How do you go about raising ride height--the correct way?

Apologies in advance, as I could never ask this on a Corvette forum--as I'd get 0 useful answers and non-stop flaming. (To include people telling me to just buy a 911 Dakar or a Hurrican Sterrato).

How would you suggest raising ride height on a stock suspension car? I don't want to remove MSRC or any of the gucci bits off the suspension and put on set-and-forget coilovers (which wouldn't be adjustable other than manually). I don't need to increase suspension travel; it'd be nice, but not necessary.

I really just want the car to sit about 2" higher than stock. I realize that this will mandate an alignment, and the caster (and likely camber) will be off. So is there any ready-made aftermarket solutions (in general...not necessarily C8 specific) where you can add extension pieces to the lower mount end of the suspension--to lift the entire car body as it sits?

You got bad knees, too? :huh:

More like, I've never liked slammed. Even when I had a 3/s, I was taking flak from you guys about how high it was sitting. And i hate scraping. Axle lift is a band-aid solution.

I'm interested in strut extensions, but I have no practical experience with them--or knowledge of how that would/could work with a c8.

p.s.
My knees are fine for now. But they wont' get better. And I want to keep a car 20 years....

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Originally Posted by IPD

More like, I've never liked slammed. Even when I had a 3/s, I was taking flak from you guys about how high it was sitting. And i hate scraping. Axle lift is a band-aid solution.

I'm interested in strut extensions, but I have no practical experience with them--or knowledge of how that would/could work with a c8.

p.s.
My knees are fine for now. But they wont' get better. And I want to keep a car 20 years....

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Get a C8 with the front axle lift system. That's good for 1.7" A slightly taller tire could take care of the rest. As I understand, the system can be programmed to keep a set ride height, but you'd have to do more research to confirm. For the rear, longer springs would be ideal to keep the suspension under normal compression, and a set of strut spacers for the rear would do the trick. Not sure if they make strut spacers for the Vette but I bet you could find some out there that will work, or just get some milled/drilled to fit.

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Originally Posted by UTRacerX9

Get a C8 with the front axle lift system. That's good for 1.7" A slightly taller tire could take care of the rest. As I understand, the system can be programmed to keep a set ride height, but you'd have to do more research to confirm. For the rear, longer springs would be ideal to keep the suspension under normal compression, and a set of strut spacers for the rear would do the trick. Not sure if they make strut spacers for the Vette but I bet you could find some out there that will work, or just get some milled/drilled to fit.

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I used to work for a sister company to a company that did suspension parts. Their leveling kits were literally strut spacers. They were formed with a 2 part epdm or something squirter into a mold. They were basically fancy hockey pucks formed to the proper shape.

If spacers aren't available from a vendor then one could make a mold from some wood and 2 part epoxy/polyurethane.