"getFuckedHerb" (goongetfuckedherb)
04/27/2015 at 12:23 • Filed to: oldblue
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"getFuckedHerb" (goongetfuckedherb)
04/27/2015 at 12:23 • Filed to: oldblue | 5
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So the previous owner liked things low like, real low . He helpfully lowered the crap out of the Corvette I bought from him. On the list of things the previous owner didn’t like was alignments:
Some of this damage is from the factory assigned camber and toe in settings on Corvettes, most of this damage is from the lowering of the car.
Originally I had planned to replace the tires this fall, for next season, now we’ll be replacing them this spring instead. When I bought the car I pulled the wheels/tires and there was very even tread wear, so that makes me think that they put a set of used tires on prior to sale, or they lowered it prior to sale and did not put many miles on after that.
After being peeved at the previous owner for a bit I got back to work.
The real reason I pulled the wheels/tires was to inspect the brakes, which I fully expected to need to replace based on visual inspection with wheels on.
I was not disappointed, as seen in the brake shot. New pads and rotors are arriving this week, new fluid is already here and I have a mighty-vac so I can do a complete change of brake fluid (much needed).
While in there I’ll be doing a pretty deep cleaning of all the suspension parts, oil change, rear-diff check and continue with the cleaning of the clutch fluid as described here: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
More fun finds from the previous owner as I go, I’m sure.
Mattbob
> getFuckedHerb
04/27/2015 at 12:50 |
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that rotor looks decent enough to me. Any reason you are getting new rotors?
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getFuckedHerb
> Mattbob
04/27/2015 at 13:08 |
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It’s thinner than spec (notice the deep lip top and bottom) and despite that photo not showing it well all four have very pronounced waves in the braking surface, not something I want to bed new pads against. Bonus, these cross drilled Z51 rotors have a pretty long history of cracking when pushed/abused.
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Mattbob
> getFuckedHerb
04/27/2015 at 13:19 |
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ahhh, gotcha, I see that lip now. its pretty sharp.