Lowered with Eiebach’s lowering bolts.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 699
Likes: 20
Make sure that you get your stock bolts back from the guy that did the work. That way you can make sure he did the swap and you have the stock stuff in case you ever sell the car, you can return it back to stock. Also, the factory front bolts come with the spring and are not available separatley.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 699
Likes: 20
Last edited by C5 for life; May 27, 2018 at 10:33 AM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,138
Likes: 37
From: Burbank. CA.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ng-the-c5.html
Advanced
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 88
Likes: 4
From: Kalamazoo Michigan
First things first, your car looks great buddy. Nice work. I also worked with Gene at Cultrag. Yes, they were replaced. He suggested a combo set up that was nothing short of amazing as far as drivability improvement. C6Z51 Sway bars with Z06 shocks. Unfortunately the Eibach lowering bolts fiasco counter acted against the comfort from that upgrade because the Z06 shocks don’t work well with the lowering bolts. I had the opportunity to get the Bilsteins B8 sport’s that were designed for the lowering bolt’s but once again my budget did not permit it and now I’m paying for it. I won’t pass them up again.
I guess i can live with the current height of the car but the B8’s are now added to the list of essentials. Since the B8’s are shorter in length for the sake of them not bottoming out do you think the body would sit lower as well ? What shocks are you running ?
Last edited by MI-CORVETTE; May 28, 2018 at 12:39 AM. Reason: edited info
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 699
Likes: 20
Not so good if a week for upgrading
I couldn’t even bring myself to go through the entire thread after tracking my exhaust that’s not showing up until Wednesday night. And still I have it the ol college try. Until the advice I followed that influenced my purchase of the C6Z51 sways, that are great by the way and perform about as closest to a new vet as possible. Since putting on the lowering bolts that phase lowered my car and are producing comments are destroying my Z06 shocks from bottoming out on these darn jacked up hackd up NJ roads. I’m at the point now (because I decided to build the car from the ground up it seems futile to keep them on. I doubt we’re gonna see a set of B8’s for sale with the demand they are in suddenly this past week or so. In lieu of completely destroy my brand new $300 Z06 shocks From bottoming out now regularly I might as well buy a new pair of shocks to make the best of the lower setting I was excited for keeping it at is not even fun to drive as a bitter perfectionist. Oh well,my about 2 month old Z’s will be up for sale after I complete the exhaust install. Butvsho’s Gonna want them after this fiasco. Lol ok, I’m gonna take a completely different route. I tried to build an exceptional rice from the ground up. Until I shell out 800 for Bilsteins 8’s that is not a possibility. So Friday whdn my exhaust is done I could have been off top a great start only 2 months in of this build but listening to other people I guess was the wrong thing to do. But I guess stuff happens and there was no way any of us could have prepared for that,
so to make the best of the suspension situation what can I do until my exhaust gets here ?
so to make the best of the suspension situation what can I do until my exhaust gets here ?
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 699
Likes: 20
I couldn’t even bring myself to go through the entire thread after tracking my exhaust that’s not showing up until Wednesday night. And still I have it the ol college try. Until the advice I followed that influenced my purchase of the C6Z51 sways, that are great by the way and perform about as closest to a new vet as possible. Since putting on the lowering bolts that phase lowered my car and are producing comments are destroying my Z06 shocks from bottoming out on these darn jacked up hackd up NJ roads. I’m at the point now (because I decided to build the car from the ground up it seems futile to keep them on. I doubt we’re gonna see a set of B8’s for sale with the demand they are in suddenly this past week or so. In lieu of completely destroy my brand new $300 Z06 shocks From bottoming out now regularly I might as well buy a new pair of shocks to make the best of the lower setting I was excited for keeping it at is not even fun to drive as a bitter perfectionist. Oh well,my about 2 month old Z’s will be up for sale after I complete the exhaust install. Butvsho’s Gonna want them after this fiasco. Lol ok, I’m gonna take a completely different route. I tried to build an exceptional rice from the ground up. Until I shell out 800 for Bilsteins 8’s that is not a possibility. So Friday whdn my exhaust is done I could have been off top a great start only 2 months in of this build but listening to other people I guess was the wrong thing to do. But I guess stuff happens and there was no way any of us could have prepared for that,
so to make the best of the suspension situation what can I do until my exhaust gets here ?
so to make the best of the suspension situation what can I do until my exhaust gets here ?
christ I csnt even post properly lol 2 posts sane topic bsck to back. YRah you could say I’m frustrated
Last edited by C5 for life; May 28, 2018 at 02:16 AM.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 699
Likes: 20
Better read this. There's is no shock that is shorter for lowered Corvettes. I've looked into many and owned quite a few.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ng-the-c5.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ng-the-c5.html
Racer
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 303
Likes: 87
2025 C6 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2018 C5 of Year Finalist
Not sure what is going on with the lowering of your car, you should be able to slam it with those Eibach bolts. After looking at the pics, I know for a fact that mine is lower using the stock bolts, fronts 1/4 turn from bottoming and 2 threads exposed on the rears. Has it settled anymore since you lowered it?
Last edited by fivelitrecobra; Jun 1, 2018 at 03:09 PM.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 699
Likes: 20
Not sure what is going on with the lowering of your car, you should be able to slam it with those Eibach bolts. After looking at the pics, I know for a fact that mine is lower using the stock bolts, fronts 1/4 turn from bottoming and 2 threads exposed on the rears. Has it settled anymore since you lowered it?
Last edited by C5 for life; Jun 1, 2018 at 03:32 PM.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 699
Likes: 20
Correction, they look almost bottomed out in the back to. Brain fart. Could probably go a little lower with the nuts but that will change the already sub par rake. I was told 6-8 threads exposed will give it a 2 inch drop. Doesn’t seem to be the case.
Last edited by C5 for life; Jun 1, 2018 at 03:36 PM.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 699
Likes: 20
Last edited by C5 for life; Jun 1, 2018 at 04:36 PM.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 699
Likes: 20
Would the drivers side pirch that the rear wheel upper control arm sits on being out of whack from the accident be the culprit ? The frames straight, i was with the car from the auction purchase, to the frame rack and body repairs. So the pirch issue was the only problem that wasn’t fixed to factory spec because the new quarter panel was put on already and the guy didn’t wanna damage it trying to I guess pursuade or bend the pirch back to its factory position.