Got it covered, alignment rack in our shop.

which year corvette, what size is the rear end???

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RCS60342 will lower the G body 3". That's what is in my car in this pic (and currently)

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do you have any problems with your car being lowered 3"??? speed bumps and such.

What did you use for the front?

Not after having my exhaust tucked away by a fabricator friend of mine, rolling the rear fenders, relocating the front fenders, and changing my worn out shocks to gas charged tokikos



F41 springs minus 1 coil and 2" belltech drop spindles.

Ordered the RCS60342's today!!

I'm the new guy , so it was great to read all the back and forth on this topic , very well written , I learned something new here that I will need in the near future.....Thanks to all

Two questions. Silver, did you get those springs installed and if so can I see a pic? also with these 3" springs, can you let the diff hang free without them falling out? I've tried different springs and I haven't come up with anything that's really workable for a reasonable price.

Notice how the rear axle is too far back. That's from the LCA relocation brackets and the adjustable upper arms (set to the correct pinion angle)

I need to fabricate some adjustable lower arms to bring the axle back to where it should be, and then I'll still have the roll steer issue.

I would imagine you would have to back half the car and put something like a double wishbone rear in it to fix that issue. I'm not going that far. Just a lowered DD.

Or just move the frame side mounts of the UCA's up a couple inches.

Sorry not yet. They're sitting in the garage. Been doing a lot of work on my buddy's Mustang for him. Right now I've got 275/50/15 DR's on the back on 8 1/2' wheels and I'm pretty sure if I run those they're going to hit the fender- even though I already rolled them. They stick out a lot more than I thought they would. I've gotta get the vette wheels back on it and do some measuring. The springs would be fine with stock wheels. Hopefully won't be long!

This method is a little unorthodoxed, but it works. I'm using a set of cargo springs for a 76 Vega with the stock snubber assembly. The 76,77 Vega rear srings are not pigtailed and have a snubber assembly that fits inside the spring. What I did was weld a circular steel plate with a 2.5" center hole to the top of the snubber assembly. With this installed the car pretty much sits at stock ride height. With this method, it allows you to cut whatever off the spring you want to get the desired drop you want. I have pix but it seems you can't attached pix on this site with your reply.

I got rear springs from a third generation Camaro at the boneyard. I also use the Camaro spring isolators. My wheel lip is about even with the top of the tire. No handling problem, and more room for tailpipes.

Not sure if its covered yet. But I made a u shaped bracket that could be bolted to stock upper mount, Then installed adjustable coilovers. QA1s can be leaned so they fit factory location, spring clears top and bottom, I can adjust shock bound and rebound, ride height and even swap springs with relative ease. I installed in the front alo just for the adjustabililty on the auto-x.

Sickspeed- your PM box is full! I got the 6034's in and I'm starting to wonder if they sent me the right springs. On the box it says RCS603-4 as the number and under it it says RR Coil Springs 4' drop. These springs were a LOT shorter than the 1 1/2' drop springs I already had on it and only lowered the rear of the car another 1/2'. Here's a few pics. The tires are 275/50/15's- about 26' tall. Did they send me the wrong springs?

Silver,

If I might offer my opinion. That looks like a really good height!

Thanks. I'm pretty happy with it. When I looked at Sickspeed's car it looks a lot lower than mine in the back- and I think our tires are similar in height. It seemed like he had a lot less space between the fender and the tire. I know he said he was having issues with tires rubbing the inside of the fenders- mine aren't even close.

Hey all, I just put mine in this weekend. Its like sickspeed's, so silver try taking the shock mounts at the bottom off. It could be that the shocks are bottoming out and not letting it drop all the way down.

Also the springs will fall out if the rear hangs free. I'm going to use 4wd suspension limiters. I put the Belltech shock on too. They are just a bit to long but shorter then stock by about 2".

Thanks I'll give that a try. I looked at the shocks after I put them in and they aren't fully collapsed but it seems like something must be holding it up higher. What size tires do you have on the rear?

Are you using spring isolators?

Mine were advertised as a 3" drop. Not sure why yours says 4".

Thanks for the heas up on teh PM box, I'll take care of that.

Well I tried disconnecting the shocks and no change- still the same height. The suspension does travel up and down so it's not because it's bottomed out. Any other ideas? BTW my car has a bolt in Strange S-60 rear, and adjustable upper and lower control arms with rod ends on one end and poly bushings on the other. Thanks.

Looking for some clarification, the a-body springs lower the rear an inch more than what they are rated. Is that with or without the isolators? And does anyone sell something with less than 2" rated drop on the a-body. I want to lower the rear of mine about 2" I run a taller tire on the back so I cant lower it as much. If not I will dish out the dough for the OPGI springs to match my fronts I have from them. Also, how much of a drop does just removing the isolators give?

Bernie, I seen you said something about fabricating rear lower arms. They sell adjustable lowers also. I'm not sure what the fully collapsed length is but i'm sure they could be cut down. They run ~$250 for the pair. They even have the holes in them for bolting the sway bar to.

SileverSS, are the axle tubes on that S60 larger in diameter than the stock axle? You could get some lift from that. And remove the isolators if you havent.

I'm pretty sure the axle tubes are larger- the S60 has 35 spline axles. I don't know what stock axle tube diameter is on the 7.5. I'll go measure mine when I get a chance. Isolators are gone.

Hey Bernie, your PM box is full again... all us suspension noobs filling it up

Anyway, I was wondering if you happen to know the P/N for the 2" advertised/3" actual springs from CPP. I've looked all over their site, but the A body springs I'm finding look to be pigtailed on only one end.

Thanks,
Scott