Ride height question
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Ride height question
If you don't get the Z51 with the coil over shocks, (adjustable springs seats) how are you going to lower the car? You need to buy lowering springs. No more lowering on stock bolts because there is no transverse leaf anymore correct?
Am I correct in my thinking here?
Am I correct in my thinking here?
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The car isnt bagged so im sure there is a finite level of adjustment that the dampers can handle while still able to function optimally. Sure an off the shelf coilover like a pss10 can technically allow lets say 1.75" of drop but you do that and youll have poor performance. You look in their install guidesxand youll see they recommend basically the cener 2/3 area of threads to be used. Perhaps gm just made it idiot proof knowing there will be people that drop otvdown to the last threads.
Who knows though. Time will tell
Who knows though. Time will tell
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The cutaway car I saw at Carlisle was sitting at a pretty good stance with minimal wheel gap. Does anyone know if that ride height would be achievable? or was it sitting at that stance just because it's a demo car meant to show all the inner workings?
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That's the thing with demo cars (and concept cars), they almost always show them sitting much lower than normal. I remember when the C7 was first introduced and a dealer here in Toronto had one of the demo cars that looked like a real car, but underneath it had no suspension or brakes or engine for that matter. It was just for show and it sat much lower than the production C7s ever did. Car makers know that people prefer the look of a car when it's sitting lower, that's why most car brochures show the car with much less wheel gap than the production car. Even the build and price feature on most websites is the same way too.
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