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Old 05-21-2018, 10:51 PM
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hi, i am a new c5 owner. new to tge corvette scene. i just bought my car last week and the previous owner completly removed the front factory ride height adjustment bolts and lowered the rear end as far as it would go but left the rear bolts in. i bought new front bolts but cant find a procedure for reinstalling the new ones. i was also wondering if there is anything major i need to worry about from the fronts being completly removed???
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Drop the front control arms from the frame and screw in the bolts. It should be pretty simple.

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Drop the front control arms from the frame and screw in the bolts. It should be pretty simple.
anything major i shoube be worried about from them being completly out
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anything major i shoube be worried about from them being completly out
Scrapes on the front bumper and radiator support are all I can think of. You should be okay. My front bolts are bottomed out which is only about 1/4-1/2” higher than yours.
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Scrapes on the front bumper and radiator support are all I can think of. You should be okay. My front bolts are bottomed out which is only about 1/4-1/2” higher than yours.
ok. thank you so much. i have a shop trying to charge me 1,000.oo to do it. and i think thats rediculous
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ok. thank you so much. i have a shop trying to charge me 1,000.oo to do it. and i think thats rediculous
If you’ve worked on cars before you’ll be fine. The suspension on this thing is really simple. You’ll want to disconnect the bottom of the shock as well, then you should be able to get the control arm out of the way. Make sure to support it so you don’t mess up the ball joint. Also, put a witness mark on the eccentric camber adjustment screw so you don’t throw the settings out of whack. Alternatively you could remove the lower ball joint from the knuckle. Good luck!

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