Originally Posted by Th3Birdman

Do you also think that they deal with suspensions as well? Sounds like a silly question I know.

And sorry for the double post!

Originally Posted by Th3Birdman

I just bought a C5 last month, after years of trying to buy a corvette.

After DD'ing for the last month, coming from a 2011 Mustang, I can tell you its a poor daily driver. This could just be due to my specific car because the idiotic previous owner lowered the car, but the car can't take any kind of bumps. It slams my tires and causes me to go slower on the freeway because I'm wary of any change in the conditions of the road. Any long style speedbump will cause you to scrape the undercarriage.

Also, I no longer can pull into my driveway, so I have to park on the street.

I just found out I have to buy factory leaf springs so that I can get the car back to factory height. I am not very happy about this.

Lesson: DO NOT BUY A LOWERED C5 OR LOWER IT. Don't listen to these people on the forums that claim it "looks better" or "increases performance". We are not tracking the car, therefore it serves no purpose lowering an already absurdly low vehicle. If you want the darn thing to survive the road, you'd heed my advice.

Another negative is that the car CHEWS through gasoline. Tank takes roughly $59 (premium) to fill every week! I believe it's about 15 gallons or so, but YMMV.

The car looks nice, and always turns heads though, so if that's what you're in for, the go for it. Sitting so low, I've noticed I drive a lot slower because being so low to the ground makes me feel like I'm going a lot faster than I am, so that's a plus!

Cabin noise could be an issue, but I think that's all vettes except the C7. When I drove a C7, I could hear my passenger speaking haha That's not the case in the C5-- the roar of the engine and exhaust is a constant. But I'm a gear head so I like that aspect (but the wife, not so much lol).

Edit: adding photo for reference