soft suspension?
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Melting Slicks
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From: atlantic city new jersey
soft suspension?
Thanks to sponge vette for running my vin i just found out that my car came with the FE-1 soft suspension is that a good thing ,what does it give me that another susp that was available on the c5, i got my car with 3500 miles on it without the window sticker,with leads my to another point dont you guys think that i guy without the window sticker should be able to get another one from gm instead of going thru bowling green and paying like 70 bucks for one?? i mean come on! whats it cost a piece of paper and some ink its not the mony that ticks me of its just the prcable!!! 
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The FE1 suspension is the base suspension. there are a lot of easily "do-able' upgrades. I have an FE1 car but it has Hotchkis sways with urethane bushings and Bilstein sport shocks. It isn't a Z06, but it still rides pretty good, and handles great.
You can also add the Z06 sway bars and change out the shocks for a little less than the setup I have. Check out the C5 Parts section right here on the forum and look for take-offs.
As far as the window sticker, the only way I know of to get a new one is through the Corvette Museum. Look at it this way - you get what you want, and you support the Museum at the same time. For $100, you can get the build sheet, window sticker, original dealer brouchure and the Black book as a package.......
https://www.corvettemuseum.com/libra...ts/index.shtml
You can also add the Z06 sway bars and change out the shocks for a little less than the setup I have. Check out the C5 Parts section right here on the forum and look for take-offs.
As far as the window sticker, the only way I know of to get a new one is through the Corvette Museum. Look at it this way - you get what you want, and you support the Museum at the same time. For $100, you can get the build sheet, window sticker, original dealer brouchure and the Black book as a package.......
https://www.corvettemuseum.com/libra...ts/index.shtml
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I just asked the dealer I use (I didn't buy the car from them).
Took about 3 minutes. Then he ran a service history for me, too.
But I still got the fancy one from the NCM just to support them!!! They're great folks up there!!!!
Took about 3 minutes. Then he ran a service history for me, too.
But I still got the fancy one from the NCM just to support them!!! They're great folks up there!!!!
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St. Jude Donor '05-'08
Originally Posted by love my car
Thanks to sponge vette for running my vin i just found out that my car came with the FE-1 soft suspension is that a good thing ,what does it give me that another susp that was available on the c5
As a note the FE-1 sway bar (especially the front) is tiny compared to the Z06 sway bar. You will notice an increase in handling with the new sway bars. Also, adding better shocks will only make the car handling that much better.
I did the front in about 1.5 hours and after figuring out the right way to take the rear off I did the job in about .5 hours. (It took me about 15 mins to figure out how to get the rear off with breaking my knuckles).
