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Southern Car Parts is a retailer specializing in aftermarket parts and accessories for a variety of vehicles, with a strong focus on Corvette models. Offering a wide selection of high-quality products, including performance upgrades, styling enhancements, and restoration components, Southern Car Parts is dedicated to helping automotive enthusiasts enhance and personalize their cars.
Improve the ride and performance of your C5,C6 and Z06 Corvettes!
Since its release, the redesigned Tunnel Reinforcement Plate has been one of the hottest suspension mods for the C5 and C6 Corvette. Installed on both the C5R and C6R Race Corvettes, it has been proven over and over again to reduce the amount of torsional flex in the chassis. In addition, our ceramic coating adds another benefit by offering some heat shielding from your exhaust system.
The engineers at General Motors acknowledged the benefits of a stiffer more rigid Tunnel Reinforcement Plate and improved their original design and incorporated something similar into the new C6.
The "Abs-of-Aluminum" is a direct replacement for your stock OEM tunnel reenforcement plate and bolts in place using the existing hardware.
Installation is very simple and instructions are included.
Other benefits include:
- Rigidly ties the right and left inner chassis rails together
- A must for Coupes and Convertibles!
- Direct, bolt-on replacement
- Greater sense of control behind the wheel when cornering
- Reduced squeaks, creaks and noises while driving
- Significantly decreases the heat transferred to the interior console
- Sound deadening qualities
All plates can easily be installed by a first-timer in about 2.5 hours with a set of Jack Stands or Rhino Ramps.
Does your console get HOT?
Check out our "Thermal-Abs" In addition to ceramic coating our Tunnel Plates we have a "new" product that greatly reduces the amount of heat transfer into your console area from your exhaust. Our new heat-shielding product is appropriately named "Thermal-Abs". It consists of our standard ceramic coated tunnel plates bonded with a composite fiberglass thermal barrier. The results are very impressive. You get the best of both worlds; the stiffening effects of our Tunnel Reinforcement Plate and the Heat Shielding effects of the "new" Thermal-Abs. Average temerature reduction with the Thermal Abs was 130 degrees F.
Now available with our "Thermal-Abs" Heat shielding as an added option.
Picture below compares the stock tunnel plate with the "Abs of steel" tunnel plate.
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Installation Instuctions are located below
Corvette Tunnel plate installation instructions
Shipping
We utilize UPS, Fedex, and USPS for all of our shipping needs. Carrier choice is based upon availability and needs of the customer and is the sole discretion of SouthernCarParts. We always try to ship within 24 hours of order placement (do to the custom nature of some products, shipping within 24 hours is impossible, actual shipping time frames will be listed in the product description). Please keep in mind that some products such as Custom Fit Car Covers, Lloyds Floor Mats, Painted accessories, and Racemesh Products can take 3 -10 days to ship and are charged at time of order placement. Racemesh products take 4 weeks to ship as they are made to order.
Returns
Should you need to return a part for refund, exchange, or credit, please contact our returns department within 30 days of purchase at orders@southerncarparts.com for a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. Most problems, such as installation, can be solved with a telephone call (888-631-1433). Southern Car Parts will not accept returned goods without prior authorization and an RMA# written clearly on the exterior of the box. The customer is responsible for freight on all return orders. Parts authorized to be returned, on a non-exchange basis, are subject to a 20% restocking fee. Returns will only be accepted within 30 days of the original date of shipment. Â Custom painted parts - Once these parts are started, we can refund you less the paint(chemicals) that have been used. Exception is rear spoilers and front splitters, we can refund less 20%.
Custom-made-to-order items are NOT returnable. This includes embroidered floor mats and car covers.
Damages in Shipping
All damages from shipping must be reported to Southern Car Parts within two business days from tracking number delivery confirmation. After two business days, damages become the responsibility of the customer.