Lowering Car
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From: FRESNO CA
Lowering Car
Should i just lower the front or is it recommended to also lower the back. I was wondering if someone could post some pics. I just realized that I only ordered the rear kit and not the front however i really only wanted to lower the front to keep it level with the rear.
Melting Slicks
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Le Mans Master
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From: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
If you only wanted a mild drop, about an inch or slightly more, you don't need any aftermarket parts. You can just drop it on stock bolts. The correct way is that the front should be about a half inch lower than the rear. That's according to GM. If you do one end, you still need to do the other also. When I did my car I actually got 1 1/4" drop front and rear. It sits exactly where I wanted it.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '07-'09
I dropped mine on the stock bolts and did 3/4 front & 1" in the rear.
Mine has a slight rake to it but not by much.
If you lower the front, you should do the rear as well and vice versa.
Mine has a slight rake to it but not by much.
If you lower the front, you should do the rear as well and vice versa.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Suffolk Virginia
Did mine this weekend and got the same results. And it isnt hard to do at all. Jack the rear up...crank bolts. Remove wheels/jack up front, remove shock bolts, crank bolts. Done.
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Racer
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From: the woodlands texas
if you can take the wheels off your car and change the oil you can lower it on stock bolts.
if you dont want to do it yourself, last place i would take it is a tire shop. bunch of idiots. take it to a performance shop and see if they will do it for cheap. rather than some idiot running a jack in to your body panels.
make sure you'll clear your daily driving route and be able to work on your car in the future.
example....i went from using a jackstand and having the back up in 15 seconds to having to incrementally blocking the back wheels each a little at a time to be able to get a RACE jack under the rear. so 15sec turned into 10'ish minutes. but my car is maxed out on aftermarket rear bolts. and fronts are about to come out completely.
