extremely shitty road surfaces we have here (those who know Rt 53 by Streets of Woodfield/Woodfield Mall all the way to Half Day Road know what I mean). So much so that I'm swerving and/or slowing down significantly. Am I overdoing it?

For comparison, in the past I've owned an Evo IX and S2000 with aftermarket suspension and I've never been concerned about this stuff before. The Evo was probably closer in terms of damping, but the S2000 was closer in ground clearance.

My GT is pretty low, running gt350 monotubes and the bmr handlings springs (very close to gt350 OE) and never botton out on that section of road. ive scraped the bottom of my lip a few times on driveways but never main roads around chi or woodfield.

just stay off Lake St in the city

 

[lunatect]

Move to Minnesota and you can have it all - shitty roads AND your fun car(s) sit for 4-5 months through winter.

Lol. Couldn't pay me to reside in Minnesota for a LOT of reasons.

 

[Strokerswild]

Lol. Couldn't pay me to reside in Minnesota for a LOT of reasons.

Yeah, getting the hell out of here is looking better and better with each passing year....

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