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Nov 21, 2006 | 04:01 PM

E.C.P

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St. Jude Donor '07

Need help lowering problem

I was in the process of lowering my 98 C5 . Got everything ready. Downloaded and copied all the instruction from this forum , and a couple of other ones. The problem is as follows. When I went to lower the front I noticed that the passenger side bolt was showing about 3 threads, and the drivers side showed about an 1.5 inchs . Not seeing this miss-match on any of the pictures I have for the lowering procedure. What do I do , and has anyone run into this situation.

Manny.............

Nov 21, 2006 | 04:12 PM

VetteDrmr

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Assuming you're meaning the fronts, just turn them the same number of turns on each side. If you're meaning the rears,then someone has already lowered the car on the stock hardware about as far as you can go.

HTH, and have a good one,
Mike

Nov 21, 2006 | 04:25 PM

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St. Jude Donor '07

Mike so you are saying that if I turn the driver side down say 8 turns, then I should do the same to the passenger side even if the top of the ajustment bolt is below the hole in the mono leaf.

Nov 21, 2006 | 04:50 PM

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I would measure from the frame to ground on both sides to see if the car is level. Normally the bolts should show the about same amount of thread on both sides. If not level it can be made so by trial and error adjusting the bolts.
Fred

Nov 21, 2006 | 05:05 PM

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St. Jude Donor '07

Fred , before I put it on stands I did measure, and the same numbers came up for both sides. Again it is because of the difference of the front setting that I found in the bolts that prompted me to stop. Since the car was level to begin with ,there would be little ajustment left in that bolt where as the drivers side would have ample ajustment left. So if I only have a couple of turns , this would not result in much of a difference from the stock height.

Manny..........

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Nov 21, 2006 | 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 1rare98vette

Mike so you are saying that if I turn the driver side down say 8 turns, then I should do the same to the passenger side even if the top of the ajustment bolt is below the hole in the mono leaf.

Of course not. To lower the car in the front you turn the adjuster counterclockwise (looking down at it) to bring the lower control arm closer to the spring. So you end up with more threads showing, not less.

Be that as it may, if you can only turn 4 turns (for example) on one side, then that is the limit you should turn the other side.

Finally, don't measure level based on the fender heights above the ground. To find out how level your car is park on a flat (not necessarily level) surface and measure the height of the frame at the tie down points (under the rocker panels, roughly where the front and rear edges of the doors are). You should have the front about 1/4 - 1/2 inches lower than the rear, and obviously the sides should be equal.

HTH, and have a good one,
Mike