1999 Chevrolet Corvette Build Thread / Progress So Far With 18x9 5 45 Bc Forged Mle81 And 26535r18

Author Dalbo 13 Mar 2026

I've managed to log around 600hrs so far but let's be fair, most of that time was spent learning the hobby of magnet fishing as i tried to recover those f$&#*& 10mm sockets that wouldn't. My allocation was available, my build was submitted yesterday, and i have the order number now. That allows me to run st3/tt3 with nasa too iirc

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1999 Chevrolet Corvette Build Thread / Progress So Far With 18x9 5 45 Bc Forged Mle81 And 26535r18

The class looks interesting and only so many things you can do I have seen a few screenshots of the build progress here and am wondering how i do that Congrats on the progress so far, keep us posted

Nice that you have a family sharing the project together.

Common problems that haven’t been mentioned so far Torque tube bushings and bearings, clogged “udders”, and chassis ground points. A few weeks ago i was contacted by gradykd21 to upgrade his '99 frc while he is off in the atlantic serving our country So it's my privilege to start this build thread to keep keith updated.

The corvette action center's corvette forum is one of the largest online corvette clubs featuring discussion forums for the c8 corvette, c7. Quick video of all the modifications i have done to my corvette over the last few years While scrolling through the latest vehicle listings in the ls1tech marketplace, we saw this 1999 chevrolet corvette fixed. It wouldn't be worth the cost/time to drop the rear and fix it without doing anything else so i just top off the transmission fluid every oil change.

No Reserve: Modified 1999 Chevrolet Corvette Fixed Roof Coupe 6-Speed

This is my 5th corvette 2nd aw frc (1 of 311 ever made)

I did a bunch of cosmetic work last year and this year is all performance based Car has 151k miles, and is in amazing shape. I am building the motor for a close. The ls is a very solid engine

These cars are known to go well over 100k, but with any car that is 25 years old, there could be some issues. Looks like great progress so far I've used eastwood's rust encapsulator before, but sold the car shortly after, so can't comment on the. I’m at 8 months so far

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My dealer is low volume for corvettes and it took 4 months for them to just get an allocation from gm

Call your dealer and get your order status code 59k subscribers in the corvette community A place for any and all chevrolet corvette related discussion. Some of you may know, but my #7 rings were shot so im prepping for a new motor and some other upgraded goodies here are some disassembly pics for your viewing pleasure

It'll be mild by your guys standards But the farther i get into working on this car, the more i wish the previous owner had a build thread.