lowering bolts

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Originally Posted by Bob Eyres

All of this makes me wonder where the correct place is to measure the ride height? The frame? The top of the wheel arch on the body? The bottom of rear body valance?
I lowered mine 1 1/2" in the rear only, in the mistaken belief that it would pre-load more weight on the rear to allow for better 60ft. times in the qtr. mile.
As far as I can tell, it didn't help.
But it did make the car look better. Many of us have noticed that the ZR-1 's stock ride height looks too high in the rear.
Even slightly lowering the car at the rear greatly improves it's appearance, and makes that wide butt look even wider.
Lowering the front seems impractical to me, unlike the rear, it's "in the weeds" already. Even at the stock height, most C4's are grinding that chin spoiler off on driveways etc.

To me it's more about the wheel gap than anything else. I think the car is already low enough if you can get the wheel gap right. Going from 17's to 18's I think helps a lot.

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by mgg

Coilovers are now going on and I bleieve that is the ONLY way to have the car sit properly.

Not exactly.Ive got the VB&P adjustable front spring and I can dial the car in to where it is dead even at all 4 corners.