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Old Dec 1, 2015 | 05:40 PM
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For all you offroaders out there, here is how your car is
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Lowered on lowering bolts
1 1/2 down in front and
1 1/4 down in rear.
I HATE FENDER GAP
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...and I hate scraping the nose of my Corvette on every little fault, rise, or bump in the road. My C6 scraped the nose every day on something. My C7, never, not even once. I believe I will keep the factory ride height...

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...and I hate scraping the nose of my Corvette on every little fault, rise, or bump in the road. My C6 scraped the nose every day on something. My C7, never, not even once. I believe I will keep the factory ride height...

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^^^^ Exactly my thought.

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...and I hate scraping the nose of my Corvette on every little fault, rise, or bump in the road. My C6 scraped the nose every day on something. My C7, never, not even once. I believe I will keep the factory ride height...

Stock height is low enough for me.

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agreed 100%, cars look badazz lowered
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Stock height is low enough for me.
Me too!

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Old Dec 1, 2015 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by snaponjackson
For all you offroaders out there, here is how your car is
supposed to sit!
Lowered on lowering bolts
1 1/2 down in front and
1 1/4 down in rear.
I HATE FENDER GAP

Looks outstanding.


Why those that choose not to lower their cars feel the need to comment is a mystery to me, but is apparently SOP on this forum just like the "Great Chrome Rim" debate.


As someone who once lowered a car, only to bring it back to stock height due to severe ground clearance issues on the war zone streets of Houston, I can certainly appreciate why others do not wish to lower their cars. Still IMO, these cars look way better lowered. The stock tire/fender gap is almost comical. The wheel wells could have been designed tighter while retaining the stock ride height.


Variety and the personal taste that fuels the infinite number of permutations of Corvette looks SHOULD be celebrated here.
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Originally Posted by snaponjackson
For all you offroaders out there, here is how your car is
supposed to sit!
Lowered on lowering bolts
1 1/2 down in front and
1 1/4 down in rear.
I HATE FENDER GAP


Hey Mr. SnapOn your TR Z51 sits just right. Here are the Brickyards you sold me last year. I got the stance right where I want it, lowered 1" all around with 1.8 degree negative in rear, 1 negative in front, and 6mm spacers up front to balance out the aggressive rear offset of the Brickyards.


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Originally Posted by ZL-1





Hey Mr. SnapOn your TR Z51 sits just right. Here are the Brickyards you sold me last year. I got the stance right where I want it, lowered 1" all around with 1.8 degree negative in rear, 1 negative in front, and 6mm spacers up front.
That car is absolutly beautiful!
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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle
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Variety and the personal taste that fuels the infinite number of permutations of Corvette looks SHOULD be celebrated here.
Oh dude, that's not internet tradition. Here we talk smack but are fam face to face - like in real life.

I still get disgusted when I think of the first c7 I ever saw at Tenaya Lodge in the Sierras. It was torch red, black wheels, with a big stupid goddamn "CORVETTE" billboard across the windshield.

Broke my heart, it was like a breast reduction. I wanted to choke that guy. If and when I meet him though, we're bros. Bad taste isn't enough to not be friends, but it sure is enough to have fun with trolling on the internets.
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Jackson, I like what you've done, but mine is lowered on stock bolts. All my car buddies tell me to go lower. This is as low as it's going for me.....



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Jackson, I like what you've done, but mine is lowered on stock bolts. All my car buddies tell me to go lower. This is as low as it's going for me.....



That is 1000 times better than stock.
AWSUM!
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Not a fan of nose grinds.....stock height is fine.
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Here's mine lowered on stock bolts.

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I like the look of C7's lowered, really does enhance the appeal of the car to me. Although i like it I won't do it as my driveway is just aching to take a bite out of the front of the car. I fought the drive enough with the C6, so I will just enjoy my off road brush rattler.
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I hit an armadillo in a factory-height Corvette - $7,000. No lowering for this Texas boy.
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full slam/stock bolts...scrape splitter on occasion
3.5" low point @ front of ACS rockers

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I was going to leave mine alone until I got bored one day and decided to lower it. I did not think it would be as dramatic as it was but mine was way up there compared to what it is now. I should have taken some before/after pic but now the rear measurement is 27.5 and the front is 26.5
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