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Old 03-16-2017, 05:00 PM
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Default Lowering car, looking for bump steer kits.

I found these:

https://www.corvettemods.com/C4-C5-C...t_p_14579.html

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https://www.corvettemods.com/C5-C6-C...t_p_11576.html

But I didn't want to order them without getting opinions first. There is a bit of a price difference for the front kit between the brand I linked and the LG brand, not sure if that makes for a big quality difference.
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No one has an opinion on bump steer kits?
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No one has an opinion on bump steer kits?
My C5 has been lowered for years - alignment stayed spot on, i.e. no bump steer, and no re-alignment even needed. If you slam it, you will need an alignment, after that you are good.

Suspension design is done with CAD (has been for many, many years) so it's not hard to eliminate bump steer over the normal range of suspension movement. When I first started designing suspensions, we did it on the drawing board and it was a long project to get it perfect - so much so, that the "good enough" syndrome would kick in as deadlines loomed.

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Originally Posted by jackthelad
My C5 has been lowered for years - alignment stayed spot on, i.e. no bump steer, and no re-alignment even needed. If you slam it, you will need an alignment, after that you are good.

Suspension design is done with CAD (has been for many, many years) so it's not hard to eliminate bump steer over the normal range of suspension movement. When I first started designing suspensions, we did it on the drawing board and it was a long project to get it perfect - so much so, that the "good enough" syndrome would kick in as deadlines loomed.
My vert has been lowered for 9 years all the way on rear bolts and front adjusters taken out. Alignment stayed spot on and no bump steer.
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Sweet, that will make my budget happy. I'm installing BC Racing coilovers, I plan to lower it about 2". Any lower and I won't be able to drive it around here.
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Sweet, that will make my budget happy. I'm installing BC Racing coilovers, I plan to lower it about 2". Any lower and I won't be able to drive it around here.
Skip BC they don't even go low enough to get rid of the wheel gap go with stance.
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Originally Posted by Emerica88
Skip BC they don't even go low enough to get rid of the wheel gap go with stance.
I can't lower it that much here, pot holes eat cars.

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