[Z06] Lowered?
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Lowered?
Stupid question probably, but does my car look like it's been lowered? Hope not, as the roads here in Maine aren't that forgiving for that kind of stuff.
Another question - my car doesn't show the tire pressures in the DIC. The wheels are not stock. Did the previous owner leave out the sensors and the DIC just doesn't show the info any more, or did he have it programmed out or something?
Another question - my car doesn't show the tire pressures in the DIC. The wheels are not stock. Did the previous owner leave out the sensors and the DIC just doesn't show the info any more, or did he have it programmed out or something?
Last edited by Skeld; Aug 2, 2008 at 11:45 PM.
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Your car appears to me to not be lowered, looks like stock height. Secondly, Z06's do not have the tire pressure monitoring system in the first place. The tires are conventional non-runflats. You might want to check your trunk in the right cubbyhole for all the GM supplied flat repair parts.
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to me it looks like its been lowered on the stock bolts. Just look under the rear and see how many of the threads you see on the bolt you adjust to lower it. If you only see a few chances are your car was lowered. If it was it should only take 30 minutes or so to adjust it back up. If you google how to lower a c5 there are a couple of good articles on it. They will give you pictures and step by step instructions.
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Thanks guys. I'll look underneath to see what I can see. Forgot that it had non-runflats originally - it has run flats now so I guess I'll have to check the pressure fairly often to make sure I'm not riding around on a flat and I don't know it.
Any more opinions on lowered or not? It's a little hard to see in the picture due to it being kind of dark in my garage at the time.
Any more opinions on lowered or not? It's a little hard to see in the picture due to it being kind of dark in my garage at the time.
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Also, what impact does lowering the car have on the ride and handling? I don't mind the way it looks, but if I'm sacrificing ride and handling as well as possible tire wear then I'd like to change it back to stock.
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With that much thread showing ! I would guess that it has not been lowered. hard to tell from the pic.Mine is lowered with cut bushings at both ends, never had an alignment, tracks perfect LOOKS GOOD! been like this for 4 years & 20000 miles Might be just a tad stiffer ride, Like it that way.For a point of ref. my wheel wells are just under an inch above the tires front & rear & the sides of the car are 3 1/4 in. from ground behind the front wheels & 3 1/2 in. in the rear. Hope this helps you.
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with that much thread showing in the rear your car may not be lowered at all. Mine looked like the one pictured above before and after lowering it. It could just be the angle you took your pic, but in that pic your car appears to be lowered. Maybe the previous owner installed longer bolts in the rear? No telling, as mentioned above go out and measure it and see exactly where its sitting.
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I guess I'm going to have to try and fix it since the left side in the front is 27" to the wheel well and the right is 26 1/2". Also looks like the tire might have rubbed lightly on the rim of the fender on the right. ****ing used cars. 
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I measured my car's heights before lowering and the measurements side to side did not match when stock. A lot of others have had the same occurence. I still say from the angle of your picture that it's not lowered. However, according to the owner's video that came with my car, lowering in the 1 inch range is acceptable and recommended for better handling. As far as those runflats go, non-runflats will ride and handle better. If you should decide you are going to keep them, you can install the sensors into your wheels and have the DIC function activated in your computer to see the air pressures on your dash like non-Z06's.