Suspension Mods
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Suspension Mods
I bought a C5 a couple months ago and now that I have taken it off the road I am looking to do some work on it. I am interested in the G-Force suspension coil over kit (www.g-forcesuspension.com). Can anybody here give me some information on it? The on the phone was helpful but I was wondering if anybody here had an opinion. Any feedback will help.
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Suspension Mods
I figured, due to the lack of response, that no one has any experience with this company. So I was willing to be the first. I order the kit last week and it came in yesterday. It looks like a pretty simple kit to install. If I can get the time, I am going to install it tonight. I will keep you all updated on the install and if the weather holds up I might even test-drive it a little.
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Very expensive and this....
"* System requires holes to be drilled for mounting brackets in the front shock mounting bracket.
** System requires minor bending of the rear tie rods for clerance of the coil-over shock. "
I went with the DRM shortened and revalved coilovers and I love them. No bending, no cutting, no drilling. Straight bolt on.
Good luck with your install
EG
"* System requires holes to be drilled for mounting brackets in the front shock mounting bracket.
** System requires minor bending of the rear tie rods for clerance of the coil-over shock. "
I went with the DRM shortened and revalved coilovers and I love them. No bending, no cutting, no drilling. Straight bolt on.
Good luck with your install
EG
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Originally Posted by EnglandGreen
Very expensive and this....
"* System requires holes to be drilled for mounting brackets in the front shock mounting bracket.
** System requires minor bending of the rear tie rods for clerance of the coil-over shock. "
I went with the DRM shortened and revalved coilovers and I love them. No bending, no cutting, no drilling. Straight bolt on.
Good luck with your install
EG
"* System requires holes to be drilled for mounting brackets in the front shock mounting bracket.
** System requires minor bending of the rear tie rods for clerance of the coil-over shock. "
I went with the DRM shortened and revalved coilovers and I love them. No bending, no cutting, no drilling. Straight bolt on.
Good luck with your install
EG
I looked at the DRM kit but really wanted the adjustable damping ratio. When I called up G-Force the guy gave me free shipping and a 15% discount. That sold me.
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The install went better than I thought last night. I hit all the nuts with wd40 the night before and everything came right off. I was worried about removing the monoleafs, but when I removed the load off them they just slid right out.
I got some crazy looks dropping itt off to get realigned today. Guess they don't get to many corvettes this time of year.
I got some crazy looks dropping itt off to get realigned today. Guess they don't get to many corvettes this time of year.
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I am loving this new suspension kit. The car reacts so much faster to the steering and when I go over a bump in the road I don't end up in the next lane. I will wait until spring to fine tune the damping ratio and find out what levels are best. The install was pretty easy and all the mounting brackets were really beefy, 1/4 inch thick. The holes that need to be drilled are only to hold the front upper Coil-Over bracket in place so it won’t rotate on the main bolt. I definitely would recommend this kit. If any one has any questions on it just let me know.
