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How low did you go?
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From: Slidell Louisiana
How low did you go?
Here's a couple pics of my vert behind the wife's G8GT IOT show some perspective of how low my DD is .
Lets see some pics of your lowered C4 ....
Even trash collection was shut down today due to Saintitus.
Lets see some pics of your lowered C4 ....
Even trash collection was shut down today due to Saintitus.
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Nope its my Daily Driver.....
Its even been driven in the snow this low.....however, snow gets packed in the radiator and travels up and over the hood.....\
Back to the topic where are the lowered C4 pics????
Its even been driven in the snow this low.....however, snow gets packed in the radiator and travels up and over the hood.....\
Back to the topic where are the lowered C4 pics????
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Like Joe Deb Vette, I've been looking at kits. Doesn't look like there's much to them. And then there's the front air dam on the car I just bought...... It's so chewed up I started to think maybe it's already lowered. (?) Either that or the PO had a routine obstacle. I've ordered a replacement.
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Like Joe Deb Vette, I've been looking at kits. Doesn't look like there's much to them. And then there's the front air dam on the car I just bought...... It's so chewed up I started to think maybe it's already lowered. (?) Either that or the PO had a routine obstacle. I've ordered a replacement.
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More pics of lowered C4s please.......
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The handling I speak of isn't about lift at high speed in a straight line...
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Here's a couple of recent pics - done with the basic kit at a vette specialists.
If I had done this I wouldn't have had the front quite so low.
The height of the rear still changes quite a bit depending on fuel tank level.
Also once you've lowered, the characteristics of the suspension will be slightly different - the spring does not go into full compression before you hit the bump stops (reduced range of movement), which is really felt for example on those little skinny speed humps you get in parking lots.
I've always felt the front was too soft anyway, despite having brand new spring and Bilsteins right before I bought the car. Would love to try a Z51 car for comparison!
So in my car's case it now needs stiffer springs and/ or dampers for ideal handling.
If I had done this I wouldn't have had the front quite so low.
The height of the rear still changes quite a bit depending on fuel tank level.
Also once you've lowered, the characteristics of the suspension will be slightly different - the spring does not go into full compression before you hit the bump stops (reduced range of movement), which is really felt for example on those little skinny speed humps you get in parking lots.
I've always felt the front was too soft anyway, despite having brand new spring and Bilsteins right before I bought the car. Would love to try a Z51 car for comparison!
So in my car's case it now needs stiffer springs and/ or dampers for ideal handling.
