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Nov 19, 2006 | 04:24 PM

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Drifting

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1st Mod Complete! Lowered

Hey that was not to bad! I did remove the lower shock bolts in the front to have better access to the 10mm bolts. Here are some before and after pics. Don't make fun of my wagon wheels!

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after

before

After

Nov 19, 2006 | 04:27 PM

sailohio

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Lookin good.

Nov 19, 2006 | 04:28 PM

devnull

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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'10, '14

Looks GREAT!!! (oh, and i for one love wagon wheels. Not one thing wrong with those)...

Nov 19, 2006 | 04:28 PM

bizaro

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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14

big improvement

Nov 19, 2006 | 04:35 PM

Rans03

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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08

Looks great!

Nov 19, 2006 | 04:36 PM

Blue Smooth

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Did you cut the bushings...I've never seen a vette drop that much on stock bolts. Looks great

Nov 19, 2006 | 04:46 PM

02gt350

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Originally Posted by Blue Smooth

Did you cut the bushings...I've never seen a vette drop that much on stock bolts. Looks great

i agree, was that just the lowering by the bolts??

Nov 19, 2006 | 04:51 PM

kevin40zx

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Looks good.

I really need to do that to mine.

Love the plates

Love those wheels

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Nov 19, 2006 | 05:17 PM

02MillenniumVette

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Looks good.

Nov 19, 2006 | 05:42 PM

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Drifting

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 02gt350

i agree, was that just the lowering by the bolts??

Did not cut any bushings. I did use longer bolts for the rear.
It rides a lot stiffer now. I will probley raise it back up about 1/2" in the rear. It really helped to remove the lower shock mounts in the front.

Nov 19, 2006 | 05:44 PM

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Z06Aggie

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Been considering doing this - how long did it take?

Nov 19, 2006 | 05:49 PM

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Drifting

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Quote:

Originally Posted by C5Aggie

Been considering doing this - how long did it take?

Took about a hour and half. I have not seen anyone say anything about removing the lower shock mounts in the front.. But it really made it easy to get to the botls.

I used lowering bolts in the rear.

Good Luck!!

Nov 19, 2006 | 05:54 PM

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slayer6x6

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Killer stance, I like it!

Nov 19, 2006 | 05:57 PM

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tzeller

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Killer stance, I like it!

Nov 19, 2006 | 06:03 PM

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Misho

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Looks very good! I would lke to drop my coupe about a half to three quarters of an inch in the rear only. Can I use the stock lowering bolts to do this? What do I do? Will it require an alignment afterwards?

Looks great!

Nov 19, 2006 | 06:26 PM

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KidCid

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Originally Posted by bayareacruisin

Looks great!

To answer your questions: yes you can drop an inch on stock bolts, do a search on lowering there's plenty of instructions on these forums, and yes you should get an alignment when it's done.

Nov 19, 2006 | 06:41 PM

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Drifting

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Quote:

Originally Posted by KidCid

To answer your questions: yes you can drop an inch on stock bolts, do a search on lowering there's plenty of instructions on these forums, and yes you should get an alignment when it's done.