I know there's a lot of info out there about installing Corsa's on C5's. Friday, I had the car at a Midas shop on a drive on lift (not frame contact). One of the guy's started to use the auxilary frame contact lift (built in to the drive on) by placing the lift pads on the rocker panel area near the "hockey puck area", yikes. He got upset when I stopped him! They put it back together and I got out of there quick. There is some conflicting info on the height requirements for removing the old exhaust without cutting it. I've seen 36", 18", ramps only, etc. From where is this distance measured? Can it be done without a lift? I have an auto trans. Also, what about this heat shield? Specifically, where is it? I have a floor jack and stands, rhino ramps, tools, desire and at least average intelligence (ref. get out of there quick, above). Wishing I had a lift now, $$$$

 

Jack up the rear of the car with a 18" floorjack. You can cut the OEM pipes off and install the indys with no problems. :smash:
I did.. :yesnod:

vetterdstr :cheers:

 

I have installed my Indys off the floor in my garage without the use of Rhinos which I now have. I wouldn't do it again; I was very lucky the first time. The back end of the vette has to be raised pretty high - about 36"!
I think it would be easier with the Rhinos holding up the front but make sure your jack will go high enough. You have to get your jack just under the back end without any clearance (use wood blocks for shims if necessary) to jack up that high and have jack stands that go high enough to hold up the back end while you work under there. What's making all this so hard is that you want to rotate the stock system out of there without cutting it. If you don't have all this can't you find a Chevy dealer who knows how to lift C5s up and has installed aftermarket systems and knows it doesn't take more than a half hour to install; it took me two hours with the shaky method I used and wouldn't do again. I might with the Rhinos in front which I didn't have before. Hope this helps. :seeya

 

Well, thanks for the input. After some thought and deliberation while watching the NASCAR race yesterday, I decided to go out to the garage and give it a go. As for the question about whether it can be done with a floor jack and stands, the answer is YES!. First, front end on the Rhino Ramps. Do you have to get it high in back, PRETTY HIGH! Jack stands on the jack points (tie down pts?) with hockey pucks and floor jack at the rear cross member. I always keep some tension on the floor jack as insurance in addition to the stands. It's a long standing habit of mine. The jack was kind of in the way while trying to remove the factory stuff. So, I had to move the jack to one side while working on the other. Mine is an auto trans. Had to remove one piece of heat shield from the pass. side only, but it came right out (without Sawzall) once I got the car high and the jack out of the way. Driver's side was cake! I meant to measure while it was at it's high point, but I forgot. I estimate it at 26-30" from the bottom of the rear bumper facia. It took alot longer than you guys with lift access. Most of my time was spent trying to be safe while getting the car up. I started at about 5:00 PM, broke for supper for 1 1/2 hr (and to go buy an 18mm deep well socket) and worked till 11:00 PM. Had all the new stuff loosely bolted in till this morning and had my wife lend her eyes for aligning the tips. If you have access to a lift, great. That would make it much, much easier. If you don't, it can be done without cutting, but not in 1 hour, by yourself. Hope this helps anyone who has been contemplating. BTW, they sound great! :yesnod:

 

Happy riding! The INDYs are great at WOT.