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Sep 14, 2008 | 09:02 AM

harvey a

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C5 coupe

Saw a coupe yesterday at a local vette show; had a stabilizer bar that ran from top of windshield back to top of back window channel. Chap said it solved rattles, etc while running with hardtop off. Anybody have a source for those? Any comments?
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Sep 14, 2008 | 09:57 AM

10U 99

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what rattles? with or without top, mine's rock solid.

Sep 14, 2008 | 10:06 AM

jrose7004

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Must have been a C4. My C5 doesn't have any rattles with the top out.

Sep 14, 2008 | 10:10 AM

vette dan

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Originally Posted by 10U 99

what rattles? with or without top, mine's rock solid.

Sep 14, 2008 | 10:13 AM

army2000

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It could have been a C4 with a C5 body kit..

Sep 14, 2008 | 10:14 AM

booker5m

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no rattles here

Last edited by booker5m; Sep 14, 2008 at 11:05 AM.

Sep 14, 2008 | 10:48 AM

Mr.Bill

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Never seen anything like that on a C5, My C5 has no rattles with top on or off.

Sep 14, 2008 | 11:08 AM

Mike98SilVert

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Originally Posted by jrose7004

Must have been a C4. My C5 doesn't have any rattles with the top out.

The C5 is rock solid whether a Coupe, Vert or FRC. There is no flex with the C5 platform. You must have been looking at a C4

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Sep 14, 2008 | 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike98SilVert

The C5 is rock solid whether a Coupe, Vert or FRC. There is no flex with the C5 platform. You must have been looking at a C4

also. They actually do make a bar for the C4 to help with body flex with the coupe top off. The top on the C4 coupe is a structual part of the car and is one reason you need a rachet to remove it. You don't simply unlatch it like a C5.

Sep 14, 2008 | 11:40 AM

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Its kind of weird -- my '84 C4 with go-kart like Z51 suspension and chassis stiffening, was rock-solid with the top off. However, my '93 C4 was like a wet noodle with the top off (also Z51, however, very much tuned down).