umm i have cold air intake with a universal bypass valve adn i was wondering if i lower my car what is the lowest i should go to avoid the engine suckin in water???

As long as you don't drive through any puddles where the filter will get completely soaked, you should be fine.

hmmmm when u say puddles how deep i live in MD and i guess it rains just like any other place

if you have a by-pass valve it doesnt matter if you submerge the filter, it will bypass the filter and just use the foam bypass

oh aight so im str8 then if lower my car as long as i have the bypass valve?

thats what the bypass if for

The intake inlet would have to be completely SUBMERGED to cause any damage. Unless you're driving through lakes, you'll be fine.

i think you would need to have enough pressure build up within the intake piping that the by-pass would not have enough flow to allow the air to enter at the rate the engine is vaccuuming it, then it would begin sucking the water up the intake tube, so to add on to what john said, im pretty sure youd have to drive through a lake at WOT to do some damage. lol