Rocker panel protectors
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Rocker panel protectors
Hello all,
I want to buy a set of the aluminum rocker panel protectors that bolt to the frame for our 98 C5. I can't recall where I saw them. Anyone have an address? Anyone used these & if so how do they work? I want them mainly to protect the car when putting it on a lift, I have noticed some scrapes under the car.
Thanks,
Bob
I want to buy a set of the aluminum rocker panel protectors that bolt to the frame for our 98 C5. I can't recall where I saw them. Anyone have an address? Anyone used these & if so how do they work? I want them mainly to protect the car when putting it on a lift, I have noticed some scrapes under the car.
Thanks,
Bob
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https://www.aandacorvette.com/cart/s...sp?MainCatID=5 is one.
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=2.165.4116 here is another.
http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=2.165.4116 here is another.
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Originally Posted by Stock Man
Try this one too. http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=1.165.4116 Oops!! Same as the above.
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Originally Posted by white top
racer 44 the bolts you say you broke werethey the ones that hold the back edge of the front fender. If so these bolts extend below my rocker rails. Is there a solution for this?
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Contact Andy at A&A Corvettes. Web address given above. The pieces you are talking about have saved a number of member's car from damage.
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Originally Posted by white top
racer 44 the bolts you say you broke werethey the ones that hold the back edge of the front fender. If so these bolts extend below my rocker rails. Is there a solution for this?
Jerry
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Thanks to all for the address, I will order them from Andy at A&A. One more question, are the rollers that go on the front frame rails worth buying? The car is not lowered, but we did have to have the nose painted this spring after bottoming it out a few times last year. We have become much more aware of elevated driveways and road conditions this year. Just wondering about the rollers. 
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The rails from Andy have countersinks for the screw heads. I switched to self-tapping screws for an easier install. The frame-saver wheels are worthwhile, too. I'm on my second set of wheels, I scrape them so much.
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Thanks for posting this info, I just ordered the combo set from A&A. I just got my 2004 CE on Monday (my first Vette), and I have a driveway that is on a down grade to the garage under my house. Going in is not that bad, I just hear the plastic air dam scraping, but backing out is painful scarping sound. I am too scared to look underneath the front to see what is getting all scraped up. 
