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Old May 25, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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We finally got the car back from the body shop, i find it sitting too high, i lowered my C6 and i like it, how do i lower the 81?
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For the front you would have to cut the springs or or get lowering springs, I prefer lowering springs over cutting. The rear is a different story. VBP offers an adjustable mono leaf spring kit allowing you to lower the right height of the car.

Just our of curiosity, was the car riding high before you took it to the body shop? What all did you have done to it?
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For the front you would have to cut the springs or or get lowering springs, I prefer lowering springs over cutting. The rear is a different story. VBP offers an adjustable mono leaf spring kit allowing you to lower the right height of the car.

Just our of curiosity, was the car riding high before you took it to the body shop? What all did you have done to it?
thanks, we just bought this car it's going to be my wife's, we never drove it we took sttraight to the body shop. like i said my C6 is lowered
and we think they look sooo much better. I will look for VBP. To bad it wasn't easy like the c6.
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The rear is simple to lower, just requires a longer bolt at each end of the spring.
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