lefoy84

What will Z51 Convertible Bilsteins do to the ride on my base Vert?

Anyone tried this?

Aardwolf

The car would be bumpier but handle better. From what I remember the Z51's come with poly mounts, putting rubber in would make them a little softer if they turned out to be to much.

Gar

Don't know about verts but I put Z51 Bilstein sport shocks on my 95 w/Fe1 soft ride susp. and it handles MUCH better.

vader86

It'll ride a little bumpier.

lefoy84

I noticed that Bilstein recommends B46-2055 front and B46-2056 rear for convertible and Z51.

Red Guts

I put the Z51 shocks on my base 94 coupe. It improved the handling a lot, but wasn't too harsh. I say go for it.

After tracking the car, it was still way too soft, so I did Z51 springs and sway bar, too. Now THAT really made a difference. I couldn't be happier.

jrp

I recently did this to my coupe and really like the results so far, although I've only been back & forth to work since the swap.

It's quite firm but not harsh - any jarring bumps are the ones that were annoying previously. I like the added road feel so "bumpy" isn't a word I would use.

Not sure about track or twisty behavior, although it's got to be better than the (probably) worn out base shocks I took off.

jrp

Mine (purchased earlier this year) came with rubber mounts.

OldCorvetteFan

I did this with my '95 FE1 car, and really like the difference. It's a lot sharper now.

Steven

jerkyboy

I put the Z51 bilsteins on my FE1 vert and it made a huge difference. I had someone drive my car the other day who works on a lot of C4's and he said it was the best driving (ride wise) C4 he had driven.

lefoy84

Thanks for the replies. Looks like I will try the Z51s.



What exactly is different from base to Z51? Anything other than springs and swaybar and shocks?

Aardwolf

There was a recent thread with info like that, here:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...&highlight=z51