ghost_masterCL

ok, so first snow of the year, and it's abig one, by the time I got out of work there was a good 3 inches of sluch on teh ground, so I'm driving home and tehre are these HUGE waves of slush coming out from teh sides of the front of my car, for some reason I don't remember ever seeing that happen before, kinda weirded me out. Anyways, I'm lowered, and I am going to be raising the car back up once the snow/slush melts, also I think I'm gonna put the stock air box back in, I'm really scurred of hydrolocking, and I'm gonna rotate my tires.

I also have the plastic liner that goes under the engine bay off, you guys think that could be a problem at all? With all that water/snow spraying up in there, could that rust any parts or cause any belt/hose damage that I should be worried about?

thanks guys for the info.

97BlackAckCL

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At least put the inner fenderwell liner back on

wakeboardfusion

my fender is off too, also i went back to stock height and im buying snow tires.

teh CL

iTrader: (1)

that sucks, its already snowing there

..im going back to stock height/rims too in about a month

legendaryCL98

dang.. everyone turning back to 4x4... haha

u dont have to raise the car back up.. just put the fender lining back on.. your car is gonna get messed up if u dont

and if u could invest in snow tires.. it might be good

hybridnrg

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whats snow?

dragon084

invest in a beater for the winter, thats whut i did.

insurance costs less , and driving a 700 dollar car is truely a unique feeling,

its like you dont care if u hit a garbage can

ghost_masterCL

I dunno if I worded this correctly, it's not the fenderwall liner that I took out, it's that HUGE plastic peice underneath the engine bay that covers from about the middle of the engine forward. It's got that little piece that hangs down that will scrape on cubs when you park if you pull to far forward at stock height. I guess I'll just have to figure out how to get it back on, and toss the stock airbox back in for now... sigh.

teh CL

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lucky bastard living in cali...

dragon084

seriously,

consider a beater, Esp. in the area u live in

hybridnrg

iTrader: (4)

haha! i know huh. i mean i only seen snow in pictures before..haha j/k Its cool in cali, cuz you can go the beach then travel 2 hours to the mountians and go snow boarding! all in the same day!

ajtcl

Those peices create engineered airflow patterns and provide some protection from the elements, but you goota figure cars came for many years without engine compartment pannels. Your engine will be fine without it. The only thing that could be a problem is the dirt and crap it throws into the engine bay. As for removing your CAI, why? snow and ice ain't gonna get sucked in to your engine.

ghost_masterCL

It's not the snow or ice that I'm worried about, here in colorado, it snows like mad one day (12+ inches), and then melts all the next day, causing huge puddles of water, and rivers in teh gutters, but I'm usually pretty careful about puddles.

h2o-pr00f