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Old 11-12-2003, 01:42 PM
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Default Suggestions please: My new driveway is scraping my TT...

The angle is too sharp and I'm scraping the underside of the front bumper every time I drive through to the back yard. It just barely scrapes about a 1/2" across most of the bumper, and is making its way through the clearcoat. Is there some sort of durable protective strip i can attach? TIA
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can you drive in at a different angle?
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yeah... driving in so you're not straight on should help
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Default Nope..

It's a 100 year old house, with a very narrow drive. The only way to get the car in is to swing wide and drive it in straight. I've already dinged the right rear wheel trying for an angle. suks
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back it in?
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take some mesurements and make yourself a little wooden ramp
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Ooo, that's worth a try
Old 11-12-2003, 02:07 PM
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Default It's on the street side of the sidewalk

Don't think a wooken ramp will look too good. thanks tho
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Default Could try to fill-in the low spots with some of this stuff >>

...on a concrete surface, or an asphalt filler if that's the case. I've used this stuff inside on my basement floor. It goes on real thin, and you just keep building it up to the thickness you need. It's made for exterior uses. Another option might be to have the high spots ground-off. Ooorrr.. you could get some of those hydraulic lifters like the low riders have...nah!<ul><li><a href="http://www.quikrete.com/catalog/ConcreteResurfacer.html">http://www.quikrete.com/catalog/ConcreteResurfacer.html</a</li></ul>
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Default use it when you leave and return....remove daily

kind of like having to open a garage without the aid of an automatic opener.


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