catbert

Be certain you get the ones made specifically for the C6. The C5 units usually don't fit.

shopdog

The rollers attach to the lower radiator supports. Now ask yourself, do you want the weight of the car on the radiator supports? In my opinion, letting the $13 air dam rub is better than risking breaking the radiator supports and possibly damaging the radiator. Better still, use the height adjusters built into the Corvette's suspension to gain enough ground clearance to avoid any contact with the roadway in the first place. That's the route I took after breaking two sets of radiator supports. Raising the ride height 1 inch has virtually eliminated roadway contact.

mlongo99

The only rollers I have seen bolt on to the bottom of the radiator support. That piece is not strong, as it is only intended to hold the radiator in place. IMO, installing the rollers is a bad idea. Do not worry about scraping the air dam, it is designed to scrape.

With my car lowered, I've got less than 2 inches between the air dam and the ground. It scrapes a lot. Some driveways (including mine), speed bumps, even some badly uneven parts of the road when driving at speed. Looking at it, the air dam has obviously hit a lot of things, but it's not even close to being in need of replacement. In fact, I don't think that will ever happen. Nothing else has ever hit, and that's what matters.

EdCalVette

I agree that if bolted to the radiator frame, the weight is an issue.
I'd rather let the air dam take the beating.

Great advice!! Thanks to all.

I really like this car!!

EdCalVette

Hi All,

I have trouble with my front ground air dam grinding on my driveway and alot of others places too. I hear there is a set of rollers that can be installed to lift the nose for clearance. Any advice on this, does it work? where can I get them or have them installed?
Thanks.

SUB VETTE

I've got the roller wheels installed on my C6 with no problems at all. They have been on for about 6 months now and work great. Before the wheels I was dragging not only the air dam, but the bottom of the nose everytime I went out my driveway. Now the wheels prevent the nose drag and more gouging. I got mine from West Coast Corvettes.

BigJoe

Hmmm That is the first time I've heard of rollers on a C6, I know they worked fine on C5s because the radiator support was a lot beefier on the C5. If I were you I'd check that, if you really are putting all the weight on the radiator supports in a C6, that they are not being distorted. Over time the distortion each time could cause metal fatigue and a really pricey repair job. Me, I just let the air dams scrape and replace them when they get too scruffy looking.

VET4LES

A new radiator and support brackets could be expensive.

EdCalVette

Thanks to all. I appreciate everyones input.

Think I'll let it scrape.

SUB VETTE

No evidence of radiator damage at all, and I check the wheels frequently.. The radiator support has skid plates originally designed into it to take bottoming out situations. The wheels bolt in to those skid plates and put no more weight on the support than the skid plates normally do if the car bottoms out. The air dams still scrape but if you hit a dip where the dams max out, you wont scrape the nose if you have the wheels. I put them on after that happened to me when I hit a big road dip and scraped the nose up.

orca1946

Thanx for the info

Wayne O

[QUOTE=EdCalVette]Thanks to all. I appreciate everyones input.

Think I'll let it scrape.[/QUOTE]

A wise decision IMHO.