Side yolk billet caps
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Side yolk billet caps
Ok, so where are the side yolk billet caps available from? Is there more than one vendor that carries these?
Anyone that has these caps on their C3 please advise where you got them from?
Thanks
Don
Anyone that has these caps on their C3 please advise where you got them from?
Thanks
Don
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Is Dragvette.com the only supplier of the billet caps?
I'd really rather not have to drill the yokes to install the u-joint girdles.
Ultimately I think the billet caps would be more reliable in the long run. JMHO.
I'd really rather not have to drill the yokes to install the u-joint girdles.
Ultimately I think the billet caps would be more reliable in the long run. JMHO.
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I bought the girdles from Jegs. I needed to drill the yokes because the 1981 bolt holes were originally 1/4". I don't know what size the holes are in the yokes of 1979 and older. I feel better autocrossing with girdles instead of the original straps and small bolts.
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Thanks for your response.
I actually had PM'd you'd previously to ask where you got your billet caps from but did not get a response.
It is good to hear from a fellow Canadian that these caps came from Dragvette.com and they fit perfectly.
I will be making my order with them shortly.
Greatly appreciated.
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Hello couperdecar,
Thanks for your response.
I actually had PM'd you'd previously to ask where you got your billet caps from but did not get a response.
It is good to hear from a fellow Canadian that these caps came from Dragvette.com and they fit perfectly.
I will be making my order with them shortly.
Greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your response.
I actually had PM'd you'd previously to ask where you got your billet caps from but did not get a response.
It is good to hear from a fellow Canadian that these caps came from Dragvette.com and they fit perfectly.
I will be making my order with them shortly.
Greatly appreciated.
Right after I installed them I brought the car home and hit some black ice.
Put the car in the ditch and sat there in snow up to the windshield from 10pm til 1am , 20 miles outta town. You think someone would stop? Nope. Called all the tow truck companies and they all said 'No way, because corvettes have no bumpers'. I called a buddy and we got it out ourselves . Home by 1:30.
Wife says if I continue driving in winter I have to buy studded tires.
Anyway I survived and the billet caps did too!
Last edited by couperdecar; Jan 23, 2014 at 03:50 AM.
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Sorry- I need to actually 'log-on' and read my PMs more often.
Right after I installed them I brought the car home and hit some black ice.
Put the car in the ditch and sat there in snow up to the windshield from 10pm til 1am , 20 miles outta town. You think someone would stop? Nope. Called all the tow truck companies and they all said 'No way, because corvettes have no bumpers'. I called a buddy and we got it out ourselves . Home by 1:30.
Wife says if I continue driving in winter I have to buy studded tires.
Anyway I survived and the billet caps did too!
Right after I installed them I brought the car home and hit some black ice.
Put the car in the ditch and sat there in snow up to the windshield from 10pm til 1am , 20 miles outta town. You think someone would stop? Nope. Called all the tow truck companies and they all said 'No way, because corvettes have no bumpers'. I called a buddy and we got it out ourselves . Home by 1:30.
Wife says if I continue driving in winter I have to buy studded tires.
Anyway I survived and the billet caps did too!
I'm originally from Regina so I know what the roads are like in winter. Driving the car in the winter is a challenge at best of times (too much power and not enough traction in snow/ice), also very light in the rear.
When I get the C3 towed here in Calgary, I always find a tow truck that is a flat bed type. Then there is not a problem with lack of a bumper.
The billet caps will be a nice addition!