How your C7 should sit!!
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Burning Brakes
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How your C7 should sit!!
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
supposed to sit!
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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12-01-2015, 05:53 PM
Le Mans Master
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#3
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^^^^ Exactly my thought.
Last edited by Steve Garrett; 12-01-2015 at 09:08 PM. Reason: No need to re-quote the previous post, especially when you're the next person posting.
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16,'18
Stock height is low enough for me.
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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.
#8
Safety Car
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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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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Here's mine lowered on stock bolts.
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St. Jude Donor '15
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.
#17
Le Mans Master
I hit an armadillo in a factory-height Corvette - $7,000. No lowering for this Texas boy.
#19
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full slam/stock bolts...scrape splitter on occasion
3.5" low point @ front of ACS rockers
3.5" low point @ front of ACS rockers
#20
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