ICULUKN-C5

Is there an affordable front lift system like on the 06 and up Lamborghini? Im tired of my front end scraping on my driveway.

helirich

My C5 has a frame with little wheels up front. The previous owner installed it. Not sure what it cost. It seem to work pretty good. It still makes terrible noise when it rides on them, but at least it's not scraping. This was my wife's car for the last ten years. I happened to look under and I see the one side wheel is bent along with the framework. I guess she hit something hard. She never mentioned it. LOL.

Evil-Twin

Are you talking a temporary lift, like a hydraulics system that you can raise and lower? Or something to increase your front end clearance permanently ? Those rollers that connect to the radiator support system frame is not the best platform for this purpose, but many people do. Its designed to support the radiator and condenser, not to support the weight of the front end. It does offer an assist. They do offer an inexpensive protector, that slides over the radiator support feet, they are called " Fangs " ... they can take some abuse quietly, and stand up well. They also cover existing damage cause by prior impacts from driveways and those parking lot cement risers.
Bill aka ET

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-this-out.html

ICULUKN-C5

Im talking about a hydraulic or air system that will lift the front of the car to go over bumps.

o2bnkc

There's always a way to do anything to a car. Well, most of the time.

ICULUKN-C5

After some research.. I found this

http://race-car-replicas.com/parts/hydraulic-lift-kit..


Im surprised with all the lowered cars on the board, no one thought of this and cashed in.

smartadze

Affordable? Just trim 2" or so off the front air dam - no effect on cooling but 100% improvement in driving enjoyment :-)

Just used tin snips myself, with dam in place - took 5 minutes.

ICULUKN-C5

Its not the airdam that is scrapping.. its the bottom of the car..

nvusgt

There is a specially made system from Stance-USA that is specifically designed to work with their coilover system and offers 2" of vertical travel which will allow most lowered vehicles to clear driveways and curbs etc.

However I feel the Corvette community will more than likely dismiss Stance because of it's "tuner" background, or that it's "unproven" compared to the likes of LG or Pfadt etc. People should take the time to dispell the typical "hate" and really look into the company before brushing it off simply because of the name and the culture it's so often associated with.

The Air Cup is actually quite the impressive add-on to a coilover suspension and the only downside I see might be the price.

doublec4

I'm actually most of the way through developing a kit for the C5.

It will be hydraulic, not pneumatic and unlike many of the existing systems you will not have to sacrifice the length of spring used because many current systems fit inbetween the spring and coilover perch/collar. C5 front springs (for coil overs) are already quite short.

I just had the first prototype manufactured and I will be testing it soon

Evil-Twin

That " Kit " is for a stationary lift, as in tire replacement,, not a rolling chassis lift. You would need a hydraulic air bag system. You would also need a place to mount a compressor and an air holding tank. You would not need much. A trip to an East LA low rider shop could have you "good to go" in a few hours.
Good Luck
Bill

fireball111

Did you ever get the system up and running?

work_truck

This thread just put me on a path trying to find out if anyone has done this yet.

this is the closest thing I could find to a bolt on solution, but not details, especially not corvette related.

https://www.ramliftpro.com/installation

z06801

KW also makes a system for their coil over kits.

KnightDriveTV

I had a system in the works in 2014, I just ran out of cash to finish it and reproduce it. I did replacement bolt in plates for the lower control arm and the factory transverse spring rested on it. It then hydraulically lifted 2" using a telescoping ram. After seeking components and suppliers, then looking into manufacturing costs, just to potentially do a group buy, the numbers didn't add up that it was an investment I wanted to make. So instead, I co-invested 50k into a restaurant and promptly lost my money over there instead.

doublec4

Some things came up and the kit I was working on was delayed, but I've actually been back on it.

I just received the latest revision of my electronics and I've had a test rig working for a few thousand cycles now. I still plan on making something available to the Corvette community. If you can just hang in there for a little longer!

Techmike

so where does this project stand looking for lift but don't want coil overs

Bruss

Interesting

Vetteman Jack

The OP hasn’t been on the forum since last October. And the other member who most recently posted about this in 2019 hasn’t been here since last November. If someone has something else to add, feel free to do so.

workmanw

Here you go. These work with their coil overs for C5/C6 so it essentially a full kit for our cars. It is hydraulic, and it is expensive. When I first started looking at it, it was $4k, now it's $6k. I was really hoping to do this one day.

JRI Shocks Lift System