August 28 update: Provisionally sold?
I'm looking to sell my 2002 Corvette, which I've prepped for B Street.
Here's what it comes with:
- Koni Sports / Yellow shocks (which are monotubes for the Corvette, not twin-tubes like the Yellows for most other cars)
- Z06 titanium exhaust with cutoffs in front of the mufflers, allowing them to be removed at events and replaced with straight pipes to save weight
- Hellwig 35 mm front sway bar
- Hellwig 33 mm front sway bar
- One set of four "thin spoke" factory wheels (very light for factory wheels), spray-bombed gunmetal grey
- One pair O.Z. Alleggerita HLT 18" front wheels, spray-bombed gunmetal grey
- One set of four "wagon wheel" factory wheels
- One pair 255/40R17 RE-71Rs with lots of tread remaining mounted on the front thin spoke wheels
- One pair 275/35R18 RE-71Rs with lots of tread remaining mounted on the rear thin spoke wheels
- One pair of nearly new 275/35R18 RE-71Rs mounted on the O.Z.s
- Round, black tires that still have tread on them mounted on the wagon wheels (good for driving to out-of-town events)
I’ve replaced the following in the past six months:
- Front tires
- Airdam under the nose of the car
- Seat track mounting hardware for both seats (these tend to develop play, allowing the seat to rock back and forth)
- Endlinks on both the front and rear sway bars
- Rear brake rotors
Between now and Nationals, I plan to replace the following:
- DRL / turn signal housings and bulbs (the DRLs melt holes in their housings, allowing water to get in and burn out the bulbs whenever you wash the car or it rains)
- Belt tensioner pulleys
The car’s proven plenty quick. In my incompetent hands it won B Street at this year’s Lincoln and Mineral Wells Pros (the latter by two seconds), and has taken top PAX at a RDSCC event and a CSCC / SASC event.
The car has no known mechanical issues. The bushings and motor mounts are all in good shape. Having said that, this is a thirteen year-old car with 130,600 kilometers on it, so it’s not perfect. The front bumper is pretty ugly – I suspect it got resprayed at some point, and it’s now heavily chipped, and the clear coat is peeling a bit around the chips. Adding insult to injury, as befits someone who drives around the country to compete in precision driving events, at one point I managed to drive into my garage, resulting in a roughly 15 cm x 15 cm white scuff on the front right corner of the bumper. The rear speakers’ grilles are mashed in from me cramming gear into the back of the car. This is not a car that will win you admiring stares at a Corvette concours.
Last but not least, despite the fact that I replaced the seat track mounting hardware, the driver’s seat still rocks slightly when you shift your weight in it. This is pretty subtle, though; it doesn’t bother me while driving, so I haven’t taken further steps to address it.
I bought this car in bone stock form for $14,900 USD ($19,820 CAD at today's exchange rate) six months ago; there were cheaper cars out there, but this was the best combination of price, age, mileage, and condition I could find in a Z51 car on CorvetteForum, Autotrader, eBay, or Craigslist. A quick scan of those sites shows that prices haven’t changed meaningfully since then. In the time I’ve owned the car, I’ve spent thousands of dollars on parts, prep, and maintenance. Given that, I think that $19,500 with all of the parts listed above is a very fair asking price – you’d be getting the car for less than I paid for it, with all the autocross stuff thrown in for free.
The car's only available after the U.S. national championships in early September. The car’s mileage will be a bit higher then since it will have been driven the 4500 km from Calgary to Lincoln and back.
The car’s currently at a shop having a pre-Nationals once-over done, but I’ll post more pictures once I get it back if anyone’s interested.
Questions? Email me at my first name and my last name (in my signature below, no spaces or dots) @live.com, or text me at four-zero-three-919-three-juan-for-ate.
Thanks!
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