They Just Look Better Lowered

[Strodder]

Nice legs on that Vette.

 

[Toms007]

Tom that's why I just lowered all the way on stock bolts and didn't cut the bushings as I can barely get out of the driveway now.

Jim, if I lowered it at all, I couldn't get in or out. The very first part of my drive is very steep. No matter how I approach it, I scrape the center section.

 

[jrose7004]

Tom we do what we have to do for each situation!

 

[6 Shooter]

YEP - Some driveway are higher than others...

 

[Remo]

I thought it did but maybe not!otfl

Yes you did...and as 6 Shooter points out I must be having problems with my short term memory.
Remo:cool

 

[Toms007]

D, mine's not quite that bad....

 

[jrose7004]

Hey "D"! You should do that to your car!

 

[Fullback32]

I love the lowered look, but......

If I lowered mine it would be a bad move. As it is, I constantly worry whther or not the front air dam on mine is eventually going to get ripped of because of the angle of the bottom part of my driveway to the street. If I lowered War Pony, it would get ripped off.

 

[Cruzen]

Yea, try to drop anything down that low out here and drive it on the streets and you'll be spinning on the belly pan within the first few miles.
There are many times when I am taking my C5 through an intersection and I have to slow from the posted speed of 40-45 down to 10 or 15mph so the front does not scrape. There's lots of deep marks in the road from those who have not do so.

There's not many storm drains in the road and the roads out here are built with steep verticle transitions to facilitate shedding the rain water. We don't get much rain out here but when we do, and it comes in very fast, 1 inch of rain in fifteen minutes is not abnormal. That brings up another point. With the front that low you'll be scooping up water.

We also have height laws out here but I'm not sure how strict they are about enforcing them.

 

[jrose7004]

I find that those front air dams are self trimming.

 

[TheSearcher]

Here's some of my experiences -
- touchless car wash guide rails wide enough for tire but too tall to go under car - stuck on rails,
- tire shops don't have lifts or floor jacks that will go under car (have to drive 40 miles to a shop that can lift car and change tires),
- scatters sail cats and sail rabbits, and road kill armadillos, possums, coons and especially skunks could cause major damage,
- had to add Z06 screens to front intake (with Vararam) as car otherwise vacuums up leaves and air cleaner has to be cleaned every 1,000 miles or so,
- now know every place in town where bottom will scrape.

LOWER? Its only for masochists and trailer queens.

 

[muddywaters]

Here's some of my experiences -
- touchless car wash guide rails wide enough for tire but too tall to go under car - stuck on rails,
- tire shops don't have lifts or floor jacks that will go under car (have to drive 40 miles to a shop that can lift car and change tires),
- scatters sail cats and sail rabbits, and road kill armadillos, possums, coons and especially skunks could cause major damage,
- had to add Z06 screens to front intake (with Vararam) as car otherwise vacuums up leaves and air cleaner has to be cleaned every 1,000 miles or so,
- now know every place in town where bottom will scrape.

LOWER? Its only for masochists and trailer queens.

I have to agree with you, to each his own, but around here a lowered C5 would be useless. A stock C5 is plenty low and one mishap can cost you. There's a law of Diminishing Returns and that's what I go by......

 

[muddywaters]

I have a question. Who drives their lowered Vette in the snow?????????

 

[Strodder]

A guy that owns a snow plow, and drives behind it. otfl

 

[Remo]

Atlanta, Georgia

Another example of a lowered C5. This little 2002 Z06
has a perfect stance.
Remo:cool

 

[Remo]

Up Close & "Slammed"

Not a lot of air space in these wheel wells.
Remo:cool

 

[T.M.808]

I love the lowered look, but......

If I lowered mine it would be a bad move. As it is, I constantly worry whther or not the front air dam on mine is eventually going to get ripped of because of the angle of the bottom part of my driveway to the street. If I lowered War Pony, it would get ripped off.

Take a look at the air damn,it's on a hindge and rolls back when in contact with something. On my c5,i first trimmed the air damn,then lowered the car so much i just took it off. Hedders,high humidity,long waits in line at the race track,car never even threatened to over heat....
just saying.....

 

[Pac-man]

I'm with you 808. They'll never understand bra! HaHa

 

[T.M.808]

I'm with you 808. They'll never understand bra! HaHa

I hear that! I don't usually debate folks about lowered cars,most never even tried. This thread started as a pic thread,i added a pic on page 1,but it's turning into a thread of excuses to why some don't like to drop their rides. I haven't heard one good reason not to yet. I have the same terrible roads and obsticales everyone else has.Except,i think we are the pothole capital of the world..lol.. Heres a pic of my front rim on my c4,hit a huge pothole on the freeway,it's not just the lip,it goes the whole witdth of the rim. Getting it fixed next weekend.My c4 is also dropped,almost 3 inches. Things happen,lowered or not.

I've been lowering my cars ever since my first car in 1986.

 

[Toms007]

I hear that! I don't usually debate folks about lowered cars,most never even tried. This thread started as a pic thread,i added a pic on page 1,but it's turning into a thread of excuses to why some don't like to drop their rides. I haven't heard one good reason not to yet. I have the same terrible roads and obsticales everyone else has.Except,i think we are the pothole capital of the world..lol.. Heres a pic of my front rim on my c4,hit a huge pothole on the freeway,it's not just the lip,it goes the whole witdth of the rim. Getting it fixed next weekend.My c4 is also dropped,almost 3 inches. Things happen,lowered or not.

I've been lowering my cars ever since my first car in 1986.

You know everyone has reasons, whether or not they are good enough for you isn't your decision. Personally like I said earlier, I like to park my car in my garage, and if I lowered it, I could not get in the driveway without tearing up the front bumper. So whether you think that is a "good" reason or not, doesn't make a hill of beans to me. I can't afford to do body work to my car every time I pull in or out of my drive.

You really should have some respect for other peoples "reasons" for not lowering the car.