- Dec 19, 2013
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mikekey said:I lowered my Corvette and GXP, does that count?
mikekey said:2 inches.
thanks man I really love your truck too!fr34kout said:Reposted from the Suspension thread
Front Suspension:
DJM Upper Control Arms, cut and rewelded further out to fix camber and to fix ball joint angle
DJM 2" Drop Strut Mount
Belltech Drop Strut with no spacers
Bump stops removed
Energy Suspension Sway Bar Bushings
Energy Suspension Sway Bar Endlinks shortened
Fenders cut to allow Upper Control Arm travel
Aftermarket Washer Tank / Coolant Overflow Tank relocated since the Upper Control Arms were hitting them
Rear Suspension:
Belltech 3" Drop Springs cut down to 5"
Belltech Drop Shocks
DJM Rear Swaybar
Suspension MAAX Endlinks shortened to 2.5" (3rd set, finally found a good one)
Airlift Helper Bags set to ~30 psi
Mini C-notched frame
Spohn 4-link Adjustable Upper and Lower Control Arms
Spohn Adjustable Panhard Bar
Exhaust Turn Downs before the Axle
Btw Eutech I'm still in love with your truck.
Envoy_04 said:That's LOW! Bet you have to be careful not to drag. Since a Corvette is a ride - I think we need pics!
bbarker89 said:Should i get belltech anti-sway? does that actually makes a difference? ive noticed since i put the 22s on my ride is really shitty just wondering what else i need to do
blazinlow89 said:That's the low pro tires. Spohn and Massive make adjustable ones for the rear. You should also upgrade your end links. I think another member modded a set of MAXX ones to be shorter for their truck.
Envoy_04 said:How much lower can one actually get a Corvette?
bbarker89 said:Yeah i was actually just googling spohn. should i go adjustable?
fr34kout said:Describe what's shitty about your ride? Each component does different things and helps with different problems. I have pretty much any part you would want in the rear (besides coilovers) and each one serves a different purpose.
The Belltech anti-sway bar is larger in diameter which makes it harder to flex. The point of the sway bar is to connect the left and right side together to help with cornering. Without a sway bar, if you made a sharp right turn, the right spring and shock would compress, but the left wouldn't. This makes the truck sway, or roll under turning. The swaybar is there to help prevent this, and have the car be more level during cornering to keep the tires more firmly on the road to improve grip.
The sway bar endlinks help return the sway bar to the correct position (mounting points of the bar should be parallel to the ground). The further away the bar is from parallel, the less effectively it works. I had to shorten my endlinks from ~6" down to ~2.5" to get it back parallel with the ground.
The Spohn adjustable 4-link and panhard allow you to correct the geometry of the axle in relation to the truck. When you drop the car, the stock 4-link suspension brings the axle forward and the stock panhard bar shifts the axle to the right iirc. The adjustable parts allow you to lengthen these parts and put the axle back in the center where it belongs.
If the ride is shitty because it's bumpy, it's because of your spring and shock setup. I believe the TB's other than the SS don't have stock rear air suspension, so I'm assuming you're either on the stock springs and shocks, or drop springs. If you haven't upgraded your shocks, get a set of Belltech Street Performance shocks, they help a whole hell of a lot. If the ride is still too stiff, you can do what I did and install a set of Airlift helper bags inside of the spring to help cushion the compression of the spring when going over bumps and what not.
Hopefully that helps, and you can figure out what components will improve what you don't like about your ride quality. I'm at a ~5/5 drop, and the truck rides extremely smooth given the height it's at. The only time it's rough is when hitting bumps, dips in the road, potholes, etc because I only have about an inch of suspension travel until my tires rub the wheel wells, and the frame bottoms out onto the axle. Other than that for normal driving it's extremely smooth.
fr34kout said:I have the same sized tires. When you say the front shakes, you feel it in the steering wheel? To me that typically would indicate either the alignment being off, the tires being unbalanced, or what we found on my friend's civic recently that we thought was warped rotors ended up being a bubble on the inside of the tire on the shoulder / sidewall.
fr34kout said:How low did you drop the front end? The main things the control arms fix is ball joint angle and camber, so just from the control arms you could be damaging the ball joint or wearing your tires faster than normal. Depending on how bad the wobble is, it could be affecting other things like the wheel bearings.
Envoy_04 said:That's LOW! Bet you have to be careful not to drag. Since a Corvette is a ride - I think we need pics!
bbarker89 said:YEah pics or it didnt happen!!
mikekey said:Well it's a C3 and they sat higher than the newer ones. I actually don't seem to have a good photo of it. Other than this one of all my rides.
mikekey said:Well it's a C3 and they sat higher than the newer ones. I actually don't seem to have a good photo of it. Other than this one of all my rides.
Envoy_04 said:A C3? That's my favorite 'Vette style! What year? If it's an 82 collector's edition then I'm gonna tell you up front that I demand more pics.
bbarker89 said:Is that a G8?
fr34kout said:Describe what's shitty about your ride? Each component does different things and helps with different problems. I have pretty much any part you would want in the rear (besides coilovers) and each one serves a different purpose.
The Belltech anti-sway bar is larger in diameter which makes it harder to flex. The point of the sway bar is to connect the left and right side together to help with cornering. Without a sway bar, if you made a sharp right turn, the right spring and shock would compress, but the left wouldn't. This makes the truck sway, or roll under turning. The swaybar is there to help prevent this, and have the car be more level during cornering to keep the tires more firmly on the road to improve grip.
The sway bar endlinks help return the sway bar to the correct position (mounting points of the bar should be parallel to the ground). The further away the bar is from parallel, the less effectively it works. I had to shorten my endlinks from ~6" down to ~2.5" to get it back parallel with the ground.
The Spohn adjustable 4-link and panhard allow you to correct the geometry of the axle in relation to the truck. When you drop the car, the stock 4-link suspension brings the axle forward and the stock panhard bar shifts the axle to the right iirc. The adjustable parts allow you to lengthen these parts and put the axle back in the center where it belongs.
If the ride is shitty because it's bumpy, it's because of your spring and shock setup. I believe the TB's other than the SS don't have stock rear air suspension, so I'm assuming you're either on the stock springs and shocks, or drop springs. If you haven't upgraded your shocks, get a set of Belltech Street Performance shocks, they help a whole hell of a lot. If the ride is still too stiff, you can do what I did and install a set of Airlift helper bags inside of the spring to help cushion the compression of the spring when going over bumps and what not.
Hopefully that helps, and you can figure out what components will improve what you don't like about your ride quality. I'm at a ~5/5 drop, and the truck rides extremely smooth given the height it's at. The only time it's rough is when hitting bumps, dips in the road, potholes, etc because I only have about an inch of suspension travel until my tires rub the wheel wells, and the frame bottoms out onto the axle. Other than that for normal driving it's extremely smooth.
fr34kout said:Main thing is you fix the problem. Did you get them rebalanced and is the ride smoother now?
bbarker89 said:Yeah got them rebalanced. Its better. im still not 100% sure it runs smoother but it doesnt shake thats the main thing. still shakes a little bit but its like night and day after getting them rebalanced
marble_voy03 said:
Belltech 2/3 on 24s.
No cutting. No rolling. No rub.