texasmark04

Looking to upgrade the suspension on my stock 2007 C6 Base Vette. I'm looking at making a small investment into some Johnny O'Connell Front and Rear Sway Bars and Front/Rear Shock Absorbers. Links to the items below from CARID.

Anyone have any pros/cons with these products? Is this a good choice for a suspension upgrade? What other options should I be looking at in the same price range $1200-$1400? Is updating the Sway Bars and Shock Absorbers enough? Also, could the dealer do this work to install or anyone know of a good performance shop in San Antonio, TX area to take my vette to? Any help would be greatly appreciated to a newbie!

https://www.carid.com/2007-chevy-cor...-53983107.html

https://www.carid.com/2007-chevy-cor...-61356428.html

cgiff

I did the JOC suspension upgrade 2 years ago. Track my car 4 to 6 times a year. Mostly highway miles.
Car rides a little harsh on the street. On the track its amazing. No body roll, just point and go. If you are serious about tracking do it. If you like a cushy ride don't.
The conversion is not that hard , any competent shop can do this.
Alignment needed. Go with the track camber setting, make it work like it was designed to.
Also did a ZO6 brake upgrade. This completed the package.
No regrets.


Craig

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CadVette

Sway bar and shock replacement is a simple replacement job that most shops can do for you. The only concern would be maybe a harsh ride from the new shocks.

rkj427

check out Cultrag Factory Parts, a forum vendor for the package of Z51 sway bars and Z06 shocks............ less money that you mention in your posts, and a great vendor for all your GM factory part needs......

texasmark04

Thanks for all of the feedback. I'm a little concerned that I'm hearing this type of upgrade would actually make the ride worse for day-to-day driving. I don't track my vette at all. What I really want is a smooth ride for my day-to-day driving. The car seems to ride a little rough right now, and it is an 07' (10 years old), so figured suspension would be a good start. Am I making the wrong decision? Should I be looking at other products that align to more daily street driving? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

texasmark04

Thanks for the tip. I looked at the website and didn't see any package that you mentioned. Probably looking in wrong area, mind shooting me over a link, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks.

choppychop

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...rformance.html

There you go...

texasmark04

Thanks for the link!

etaylor14

I installed them on my friends 08. It will stiffen up the ride a little but cornering will improve. He liked them his wife didn't.

mikeCsix

Since you are not interested in handling performance and prefer a plush ride, at 10 years (you didn't state the mileage), I would just replace the shocks with base shocks if any are leaking oil. You also don't state if you have a magnetic ride suspension, if you do, the mag ride components are a little more expensive.

texasmark04

No magnetic ride suspension. I have about 58,000 miles on the car.

wayback

More than likely your shocks are worn out. Time to replace with OEM base or Billstein HD.

LMB-Z

Also, what kind of tires are you running? Non run flats will give you a smoother and quieter ride. Upgrading the sway bars will help with body roll, but wont do anything to help the ride quality.

texasmark04

Thats what i figured. Bought from original owner and not sure he ever did any suspension work or upgrade. Further up the thread, one of the forum members recommend that I look at a vendor who advertises here and go with the Z06 shock that fit the C6, they are much cheaper that the Johnny O'Connells I was looking at as well. Think I might go that way first.

texasmark04

Had both left/right tires damaged on rear, and have gone with Non-run flats in the rear.

Front: P245/40ZR18 88Y LL
Rear: 285/35R19 99Y

So, you don't see any value in doing the sway bar upgrade, even with the car pushing 60,000 miles?

wayback

I have the Z06 shocks on my car (base 07). I love them but they are a little stiffer than base,Z51 or B. Sports. Also have Z51 sway bars. Much flatter in the corners.

The Z06 shocks are not harsh on our decent roads but not floaty either.

mikeCsix

The GS shocks weren't too bad either, softer than the Z06 or Z51 but perhaps stiffer than the base model. Since ride is more important to you than performance, you may want to consider those.

The streets in San Antonio may be a bit easier to drive on, I know the roads are pretty good in Arizona, but up here in Seattle the roads are miserable.

texasmark04

Thanks for the tip, I'm going to go with the Z06 shocks and the Z51 Sway Bar, and have my local dealer to the install. Hopefully this will improve the ride I have today, which is a little rough for my liking.

Thinking next upgrade to be cold-air induction, but have read many things about how it doesn't really improve performance. On the fence on this one.

texasmark04

Thanks mikeCsix, I think I'm going to go with Z06 shocks and Z51 Sway Bar for now. The streets that I travel are pretty good here in San Antonio. I mainly drive to and from work in the vette, and on highways on weekends. I have a Tundra for tackling the mean streets of San Antonio

By the way, I see you have a Monterrey Red C6. I have the same color, love the shine when it's all cleaned up and waxed. It's a great color for the vette.

choppychop

You will be happy with the ZO6 shocks.
I also installed a ZO6 rear spring, it made an amazing difference. Picked up one on EBay from a totaled ZO6.