Recent content by slofut

Kate, Any new developments on this problem? Did you figure out who got your springs? :eek

The first pic looks exactly like my car now with 1in lower vbp springs, the second pic looks exactly like my car did with the original springs! Anybody around there with a newly lowered c3? Just sayin'... :ugh

Is it possible it was pretty high to start with and you didn't notice? Many are high from the factory, mine certainly was.

Kate, did you tighten the bushings with the car in the air? Or with the suspension relaxed all the way down? When bushings are replaced you tighten the fulcrum bolts and nuts with the car on the ground, or on a drive on lift would be a lot easier :thumb.

Thanks much toobroke! :thumb Very cool, I'll be putting a set on my e24 first!

That's good to know, what brand did you use?

Had two pairs of the ones in Toms pic, and a pair of Sanderson cc2's which are a dead ringer for the same, installed on my 350sbc in my jag xjc. All three leaked in the collector, the Sandersons (coated) about 3 months after I got them, the GM's lasted much longer. But they all look good, and...

THAT sentence explains a lot! ... :chuckle

:thumb :thumb Actually, I like 'em and corvettes in general a whole lot more than I used too, mostly since I've been working on dads '71 for three and a half years! The chrome c3's are just damn good looking cars, and I've seen a few rubber cars lately that turned me on too!

Here's a heads up. On my '71, the insurance co (thru safelite) wouldn't just come replace the windshield, they needed me to bring it to one of their shops to have it done. They said on older cars like that they expected rust in the windshield frame and preferred to repair it themselves :(. I had...