just adjust the stock bolts
Lowering A C-6
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 42
Likes: 0
From: Lake Worth Florida
Lowering A C-6
I have seen two ways. One is with the bolts the other is with pads that go on the oem bolts. Has anybody lowered their car and if so,did you use any of these ways. Thanks for any help.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,198
Likes: 73
From: palm harbor Florida
lowering
Don't waste your time for "normal lowering" by buying lowering bolts. If you want a normal lowering look, you have everything in place that you need.
You can jack up the front of your car and take the weight off of the leaf spring ends and screw the lowering bolts so there is less space between the bolt and the frame (do a search for lowering for instructions or E mail me.
The fronts will lower more than the rears. When it come to lowering the rears, I found the best way is to cut the hard rubber bushings with a sawsall. If you picture a donut mounted on top of another donut, this is what your rubber bushings look like. Simply raise the car in the rear, take the weight off of the leaf spring ends and run a sawsall through where the rubber donuts meet in the middle. The donuts are actually one piece but look like one on top of each other. You will still have rubber left on each side for protection, just 1/2 the amount that you started with.
See my picture. You should have the car re-alligned afterwards to prevent uneven tire wear. The car should drop a little more after a week after cutting the bushings as the cut bushing will even out a little more afterwards with normal driving. When cutting with a sawsall, go slowely as the blde will heat up.
[/IMG]
You can jack up the front of your car and take the weight off of the leaf spring ends and screw the lowering bolts so there is less space between the bolt and the frame (do a search for lowering for instructions or E mail me.
The fronts will lower more than the rears. When it come to lowering the rears, I found the best way is to cut the hard rubber bushings with a sawsall. If you picture a donut mounted on top of another donut, this is what your rubber bushings look like. Simply raise the car in the rear, take the weight off of the leaf spring ends and run a sawsall through where the rubber donuts meet in the middle. The donuts are actually one piece but look like one on top of each other. You will still have rubber left on each side for protection, just 1/2 the amount that you started with.
See my picture. You should have the car re-alligned afterwards to prevent uneven tire wear. The car should drop a little more after a week after cutting the bushings as the cut bushing will even out a little more afterwards with normal driving. When cutting with a sawsall, go slowely as the blde will heat up.
[/IMG]
Last edited by chucky7; May 18, 2007 at 09:52 PM.
Instructor
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 191
Likes: 0
From: Alexandria VA
St. Jude Donor '07
chucky7 you have a georgous vette!
As for Lowering don't forget to put a 2x10" board under each wheel - makes it easer to get the jack out. Locate the the threaded rod and mark a line from top to bottom and on the spring. (Lets you know how many turns you have made.) You need a 10mm wrench or socket then turn the adjuster counter-clockwise to lower the car. And viola you now have a lowered vette!
As for Lowering don't forget to put a 2x10" board under each wheel - makes it easer to get the jack out. Locate the the threaded rod and mark a line from top to bottom and on the spring. (Lets you know how many turns you have made.) You need a 10mm wrench or socket then turn the adjuster counter-clockwise to lower the car. And viola you now have a lowered vette!
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,534
Likes: 4
From: Hollywood FL
Don't waste your time for "normal lowering" by buying lowering bolts. If you want a normal lowering look, you have everything in place that you need.
You can jack up the front of your car and take the weight off of the leaf spring ends and screw the lowering bolts so there is less space between the bolt and the frame (do a search for lowering for instructions or E mail me.
The fronts will lower more than the rears. When it come to lowering the rears, I found the best way is to cut the hard rubber bushings with a sawsall. If you picture a donut mounted on top of another donut, this is what your rubber bushings look like. Simply raise the car in the rear, take the weight off of the leaf spring ends and run a sawsall through where the rubber donuts meet in the middle. The donuts are actually one piece but look like one on top of each other. You will still have rubber left on each side for protection, just 1/2 the amount that you started with.
See my picture. You should have the car re-alligned afterwards to prevent uneven tire wear. The car should drop a little more after a week after cutting the bushings as the cut bushing will even out a little more afterwards with normal driving. When cutting with a sawsall, go slowely as the blde will heat up.
[/IMG]
You can jack up the front of your car and take the weight off of the leaf spring ends and screw the lowering bolts so there is less space between the bolt and the frame (do a search for lowering for instructions or E mail me.
The fronts will lower more than the rears. When it come to lowering the rears, I found the best way is to cut the hard rubber bushings with a sawsall. If you picture a donut mounted on top of another donut, this is what your rubber bushings look like. Simply raise the car in the rear, take the weight off of the leaf spring ends and run a sawsall through where the rubber donuts meet in the middle. The donuts are actually one piece but look like one on top of each other. You will still have rubber left on each side for protection, just 1/2 the amount that you started with.
See my picture. You should have the car re-alligned afterwards to prevent uneven tire wear. The car should drop a little more after a week after cutting the bushings as the cut bushing will even out a little more afterwards with normal driving. When cutting with a sawsall, go slowely as the blde will heat up.
[/IMG]Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
5 Best & 5 Worst Corvette Daily Drivers
Joe Kucinski
The Headlights of Every Corvette Generation Explained
Joe Kucinski
5 Best & 5 Most Overrated Corvette Track Packages of All Time!
Joe Kucinski
Every 2027 Corvette Engine Explained
Joe Kucinski
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Verdad Gallardo
10 Ugly Corvettes That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
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
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 131
Likes: 0
cutting bushings
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,034
Likes: 0
From: Enumclaw WA.
If you want the look, cut the bushings off and put the Zip cap on. It will stop the metal to metal contact and squeaks. I ran my spring bolts to the stops with the bushings cut off. GET AN ALIGNMENT PRONTO after you lower. I got about an inch and a 1/4 in the back and an inch in the front. Personally, I think it handles better.
AFTER LOWER
BEFORE LOWER
AFTER LOWER
BEFORE LOWER