Ground Clearance
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Ground Clearance
I am looking at purchasing a 2017 Z06 that has the exposed carbon fiber ground effects. I have speed bumps I have to go over to get to my house. Does anyone have the ground clearance specs with the ground effects package. I have concerns I won’t be able to get the car over the bumps without scraping.. Thanks
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I am looking at purchasing a 2017 Z06 that has the exposed carbon fiber ground effects. I have speed bumps I have to go over to get to my house. Does anyone have the ground clearance specs with the ground effects package. I have concerns I won’t be able to get the car over the bumps without scraping.. Thanks
Its around 4" at the very minimum to about to
5" at the maximum.
I just measured and I have 3.5" clearance but mine is SLAMMED as low as it can go.
Last edited by JGarland; Aug 22, 2018 at 12:25 AM.
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I am looking at purchasing a 2017 Z06 that has the exposed carbon fiber ground effects. I have speed bumps I have to go over to get to my house. Does anyone have the ground clearance specs with the ground effects package. I have concerns I won’t be able to get the car over the bumps without scraping.. Thanks
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I am looking at purchasing a 2017 Z06 that has the exposed carbon fiber ground effects. I have speed bumps I have to go over to get to my house. Does anyone have the ground clearance specs with the ground effects package. I have concerns I won’t be able to get the car over the bumps without scraping.. Thanks
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No joke, I get less scrapping on my Z with the carbon fiber package than I did with my challenger. I daily my Z and have absolutely zero problem clearing bumps or dips, If its a really huge bump or dip I just give it a tiny bit of angle and im all good
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Ground clearance info and my response in thread shown below:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...clearance.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...clearance.html
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Good to know as I also have the Z07 package and plan to lower it slightly on stock bolts and perhaps add a splitter guard.
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God bless you brave souls.
I had mine lowered on stock bolts took one ride in it about 20 miles and almost pulled over in the side of the road to raise it I hated it that much. Scraping everywhere. My roads are just built for lowered cars.
but it did look insane lol
I had mine lowered on stock bolts took one ride in it about 20 miles and almost pulled over in the side of the road to raise it I hated it that much. Scraping everywhere. My roads are just built for lowered cars.
but it did look insane lol
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I have big speed bumps and speed humps at work. I have not scraped my ground effects on any of them. I have not modified my ride height either. I approach the bump with the wheels turned (raises the front a bit due to caster). My C6 GS used to scrape the air dam. Very happy with the clearance of the C7Z.