🔧 BUILD SleeperLS's 03 C5 Corvette

[Yaj Yak]

whatcya doin

 

[greasy]

 

[SleeperLS]

A bunch of good stuff going on. Changed the differential, transmission, and engine oils today. Also in the process of installing C6 Z06 shocks. I got the rear done today, but had to order an additional bushing for each front that should be here Friday. Cleaned the MAF and plugged it back in.

Also bought some new pads and rotors to freshen things up. Dropped my wheels and new tires off at a repair/powder coat shop today and those should be done Friday.

plans to paint the calipers black and flush the brake fluid. Also going to change the clutch fluid. I am probably missing some things but I will keep it updated. Hoping to have her roadworthy by the end of the weekend.

The old shocks are garbage, they wouldn’t even rebound after I compressed them to remove them. looking forward to some ride quality.

 

[greasy]

Cleaned the MAF and plugged it back in.

 

[IDAFC21]

Yay for things happening!

 

[SleeperLS]

 

[ldyzluvdis06]

I should definitely do something about ride quality with my turd... But too busy making it stoopid fast. ?

 

[SleeperLS]

I should definitely do something about ride quality with my turd... But too busy making it stoopid fast. ?

Good problem to have for sure. I am going to try and do a write up on the C6Z06 shock swap. Really easy though, maybe an hour or so of work

 

[SleeperLS]

Got my wheels back from repair and powder coat/paint. The guys I took it to absolutely killed it. Although I always said to myself I would never own black wheels, piano black was a good choice.

 

[Mook]

Look great!

 

[Spivitz]

Wheels look really good Man ?
Looking forward to seeing them on the car

 

[greasy]

Wheels turned out great Andy!

 

[IDAFC21]

Damn those are nice. Tho they kinda remind me of my GTO spare tire

 

[SleeperLS]

 

[ldyzluvdis06]

Good problem to have for sure. I am going to try and do a write up on the C6Z06 shock swap. Really easy though, maybe an hour or so of work

Crazy you mention that... I just ordered some this morning. ?

 

[SleeperLS]

Crazy you mention that... I just ordered some this morning. ?

Make sure you order the upper isolator bushings for the front. My shocks didn’t come with them. Part # 10157967. I also had to get new nuts for the fronts as well.

 

[The Beast]

Wheels look great what did they charge you to repair and powder coat if u don’t mind answering.

 

[SleeperLS]

Wheels look great what did they charge you to repair and powder coat if u don’t mind answering.

For basic repair, powder coat, removing old tires then getting rid of them and mounting/balancing the new tires,painting the valve stem caps, center caps, weights and valve stems it was $650. They found one wheel out of spec and charged an additional $100 to get it back to true. So $750 for everything.

I am not really sure how much it normally cost, but they gave me a deal from what it would have been because I was paying cash. I was happy they were willing to appease my OCD and make everything black including the balancing weights. Took them two days and the guys called every day to keep me up to date. Solid experience overall.

 

[SleeperLS]

Crazy you mention that... I just ordered some this morning. ?

If you need new nuts for the front top mount they are M10x1.5 fyi

 

[SleeperLS]

I am hoping this weekend I will get her back on the road. It is going to be 75* and sunny.

update is that the diff fluid, trans fluid, engine oils are all changed. Brake fluid changed and flushed. C6Z06 shocks are in and happy. Wheels are ceramic coated. I will do my best to change the clutch fluid when I get her down on the ground. I am currently painting the calipers gloss black with that g2 paint kit.

tomorrow around 2 I will be able to re assemble the brakes and mount everything up then take it for a test drive.

also, whoever did the brakes before me put red locktite on the bolts and will have karma come their way...fuckers

as the paint is drying today I am going to wrap all the lights in the smoked vinyl film I bought from Rvinyl. Tints hopefully next week.

 

[IDAFC21]

I like where all of this is going.

 

[greasy]

Red loctite?!?! Christ almighty ?

Looking great Andy!

 

[SleeperLS]

Red loctite?!?! Christ almighty ?

Looking great Andy!

It took me forever to get the first bolt out and then I saw the red threads on the bolt. My first reaction was “that mother fucker”.

Calipers came out looking good with a few more coats of paint from the original picture. Really, this is a temporary aesthetic mod until I upgrade the brakes and wheels down the road.

wrapping the lights was kind of a pain in the ass. I am somewhat pleased with how they came out. The raised lettering on every light didn’t leave a perfect result, but from 5 feet she looks good enough. If they don’t hold up, then I will just have them painted down the road. Pics of everything going up tomorrow.

 

[The Beast]

It took me forever to get the first bolt out and then I saw the red threads on the bolt. My first reaction was “that mother fucker”.

Calipers came out looking good with a few more coats of paint from the original picture. Really, this is a temporary aesthetic mod until I upgrade the brakes and wheels down the road.

wrapping the lights was kind of a pain in the ass. I am somewhat pleased with how they came out. The raised lettering on every light didn’t leave a perfect result, but from 5 feet she looks good enough. If they don’t hold up, then I will just have them painted down the road. Pics of everything going up tomorrow.

I’ve tried wrapping lights in the past it’s not easy and I just end up having them painted.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

It took me forever to get the first bolt out and then I saw the red threads on the bolt. My first reaction was “that mother fucker”.

Calipers came out looking good with a few more coats of paint from the original picture. Really, this is a temporary aesthetic mod until I upgrade the brakes and wheels down the road.

wrapping the lights was kind of a pain in the ass. I am somewhat pleased with how they came out. The raised lettering on every light didn’t leave a perfect result, but from 5 feet she looks good enough. If they don’t hold up, then I will just have them painted down the road. Pics of everything going up tomorrow.

A torch/heat will crack red locktite loose easily. I deal with it a ton at work on small pieces of aluminum. Hold a torch on it for a few seconds and it easily breaks free.

How to Remove LOCTITE® 2620 Red Threadlocker

One of the questions we get asked pretty frequently around here is, “How do I remove LOCTITE® 2620™ Red Threadlocker?” While our red high-strength threadlocker is considered a permanent assembly method, it can be removed if you know the right technique.

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