Lowering weirdness
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Racer
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Lowering weirdness
I dropped the coil perches and 3/4th of the way leaving about 1/4” of thread remaining but it doesn’t seem to have dropped the car at all.
My prior cars of course needed to settle on the transverse leaf springs with a bit of driving, but I assumed these would be effective as soon as you moved the car.
Is there time required in the C8? Anyone have the same experience?
My prior cars of course needed to settle on the transverse leaf springs with a bit of driving, but I assumed these would be effective as soon as you moved the car.
Is there time required in the C8? Anyone have the same experience?
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[QUOTE=Kvou812;1605344680]I lowered mine nearly all the way and this is how mine looks, it settled after about a day. Note that I do have wheel spacers installed.
That is the perfect stance and it looks great with those wheels. How thick are the wheel spacers? Any problems with wheel rub.?
OP: You always have to drive a few miles to see the changes. Let us know if that works.
That is the perfect stance and it looks great with those wheels. How thick are the wheel spacers? Any problems with wheel rub.?
OP: You always have to drive a few miles to see the changes. Let us know if that works.
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I have a friend who has owned an alignment shop for almost 40 years. He has told me he can't count the number of lowered cars he has completed realignments on and raised many of them back to stock height per the owner's request.
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[QUOTE=Kvou812;1605345414]Looks good with 20mm spacers for an OEM wheel and tire.
Others should be advised that virtually every popular aftermarket wheel built for OEM tire sizes has a more aggressive offset that pushes the wheels out somewhere between 15-20mm.
Others should be advised that virtually every popular aftermarket wheel built for OEM tire sizes has a more aggressive offset that pushes the wheels out somewhere between 15-20mm.
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Drive the car for a few miles and the suspension should settle down.