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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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When I bought this car, the owner had after market (longer) bolts on the rear. It was slammed to say the least. Im wondering if the leaf springs are some how warped from the major lowering that was done?When I hit second "sometimes" the car sqauts REAL hard and pulls right. I dont remember my first z doing this at all. Any thoughts? The squating is great for traction obviously, but the hard pull to the right does not seem proper.
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ovaltobowtie
When I bought this car, the owner had after market (longer) bolts on the rear. It was slammed to say the least. Im wondering if the leaf springs are some how warped from the major lowering that was done?When I hit second "sometimes" the car sqauts REAL hard and pulls right. I dont remember my first z doing this at all. Any thoughts? The squating is great for traction obviously, but the hard pull to the right does not seem proper.
Probably (hopefully) a mix between bad alignment and/or tire pressures being outta whack.

Has it been aligned??
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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While your under there checking things, take a look at the rear tie rod ends.
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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A set of C6Z shocks did the trick for my car. Did the exact same thing. '00 Z51 with about 48k miles when I did the swap.
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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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Same thing on mine- fixed with new rear tie rod assembly
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