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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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My car has the Soft Ride Suspension option listed in the glove box list of numbers. Has 3.15 rear end. 2000 Coupe.

What makes it Soft Ride? Just different shocks or is there more to it?
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 07:31 PM
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Soft ride has shocks,springs and swaybars that are just that softer than Z51 or Z06 has.
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Never heard of soft ride. Either it is the standard suspension, F45/F55 Selective Ride Control/Magnetic Selective Ride Control suspension or Z51 performance & handling suspension.

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softer leaf springs.. even if you have the F45 suspension setup.
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Here is the RPO code:

FE1 : SUSPENSION SYSTEM, S0FT RIDE
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