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    Tire chains ?

    I'm trying to figure out if its possible to drive with chains on when your car is lowered. My car is lowered about 2 inches does anyone know if they will hit on anything. I might just have to put them on and find out. Any info helps



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    Bump, I want to go up to the snow today.

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    Don't know Matt, it should be o.k. You will have problems if the chains break. I'm lowered 2.5 so I hope we can still use chains. Just try it out and let me know how the worked.
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    just give it a try you whimp.
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    I didn't use them ass jocky. Your the little girl that didn't want to go up becuase you needed to do your little science experment. Maybe next time.

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    you 2 should get married.

    i wouldnt put tire chains on a lowered car just from my experience last year with my bucket wagon. Plus, they're liable to fuck up your fenders if they're not strapped down right.
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    If you're worried about old school chains you should try using the cable type; they're lower profile. best bet is to give it a try and be our guinea pig
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    hahah my accord didnt even let me use cable chains. im gonna raise my car up another 1.5 or so so i can run chains this season

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    haha good thing i dont have to worry about chains

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlueBead
    If you're worried about old school chains you should try using the cable type; they're lower profile. best bet is to give it a try and be our guinea pig
    I dont want to have to buy another set of chains. There not that important to me. Besides the set I bought last winter I only used once, but that was when my car was stock.

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    Hey it was physics, and we could allways take my moms van YO.
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    ah rockin the family van!

    any way the cable type chains are not that bad. but the adjuster cable will smack the upper balljoint . and if you dont put them on right you will not have a ball joint. i used them six times last year when i delivered parpers. i only got stuck once but the snow was two feet high. oh yeah if you cant make it up a hill goin the right direction, spin the car around and go up backwards. works everytime
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