Low front skirt

[BigChange]

Having just touched the low front skirt on my IS300 on a motorway services kerb (again!) I wondered if anyone knows if there is a Lexus solution to the problem or has any protection suggestion. It is the (hidden) underside which gets damaged.  Really needs some sort of audible warning !

 Thanks.

[RichyRich]

Oh no, is it visible from the outside? I nearly did mine the other day but put it down to me not paying attention!

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[Richard1200]

Did mine on a hotel car park hump months ago. Only visible if you looking at the underneath, have covered mine with black tape which cannot be seen. Would love a thin pice of plastic trim but that would reduce the clearance even more I suppose. I have a ramp when entering my Close, have to stop and then go very slow. 

If there was an audible warning it would be sounding on every speed bump.

[200h]

have you used helicopter tape ,it is a thin clear plastic self adhesive tape

you can get it off eBay ,its a bit like the rear door protection panels

[200h]

i misjudged when turning into kfc drive through and scrapped the underside on the top of a kerb stone luckily it happened in the ct i used to have

[RichyRich]

I was considering a Aero front splitter, it might help to protect the bumper ;) 

[rayaans]

I think the best solution is actually to reverse park into the space. The rear is slightly higher. 

TBH the car gets over normal sized kerbs but there's too many dodgy high kerbs around and in that case I just leave it parked further backwards in the space. Also, my sensors tend to pick high kerbs up anyway. 

Remember driving lessons? I got told by my instructor the front of the car will be where the bottom of the mirror lines up with the white junction line. I still use that to this day and its never failed me. Obviously dont line it up, leave it slightly back!

[RichyRich]

Is this a good idea perhaps to both protect the bumper and add a little more depth to the front lip?

h495-no

[Malc]

............  just seen this issue for you guys.  I have an old Mk3 Ls400 and the front skirt always scrapes and fractures even on an ordinary height kerb and this time I just had it removed and disposed of ........  not a perfect 21 year old car anymore but it saves me worrying about the damn thing ...  and tbh it looks absolutely fine too.

Malc

[bluenose1940]

I had to park near to this kerb in Exeter today, it's one of the highest I have ever seen so I decided to measure it!

It comes in at a cool 210mm (about 8 1/4 inches to us oldies!) and you really need to be careful when you open your doors too!!

 

[BigChange]

Just returned from France where there are many kerb "hazards" especially for the UK driver approaching from a different angle.  Wonderfully smooth and uncrowded roads though. Am very careful now after past kerb scrapes in France and have put gorilla tape on underside of skirt to provide some protection.

Incidentally RichyRich I noticed in a mway services rubbish bin something in two pieces that looked very like your front splitter above. Maybe another kerb casualty?  

 

[RichyRich]

Oh dear, did you take a pic? I've gone off the idea of adding a front lip now and opting to find a sporty weekend car lol

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