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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Droptop-Rob
Okay, aside from sounding stupid, I have to ask.

While I am fairly new to the C5 scene, I have to ask what you do a Column lock bypass for, what are the benefits?


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See the sticky at the top of the Tech section.
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The best mod I did that was really noticeable was when I got rid of the
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Originally Posted by Droptop-Rob
Okay, aside from sounding stupid, I have to ask.

While I am fairly new to the C5 scene, I have to ask what you do a Column lock bypass for, what are the benefits?


Thanks

Rob
These will explain what a column lock bypass is for, give you installation instructions along with a lot of helpful maintenance and modification "how-to's":

http://97vette.com/howto/columnlock/index.html

http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=24

More DIY "how-to's":

http://redshift.homestead.com/

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...l-in-here.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...ould-have.html

http://www.c5forum.com/diy/
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