My 2001 Corvette
11-29-2012, 11:29 AM
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16'-'17-‘18-'19-'20-'21-'22-
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Welcome to the C5 family 
11-29-2012, 05:04 PM
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Very nice and welcolm to the sickness !
11-29-2012, 09:04 PM
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2022 C5 of the Year Finalist - Modified
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Congrats and welcome to the forum!
Great looking car. I have a similar front fascia paint mod. I also raised mine up slightly as well after I had originally lowered it. Not as high as stock, but enough to help with the scraping. Below is a pic for reference.
Great looking car. I have a similar front fascia paint mod. I also raised mine up slightly as well after I had originally lowered it. Not as high as stock, but enough to help with the scraping. Below is a pic for reference.
11-29-2012, 09:27 PM
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MSG C5. Nice ride!
Could you provide me the measurement front the bottom of your rubber air deflector to the roadway? That's the height I'm wanting.
Could you provide me the measurement front the bottom of your rubber air deflector to the roadway? That's the height I'm wanting.
11-29-2012, 09:32 PM
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Sure. I will post up some measurements tomorrow. In fact, I thought I read earlier that the best place to measure the height is from the jacking points on the frames, however I will also measure from the bottom of my front flex spoiler.
11-30-2012, 02:41 AM
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11-30-2012, 05:42 PM
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2.5" from the bottom of front flex spoiler
4.0" from the bottom of front rocker panel (behind tire)
4.5" from the bottom of rear rocker panel (in front of tire)
Hope that helps.
11-30-2012, 06:49 PM
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12-01-2012, 03:24 AM
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I paid $9,500 for the car. He also tossed in a complete HUD setup that I will install next month. Tonight I took a two hour drive and really enjoyed the car. Ran flawlessly (minus the dips and rubs). I raise the car in the morning.
I was able to inspect under the car today and it looks clean. I do wonder if the shocks will be okay after being lowered so much. The car rides stiff now but then again the front spring really isn't doing much since the bolts are removed.
That helps a lot! I'm gonna provide these measurements tomorrow when it gets raised. Thanks!
12-01-2012, 03:34 AM
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I highly recommend measuring from the FRAME and NOT the body panels. The rocker panels are just glued onto the car and can vary considerably from side/side. You may measure 4" from the rocker panel to the ground on both sides but the actual frame may be 4.25 on one side and 4.5" on the other. It doesn't sound like a lot but is significant to the suspension dynamics of the car.
