lowering the Z06
Race Director
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: South Western Ontario
going there.Yes, the car will be harder to get on a lift, jack or a rollback.
Yes, the car will be easier to bottom out.
No, the lowering will not screw up the tires, wheel wells or computer. Fairly big tires will still fit. I'm running 275/30/19 and 305/30/19 on my lowered car just fine.
As others have posted, turn the bolts and drop it. The 1" or so you'll get won't hurt anything.
Peter
Racer
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 263
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From: 300 ft AGL Wilmington NC
I just ordered a set of front & rear lowering bolts from West Coast Corvettes. Althought there are considerations that you need to take into account if you're going to lower your car such as making sure you get a proper 4 wheel alignment to set the camber & toe back to where it should be so you don't wear out those expensive rubbers, the one thing I haven't seen discussed that is more of a concern to me is the reduction of shock travel available when the car gets lowered. It seems to me that in order to really make this all work you need to get a set of shorter shocks that are a bit stiffer to make sure you don't bottom out on the rebound bumpers every time you hit a bump. I don't know how much travel the stock shocks have but if you lower the car you compress the shock and reduce the amount of travel available. I'd really like to see someone chime in that's addressed the lowering process correctly. The only other way to do this right is to go with a set of coilovers$$$$$$.
Pro
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Richmond Hill Ontario
