First Best C5 Corvette Mods You MUST Do | DriveHub
First Best C5 Corvette Mods You MUST Do | DriveHub
Here are (in my humble opinion) the best C5 Corvette mods! These are the top C5 Corvette mods I would do if I was starting a build from scratch. These C5 Corvette must do mods are relatively inexpensive and easy to do!
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For anyone wanting a list of must have performance mods 1. Cold air intake 2. Exhaust (headers/cat back/axleback or a combination of all three 3. Short shifter 4. Tires. Less flashy but more important than wheels. 5. Cooling mods (this can mean a lot of things but C5’s generally have issues staying cooling especially when adding power or on the track)
Good list, just add a tune and it's perfect !
The only true CAI is a Vararam. The others with the exception of Calloway Honker are “open air” or “free flow” (marketing BS) and on an otherwise stock engine & tune or without long tube headers and free flowing exhaust….an intake is a big fat waste of money. Maybe 3% gains up top but will typically sacrifice that same 3% under the curve. An intake is NOT a good first mod if power improvement is your goal. But they look cool and a monkey can install. Best bang for the buck (other than a Novi or A&A supercharger) 4.10 gears in an MN6 (no tune required) or 3.42’s and 3200 rpm stall converter (trans tune required). Headers will add 18 to 25 rwhp in a modified build (less otherwise stock) but also require a $500+ tune.
How can you improve cooling on an NA car? Bigger radiator? Better pump?
@megatar3 no need to really. The guy that said that probably doesnt realize that chevy intended for these cars to run hotter than a typical car. No worries thats how its designed.
You forgot a cam
If you are gonna drive the car in dark…you gotta upgrade those headlights. It’s dangerous to drive the car without it…
Even with the high beams it’s like driving in the dark they suck
@@erasmodemeo6167 facts it’s the FIRST thing I got done to mine.
@@JYP1M just finished mine with DRL’s and headlights and it’s 100% better going to swap out fog lights next . Needed to buy correct connectors and stock housings because the type that’s on now are one piece sealed units and were hardwired 🤷♂️🤦♂️
First thing I did
First thing i did in my C5 i swapped out lights.
Best thing you can do is swap out the steering wheel. I went to a Momo flat bottom. Totally changed my experience. Every time I get in it makes me feel like a racer. Before it was like steering a bus. Good video.
It is exactly like steering a bus 😂😂
Link?
its the round lights for me. some about it so cool. c5 and c6 are my fav gen of vettes.
The headlights or taillights?
@@grenks75 tail lights.
You did great on your mods. You got a real nice C5. You've also got a nice personality that always makes me come back to enjoy your new videos.
Been here since the beginning of the C5 I love these videos! Keep up the great content brother!! Can’t wait for the next video
very good vid Jake glad to see the C5 back in some vids. Id have to agree with your list. maybe add a cold air intake like a Varam too
The later style wheels and the lower stance really improves the look...nice!
You're new headlights just blew me away! Great job on everything!
I have that exact lip and a nice stereo sitting on a shelf along with lowering bolts. Seeing your car all finished is giving me some motivation to put that stuff on 🤣
Nice video, nice car, yes, I have ideas for my C 5 now! Thanks!
Love the videos I just bought a c5 corvette which turned out to same color as your car.looking forward for more videos.
Congratulation on the C5. You are a funny person to listen to. Good sense of humor. (:
Love my vette, so far I have a mgw shifter, lowering kit, exhaust, cold air intake, speed bleeder, and a double din radio, absolutely love it
Just picked up a 04 c5 last week.....definitely going to lower and taillights....thanks
Great video just picked up a c5 after having to sell my c7 due to buying a house so ill be watching for future videos
Beautiful family! Thank you so much for your channel!
One more comment for you and I see someone already mentioned it but I can't agree more!. The seats in my C5 Z06 suck. When I was doing track days, I bent my speaker grille just jamming my knee into it to keep from sliding off the seat. I hope to get new seats and a touchscreen radio in mine when I can.
Thanks! I always thought something seemed off about the C5 wheels... They weren't terrible, but there was something I didn't love. thanks for pointing out what it was.... C6 wheels are the way to go!
Great content and hilarious nice job dude
Just found your channel, nice to see a number of vettes in NH... other than my poor lil C4. In WY at the moment, driving a C5. Enjoyed the mods list :)
Nice video brother! The spacers you showed on the video are not hubcentric though… I would highly recommend you get them since the non-hubcentric ones can break the bolts eventually
Number one, after going through 4 plastic tank radiators and 3 different versions of the lower radiator bracket/skid assembly, was to fab a separate lower radiator support(out of steel) as well as creating mounts for steel casters coming off the front frame horns exiting through the stock skid slits in the bumper cover. Low driveways, parking bumpers and cracked plastic radiator tanks are no longer a problem. Also, definately, install aluminum tank 3 or 4 core radiator. They cool 100% better. Loved my stock polished C-5 wheels, hated runflats, especially the prices in sizes for 17s and 18s. C-6 wheels are better sizing and options. I carry a jack set-up from a C-4 and a space-saver spare from a late model GTO with it's center hole relieved a few thousands. It fits all four corners and the diameter doesn't drop the car very much. It takes up minimal room in the back of the coupe and my targa top still fits on top. C-5 Z06 titanium mufflers are cheap take offs for better sound and tips, but I prefer muffler deletes. Unfortunately California law enforcement doesn't.
Already at 1k bro! These vlog type videos 👌🏾
Great content 👍 thoroughly enjoyed the show. Nice car! My ‘04 C5 is completely unmolested stock. Plenti of car for me. For now. It is my daily driver unless winter is here. Soon I’ll be back in the driver seat having a ball. Went for a spin the other day, just waiting on the tabs in the mail now 😬 my first Vette was a ‘93 black C4. Loved that car! but longed for an upgrade 🥶
LEDs all the way around was the first thing I did to mine. Second was a touchscreen android radio with a backup camera. Third was borla s type classic just like you had but with quad tips (Sounds amazing). Fourth and finally was seats. Proper headlight housings and Wilwood front calipers & rotor kit are next on the menu. Sorry to everyone else's eyes at night in the meantime but pizza delivery doesn't leave much funding for toys.
Learn plumbing bud
So rice you upgrade the muffler but not the engine
Yep his Vette still needs work
@UC1y7AGO02K0XAMwqFdNPJzQ I just like the look of the quad tips even if it is a little redundant.
@@PatrickGotHands Hey I'll get that engine upgraded sooner or later. Aiming to go from 345hp->550hp. I don't need it crazy but I'd like it more powerful.
I like your style....nice videos and good content!
I like what you did!
Headlights? Check. Tail lights? Check. Pioneer double-din touchscreen stereo and bezel? Check. C-6 Wheels? CHECK. All your mods look GREAT. I suppose I'll need to go get a C-5 now that I've been impressed with yours. First time visitor, but I'll be back.
Beautiful c5 bro very classy
Excellent video, if I ever purchase a C5 I will know what to do to it!
Wait I thought you had one??
@@DriveHub damn you remember shit about subscribers, that's some shit I respect about smaller tubers that bigger tubers don't do. Big ups dude, great vid
Lol you are a comedian, love it. Had a great laugh watching this. Love the car. Grab a C5 now before prices go stupid.
Omgosh you're so funny! Love this video.
Beautiful car! Love your mods. Miss my 99 C5, (light pewter). What a great car that was. Sold it because I was nervous about it having 70k+ miles. What an idiot I was.
Nice Corvette and great upgrades
Got a 03 C5 6spd coming my way Blk on Blk ..Lighting and MHV 1400 First !! Thanks for the Info !
The nose jokes always get me 👃🏾😹
Those billy boat bullets sound so good
Great mods suggestions. Wheel spacers that you chose are the best style. I might go 1/4 thinner to avoid rub. These spacers wear out bearings faster but that’s life. Get a set of someone else C6Z shocks and they’re a great handling mod and they are always available somewhere for decent $ or go with Bilstein replacements they firm up the ride perfectly.
C6 brakes aren't too hard to install either.
Good vid. I feel like my 03 ZO6 is too quiet so I want louder pipes, but I also respect the Titanium exhaust so I hesitate changing it. But I've done Borla on other cars and like it quite a bit. They just demand a lotta cheddar for it.
Thanks for the info
Yes I totally agree, headlights first
Honestly the C5 imo is the best bang for your buck, I roll raced a Lexus RCF and from a stop light and man I’m surprised I beat him. Considering the rcf has 467hp…
Looed at some of the comments funny,did a good job .I have the same vette its a 01did suspension set up pick it because its got a stronger bottom end did a delete on solenoid on trans eliminating the 1st to 4th shift thanks for the idea on changing headlamps and taillights that going to help. Me mine is a sleeper low rumble with a supercharger under the hood makes it fun when a someone that buys a car and think he's fastyour doing good keep it up.keep learning I'm 68 and a master mechanic and also have a 68 corvette with a 454 in her she my ghost again keep up the good work
i think your mods compliment the C5 just right.
I like the boat sound :D
The screens position is dead nuts.. PREFECT! & I love the c-5’s dash with its layout!! Like I said about the touch screen it’s in best spot possible. Happy Corvetting !!!
Review bro, I remember when you wore a suit and reviewed fast food weekly. Glad to watch you grow. Party
hahahaha! Great comment
19:31 you do a great Grinch face...lol. Love the car and your Videos by the way.
Race cars have used spacers for a long time. They are safe to use but as someone else said they will wear out your parts a little faster.
Ay! All of you got manuals! Now that’s cool. I also noticed the Firehawk Indy 500 tires. That what I got on my 88’ C4 Z52 4+3. My Dad is trading his 02 Mustang GT for a C5 since I got mine.
Very nice
Nice car I have a 99 c5 same color love it.
That was a pleasant Video
I'm interested in knowing where the shifter came from, looks like a style to have over stock especially with a short throw shifter
The problem with wheel spacers is that they add the worst kind of weight to a car- rotational, unsprung mass.
C5 for the win!
Was wondering the the shifter handle brand and best place to get one, I not a fan of the shifter knob size on my car, any information would be appreciated bud, thanks!
My '04 C5 A4 is almost done getting a new 3.73 diff installed. Should wake the car up quite a bit. Not a bad mod. The car for about 3 months now, my DD. I've been watching your vids since 2021. Found a '04 at a local car dealer in town for $15k in Feb, couple months ago. Clean car, fun and fast. Really $15k is kind of cheap on a nice C5; bone stock is what you want. I bought it partly because of your attitude and i think great enjoyment about a still viable american sports car, even today. Enjoy and Zoom.
15k 😵💫😵💫😵💫 here in NYC a good condition C5 is running 10-12k, 15k may get you a beat up one with a SC.
Great if your car is an auto. If it's a 6-speed you won't notice much difference. They came with 3.42s
@@jhs5150 Hey there, I had to pay a local to me shop to take the new 3.73 differential out because there was small crack in the differential casing, but no one saw it until after gear oil was added it leaked bad. But it was way faster off the line from a stop light It was about 4.2 seconds to 60 mph. It was like c6 Z06 terrritory and yes, the car is an AUTO, not sadly. I had to take it out because it was leaking gear oil sooo bad. The 3.73 differential is in storage now. My 2004 C5 has since gotten a cheap stainless cat-back, cheap twin filter intake, and a nice almost new 3.15 differential out of a salvage C5 to take the place of the sadly broken 3.73 differential. HP tuner tuned after that for shift points and engine management. It ticks off some boxes for me.
Diff change was one of the first mods I did. Good time to beef up the posi and carrier. I also micro polished and cryogenically treated it. One last thing….stronger outfit shafts on BOTH sides is cheap and necessary.
If anyone is shy about modding their C5, don’t. I modded my brand new C5 OO vert for six years until it is where it needs to be. Still have her since 2000 with zero reliability issues….
Great Video. I have extensive background with auto design. I love all of your recommendations except the C6 wheels with spacers. Too much engineering went into making this car great for its day. I would only modify the suspension (and wheels and tires) if I knew I was getting a better car. This mod is purely "you like the look of THESE wheels. I like the look too... but I would not do all that. I would find wheels I love that word WITH the current car's engineering. Love the lights mods... that stuff is underrated. Exhaust... yeah likely but I don't want a loud car at cruising speed... so I would be moderate there. I'm just now looking at the C5 for my first fast car or fun car. I'm looking at basically 01- 02 base manual. That is all I want.
I really like your headlights, where did you find them?
And the Calloway Intake !! By the way , I will use a paint pen for the outline ..we use them to mark welding points ..
I did a muffler delete on my ‘04 Z06, but left the cats on it. Mine is loud too. Teeth rattling loud.
Also: new harmonic balancer, drll and pin the crank, oil catch can(s), oil presure switch relocation kit, and leds throughout the interior, side marker lights.
I love everything you did with the car it looks great. By the way Your not that poor you got a Vette. Lol.
3:38 is so accurate lol ive done the same thing before
My c 5 has those exact wheels but chrome and my car is black I will say 5 spokes are nice I love it
Solid video. Just got my C5 the other day. Aside from some preventative maintenance stuff, I'll probably start with lighting maybe an exhaust in regards to mods.
Lower on stock bolts with billstein sports. Z06 shifter, cat back exhaust and more hp.
This is David again I forgot to tell you what I liked I like your tail light mod and I like that radio
That is mine as well, not cats, mufflers just new pipes totally unrestricted and loud just as I like it. Also have the same style wheels which I think is awesome looking..
On mine there's an annoying sound coming from the rear left of the driver position. Sounds like it's close to ear height. It sounds a bit like a bee trapped inside an empty soda can, so at first I thought it was the speaker grill rattling, but no. What could it be? Could it be some sort of electrical buzz?
Heres the real list 1-corsa extremes 2-mgw shifter 3-cags skip shift 4-steering column lock module 5-michelin pilot sports
I have a 2004 Corvette and need an answer. Pretty sure the computer is screwed and needs to be replaced along with misc. other stuff. (was informed that it may have been a flood car) What is the shop in Hudson or Nashua that did some of your work?
1) tear out puny LS1 and rebuild with racing bearings, forged crank, short travel lifters, ported heads, bigger cam, better valves, forged pistons, and ported ls6 intake all ARP hardware. 2) install bigger fuel injectors, low cut racing radiator, supercharger and inter-cooler. 3) Rebuild transmission, rear diff to 3:42 with hardened output shafts, install tyranny/diff brace, and carbon fiber driveshaft and full header and cat back system. 4) Install meth injection and tune. This is just to start. It will decimate 98% on the road.
can I do all this myself as a 16 y/o using youtube tutorials etc, or where should I go to get all this done professionally. Money is not an issue
If you needed a black drivers side rear view mirror, where would you get it? I have 97
The billy boat is d definitely the best sounding !
I added the sleepy eyes on my C5 and it looks Awesome!!!!! Check them they would look great on your Vette
Happy :D
officially, that touch screen is fire it alone makes your c5 look as if it just rolled off the assembly line 😂
clutch will definitely feel different with the park brake still on
Dude, love the video and I'm a huge C5 nerd like you. Have you read the book "All Corvettes Are Red" If not, you should check it out. It's a behind the scenes account of the the development of the C5. It makes you respect the car even more. And FYI I found some even better headlights and tail lights than the ones you have. Just when you thought they couldn't look any better, you'll be surprised. I'll send them to you some way.
What are they called?
The headlights that is
Re: Headlights - make/model/spec? Thanks, 04 c5 MANUAL☺️
My suspension light came on after the vette doctor in Melbourne messed with my ebcm so so does that mean it's bad or they did something wrong since it says I can't go over 80mph help me please it's a 99 with the 3selective ride, ty very much 💯‼️
My list 1 Borla exhaust 2 Dynamat rear hatch area - because of Borla Exhaust 3 Double Din touchscreen radio with backup camera 4 racing seats because the C5 power seats suck... and break constantly. --full of plastic parts. 5 chrome CORVETTE lettering on back of car - traditional badging for corvettes ( see C3 corvettes) 6 Headlight upgrades- Big safety issue especially where there are deer around
Dynamat or equivalent is very heavy - I know, I installed it. I would look for some heater duct insulation from Home Depot, etc. A little trick I learned off of Garage Squad.
Bro you so funny in random parts fw it
all mods are good,
Amen to that buddy!
Lights, Stereo, Shifter, Pedals, longtubes/x-pipe *I am here*, intake, wheels, coilovers, catchcan, cam
Slap a set of CCW 505A wheels on it. I don't think I've ever seen a nicer set of wheels for the C5. HRE also makes some sick wheels.
Great video, can you buy me a Corvette and put it on the company card so I can use all of these mods?
Say no more! ❤️
Damn I envy this guy, not one but three?
DB killer. 👍
I love my 2003 stock C5. What I DON'T love is the puddle of oil it leaves every day. To repair the leak will cost about $2,000 because the torque tube, transmission and rear end will have to come out. I would rather spend that money on mods and upgrades.
It cost me $3,500 to have the tranny, torque tube rebuilt, and rean main replaced. It's now bullet proof. 01 C5 base auto.
Headlights are great , bad headlights limit your safe top speed... get everything working as designed so you have a good baseline. 1.) Go to a driving school. 2.) Headlights 3.) Performance alignment 4.) Ditch the skip shift. 5.) Tires , Tires, Tires ...
Your father's quote is also an Abraham Lincoln quote lol
No back up camera? That’s the one thing I want to add when and if I change out the radio. Really miss that as our others cars have that. Backing up without it is, well blind
"That wasn't supposed to sound dirty"😂😂😂
Nice vid Jake. I to have a c5 corvette (2001). It came with corsa exhaust with x pipe. I installed a K&N dual air filter system with a smooth intake collar which clamps to your air flow sensor. They say another god mod is to replace the stock air flow sensor with a bigger inside diameter sensor.I left the sock one in. I like your flat screen radio mod. And your front and rear lights replacements. Thanks for the information to make these mods to my torch red corvette. Be safe and be good.
For you young guys the biggest thing is keep on top of tires/brakes/fluids Mods later Vararam intake and SpeedEngineering headers free up alot of power
You said your mans from north east imports helped you out lowering it! I drive past them everyday to get to work they’re on ferry street, are you from southern NH lol
I am hoping to either buy this 02 z06 I have had my eye on or a fd, I am going to be daily driving whatever I get. which includes the winter lol, how do you drive yours in the new england winters if you do? any tire recommendations or do you garage her
I got zo6 wheels on mine and they look fantastic I get nothing but complements and they fit with 0 modification I got my headlights from sharper light because of his video 100% recommend with the exeption of the part that links the low and high beams together I had issues with the lights not turning off as well on a really hot day it melted the to wires together and blew both fuses. With out it though they are still fantastic for it being a stock replacement ive had them in for 2 years and they are still going strong
Likewise. I have the chrome C6 Z06 wheels (was hoping to find the gun metal or aluminum finish) with a 3mm spacer in the rear and so far, zero rubbing. They were Plasti dipped black and I ended up stripping them back to the factory chrome finish. Never been a huge chrome fan, but they do look sharp and I get compliments all of the time. Think I'll try going with a matte finish again. 😂
Bro i ran 3.5 in spacers to get the right fitment for my zr wide fenders and i never got issues