What is this?
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '08
What is this?
My car has a jack so it's not a spare tire delete. When I looked up underneath where the spare should be I found this connected to the suspension. I suspect it is some sort of mod but I don't know.
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My understanding is that car's that had spare tire delete had a i-beam of some sort installed where the spare tire was as a safety feature. Maybe the previous owner bought one and installed it.
Maybe someone else will chime in, but can you tell from your vin if your car was a spare tire delete car? Maybe it was and a previous owner bought a jack for your car.
Maybe someone else will chime in, but can you tell from your vin if your car was a spare tire delete car? Maybe it was and a previous owner bought a jack for your car.
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
Originally Posted by Cold_B
Maybe someone else will chime in, but can you tell from your vin if your car was a spare tire delete car? Maybe it was and a previous owner bought a jack for your car.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Originally Posted by SJW
The spare tire played a role in impact absorption in the event of a rear end collision. The factory installed these braces in place of a deleted spare tire.
Be well,
SJW
Be well,
SJW
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Yeah, but a jack is easier to buy than a welded in piece like that I-beam.
Wouldn't a spare tire delete be listed in the list of options under the center console door?
Wouldn't a spare tire delete be listed in the list of options under the center console door?
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Originally Posted by Maui
I always thought they deleted the jack as well. The car does have a jack.
1. An oversight at the factory. An assembler may have installed the jack in the car, overlooking the spare tire delete option on the build sheet.
2. A safety-conscious previous owner (presuming that you aren't the original owner) decided to ditch the spare, and bought & installed the brace.
Be well,
SJW
That's gotta be a machine tig weld, most likely factory! 
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Just look under the console door or left storage door per the RPO sticky:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=956104
Should answer your question!
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=956104
Should answer your question!
Originally Posted by TA
Spare tire delete was option code N84 in 1996. I couldn't find a picture posted, but to my recollection the spare tire delete brace looks exactly like the picture you posted 
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Originally Posted by Curveit
Cool... I'd heard of the delete option, but this is the first one I've ever seen.
Interesting that threre's a jack in the car. Gotta wonder if a previous owner ditched the EMTs, stowed a jack in the car, and tossed a spare tire in the hatch area for long trips.
Be well,
SJW
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St. Jude Donor '08
Originally Posted by SJW
So the car also, presumably, came equipped with EMTs and LTPWS?
Interesting that threre's a jack in the car. Gotta wonder if a previous owner ditched the EMTs, stowed a jack in the car, and tossed a spare tire in the hatch area for long trips.
Be well,
SJW
Interesting that threre's a jack in the car. Gotta wonder if a previous owner ditched the EMTs, stowed a jack in the car, and tossed a spare tire in the hatch area for long trips.
Be well,
SJW
It also has the YFS, YFR, and UJ6 RPO's. No sign of a tire being placed in the back. This car is near showroom condition. The jack is clean, no sign of ever being used. Tires have been changed to Nitto's.
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St. Jude Donor '14
In your second picture could you take a picture to the left and right?
I bought an impact bar and I'm trying to figure out how the bar mounts to the bumper. I see the holes in the frame for front two mounting points but the bumper has no holes....
Can you push the bar up near the bumper? hmm..
I bought an impact bar and I'm trying to figure out how the bar mounts to the bumper. I see the holes in the frame for front two mounting points but the bumper has no holes....
Can you push the bar up near the bumper? hmm..
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Originally Posted by Maui
It also has the YFS, YFR, and UJ6 RPO's. No sign of a tire being placed in the back. This car is near showroom condition. The jack is clean, no sign of ever being used. Tires have been changed to Nitto's.