Lowering a C5 Corvette on stock bolts

Been wanting to tackle this for a long time. Car has been very stubborn to lower. Nothing ground breaking to see here.

[@dupee5223]

9 minutes into the video before he starts doing the thing. You're welcome.

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

lol thanks for that. I did ramble on more than I even remembered. Thankfully I don't take this stuff very seriously. I'm not trying to become some youtube star like a lot of folks are. Just for fun.

[@dupee5223]

You're good 😅 we did need the video to make sure my friend and I were turning the bolts the right way so the video definitely came in handy!

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

@@dupee5223 Thank you Tyler!

[@richysoto6332]

Low a little more and that's it .....perfect black beauty !👍

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

I hear ya Richy. I did end up putting longer bolts in the rear. This car drags on EVERYTHING. Changing my headers soon to some that are tucked up higher.

[@richysoto6332]

@@PNW_Car_Mods thank you , i have a frc vette in red color , i lowered too , we got the same taste and same beast !👍

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

@@richysoto6332 I am a huge fan of the FRC body style. My favorite Vetty body style ever.

[@richysoto6332]

@@PNW_Car_Mods yep , look a like zo6 sorry my english and thank you sir , make more vid i lov all about vette especially c5 , the black color see more aggressive !👍

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

@@richysoto6332 Will do. I have some more Vette videos in the coming months.

[@larsfigved245]

What wheel size are you running?

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

They are factory Z06 Wheels. 18x10.5 and 17x9.5

[@yungtooli]

what window tint are you running

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Car came from Florida before I got it. 5% in the back window 15% in the doors.

[@yungtooli]

MRBLACK947 do you have trouble backing up at night?

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

@@yungtooli even without the dark tint these cars a tiny bit of a pain to back up. One of the first things I did was buy a double din head unit and a high quality back up camera. Worth all the headache of install!

[@yungtooli]

MRBLACK947 what camera do you use? i have a double din in my c5 and im planning on installing a camera

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

@@yungtooli I used a P-CAM 150. Search in KZbin Five Star Car Audio C5 Corvette. Watch their install video and that is what I copied for my camera and the way it's mounted. It's an expensive camera but it rivals a factory installed camera in resolution.

[@rickss69]

Less yacking, more wrenching...

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

I hear ya. Just take your mouse or your finger and scroll forward like most people do lol.

[@billmea5593]

You can always go lower by getting longer bolts in the rear

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Funny you should mention that bill. I have a video on doing that very thing. :) It was the only way I could get the thing somewhat level front to rear.

[@J.Sanity]

Waaaaayyy too much jibber jabber... this is a 2 min video... Tops...

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Thanks for the feedback. You're not alone lol. I don't know why I did all that. I do remember being sick though. I may have been trippin on nyquil.

[@ArtTiller]

Why is you garage so clean and organized. Your making me feel bad. What is in the refrigerator?

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

I try and only show it's good sides at any given camera angle Art. Meat freezer. Beef, it's what's for dinner.

[@jivadaya6439]

Nice job! I really want to do this but it seems like I scrape on everything i get near as it is so shying away from lowering for now. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

There is definitely an acceptable amount of scraping on these cars that won't harm anything. I also run the add on skids on the front radiator subframe. After enough years of hearing the scraping you kind of ignore it after a while lol.

[@devonr7497]

As long as it is the plastic piece that is scraping and not your actual bumper it is fine

[@jivadaya6439]

@@devonr7497 Good point

[@devonr7497]

@@jivadaya6439 And obviously take things with as much as an angle and as slow as needed to not scrape and you will be good.

[@devonr7497]

Does the car have to be raised so the weight is off of the wheels? Or can I just drive it onto some ramps and get under the car for the rear bolts?

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Actually had to think about this a minute. While you could easily access the bolts with the car backed up on ramps I'm unsure if having the weight of the car on the rear spring would cause too much binding to loosen the nuts on the rear bolts. If there is too much tension it could tear up the threads on the rear bolts. I think it's best to let the suspension hang if you can.

[@YellowVette04]

Nice job on the vid. I lowered mine on stock bolts and didn't get much lower on mine but just enough to look different and not scrape the air dam too bad on my driveway.

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

The air damn doesn't bother me at all, but when I hit the front sub frame skids on the ground or my headers, that makes me cringe a bit more :(

[@YellowVette04]

@@PNW_Car_Mods I hear you on that. Onlookers think you're messing up the car when they hear the air dam bc they don't know any better.

[@castlegarage6969]

Had too buy 100$ lowering bolt kit and still not that low 26.5 in front only got an inch there and 1.3/4 in back

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Some C5s seem incredibly stubborn to lower down. Not sure what the cause is.

[@castlegarage6969]

@@PNW_Car_Mods I don't understand why should be same parts

[@danielbudimir8519]

It's seems like the bolts never tighten....do they ever come loose or out of adjustment? Just seems like the blots can fall out or something...seems to easy to do I guess I'm used to tightening suspension bonds to torque.

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Daniel when the car has it's weight on it sitting on the ground there is no way the bolts can turn. It's just too much resistance. They can in some cases even seize if the car was ever driven in bad climates or salty roads. I've heard of people breaking the inserts out of the front spring.

[@danielbudimir8519]

@@PNW_Car_Mods thank you

[@robertolacayo280]

Nice video..I feel pretty good about doing this now..where did you get the ramp?..thanks.

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Roberto, are you talking about the car lift?

[@zMOTIONx]

Bigger tires and your good

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

I have heard of people doing that on C5s. Running a 40 series tire in the back instead of a 35.

[@zMOTIONx]

@@PNW_Car_Mods do a 15” conversion and go with a 275/60 15. Looks great and fills out the back. If you wanna stick to a bigger wheel then I would consider a 17 with a 305/45 17. I ran that on mine before I went 15 and it looked very good and filled out the back nicely!

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

@@zMOTIONx Yeah I don't know if I'd ever drag pack this car. If I did it in the short term it would be poor mans stuff. Like stock 17" thin spokes in the back and GTO spares in the front lol.

[@Aliencreep369]

20 inch rear wheel and 19 inch front wheel the solution to fillup these wheelhouse without playing with the height.

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

Just my own personal taste, I have never been a fan of a 20" wheel on a C5. 19s on the rear tops. To each their own though.

[@rickss69]

18" wheels and 27" diameter tires...

[@c5vette368]

You’ll have to drive it

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

It's been driven 2-3k miles since that video. ;)