Lowering Bolts???
Lowering Bolts??? You guys that lowered your vettes with the bolts i would like to know how much it lowered it and how much it affected ride quality. Pics of your cars with the lowering bolts would help out a lot. Thanks guys!
Teching In
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I wanted to go really low using the stock suspension, because as of now i dont have the money to get the whole Pfadt suspension upgrade, this will hold me over for now.
Alot of guys take out the front bolts all together and use longer bolts for the rear, i just didnt want the spring rubbing the lower a-arm.
I used C6 Lowering bolts for the front from West Coast Corvette (C5 front bolts are the same size as C6 bolts) and used Zip Corvettes rear lowering bolts. I can only fit one finger between the tire and fender in the front, and almost 2 fingers in the rear. The front air dam is very close to the ground when lowered, so get sued to that thing scraping alot!
There is a whole DIY on lowering the C5 on digitalcorvettes.com.
Goodluck, Patrick
Alot of guys take out the front bolts all together and use longer bolts for the rear, i just didnt want the spring rubbing the lower a-arm.
I used C6 Lowering bolts for the front from West Coast Corvette (C5 front bolts are the same size as C6 bolts) and used Zip Corvettes rear lowering bolts. I can only fit one finger between the tire and fender in the front, and almost 2 fingers in the rear. The front air dam is very close to the ground when lowered, so get sued to that thing scraping alot!
There is a whole DIY on lowering the C5 on digitalcorvettes.com.
Goodluck, Patrick
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I think It rides just fine! The undercarage of my Z sits 2 inch's of the ground. It sucks that its so low but it looks so good. I ran over some tiny peace of metal today and I dragged it for a couple of yards and I was so pissed but when the day is over and I look at my car, I am so happy that it looks so pimp....Lower that ****
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Those wheels and the cars stance is perfect. How low is that? Are you front bolts out and the rear all the way down?
Im running c6 z06's 17/18combo and really regret going w/ a 17 up front now that i put a 305/35 tire on the back. It had a 305/45 before and the car was raised up front and rear, since the tire change it looks like the thing has a body lift, im hoping the stock rear bolts will lower it enough to get rid of the wheel gap like on your car.
No bushings up front (2 fingers gap or so) and pretty close to the same on the rear. The ride isnt that bad, I would do it again if needed.
On my FRC its about the same on the rear, Ive raised the front since this pic, it was scraping everywhere, id say its pretty similar to our Z06 height wise now.
On my FRC its about the same on the rear, Ive raised the front since this pic, it was scraping everywhere, id say its pretty similar to our Z06 height wise now.
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Teching In
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I did not want to cut my stock bolts. The C6 bolts are the same size as the C5's fronts. The West Coast Corvettes C6 bolts are good, they held up with no problems so far with around 1,200 miles on them.
Patrick
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I only lowered mine max on stock bolts, kept all bushings and kept my stock bolts. I did not want to kill my ride and handling and ride on bump stops all the time. My handling has increased and it still looks better than stock, wish I could go lower but the only way to go lowwww the right way so you keep handling and what not in check is with coilovers. In fact, GM had the car raised from the plant so that they could drive them up on the trailer to transport them, then the dealerships were supposed to lower them back down a little bit, but did they? NO! lol Here's mine after lowering it, it has settled a tad bit more since and I have an FE4 Z06 spring in the rear so it might be a tad higher in the rear, but I don't think a Z06 spring makes that big a difference in height.
*HOLY CRAP* This threads from 2007!! But to answer your question, yes, you will need an alignment afterwards. I knew over 2,000 views was weird and unlikely for a new thread lol
*HOLY CRAP* This threads from 2007!! But to answer your question, yes, you will need an alignment afterwards. I knew over 2,000 views was weird and unlikely for a new thread lol
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