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Old Jun 9, 2024 | 06:47 PM
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Hello all, will the 15 inch conversion work with stock c5 lower control arms ? I know you have to grind a bit off c6 control arms.
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You will have to do a bunch of grinding on the lower control arms. There is no way around it and nobody I know of makes an aftermarket tubular lower control arm that is bolt-in. It is really easy to do, there are literally hundreds of us that have done it. Now, there aren't any commercially available that are pre-clearanced simply because they have to be clearenced to fit the specific wheels that you are running.
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Maybe I've been living under a rock for too long, but why would someone switch to 15" wheels on a C5?
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Fark’s Supercars makes a tubular lower control arm for the C5/C6. It’s a really nice piece.

But, the stock one can be made to fit with a bit of grinding, as mentioned above.
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Maybe I've been living under a rock for too long, but why would someone switch to 15" wheels on a C5?
To be able to fit dragracing rubber
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To be able to fit dragracing rubber
DOH!. Forgot abt drag racing.
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