lowering bolt's ?
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Drifting
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From: east taunton ma
lowering bolt's ?
Today I was going to lower the vette, as I was looking at the rear bolt's I notice the passengers side bolt was already turned out so only 2 thread's were showing. The drivers side bolt had 5 or 6 thread's showing. Needless to say I didn't go on with the lowering. The car sit's level and has never had any work done to it. It's a 98 coupe. Has anyone ever seen this before ?
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From: Vienna VA
I have a 97 that I lowered last weekend that had the same situation. The car looked like a 4x4. In fact it was higher than any other C5 I've seen. I went to lower the rear and the driver side had about 5-6 treads showing and the passenger side only 2. I decided to cut both the upper and lower bushing in half. She looks much better and still settling in.
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From: San Clemente California
Originally Posted by testpros
I have a 97 that I lowered last weekend that had the same situation. The car looked like a 4x4. In fact it was higher than any other C5 I've seen. I went to lower the rear and the driver side had about 5-6 treads showing and the passenger side only 2. I decided to cut both the upper and lower bushing in half. She looks much better and still settling in.
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From: Lake Oswego, Near Portland Oregon
Originally Posted by corvettecentral
No, but from what you describe someone has adjusted the suspension settings from stock.
You should alter the suspension adjustement so that both sides of tahe car are the same.
You should alter the suspension adjustement so that both sides of tahe car are the same.
The number of threads you have showing are about right for a 200 pound driver to settle the suspension to level.
I have mine set up sort of 'in-between' solo driver correct and static empty symetrical. A lot of the time there are 2 of us in the car, then static level setting is usually correct. Single driver setup will have asymetrical spring settings, and even camber when the car is empty,
Many years ago I used to do road track racing car suspension setup, so without going into it further, please trust me on this one. The physics have not changed in the past 25 or so years.
Looks great !
