A Marsh

I'm looking for suggestions on how to improve the ride quality of my car.

It's a 2003 Z51-equipped Coupe. I'm running stock size non-run-flat Nitto NT555 tires. The suspension is completely stock.

I'm sure many of you'd disagree, but I think the ride's kind of harsh.

I test drove a 2008 C6 Saturday and was impressed with the ride quality even on the stock Goodyear run-flats. The car was admittedly a base suspension car.

I'm looking to improve ride quality, but not lose any cornering ability or, at least, not much.

Thanks.

Dave68

One of my future upgrades will be Bilstein Sport shocks. Based upon what I've read, they should be superior (handling-wise) to the Z51 shocks but I'm not sure if the ride will be better. good coilovers, like LG's may help as well. Another way to improve ride quality is to reduce unsprung weight. However, if you are running the optional polished wheels, you'll probably have to spend quite a bit to get significantly lighter wheels (forged would be necessary).

Oh 2 Fun

maybe you have this issue.....

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...-surprise.html

Never know...might be worth a look-see

Vetteman Jack

Take a look at your shocks and make sure they are OK. Could be they need replacement.

T5Mika

Koni FSDs give a very good ride and control (for the money). Not especially sporty though and not as smooth as C6.

A Marsh

The car has 40,000 miles and is 8 years old. I suppose shocks deteriorate even sitting, huh?

had2have-it

I have a 2001 vert, 6spd, 37,000mi. Will be installing the Koni fsd shocks, but have a choice to make wheel-wise...N73 GM Magnesium wheels or 18/19 chrome aftermarket spyders. How much do I really hurt the cars all around performance by using the heavier aftermarket wheels? Has anyone ever gone as far as to remove them due to weight related issues?

stormrider

Personally I found that my Koni's greatly improved ride quality and made my Vette handle better all the way around.

Dave concrete

Coilovers. Installed Pfadts on my car and the ride is stiff but not harsh. It becomes a whole different car. I noticed on my old vert the ride was soft but when you hit a bump it was jaring, you don't get that with coils just feels like much more positive road contact.

groundstrike

I too noticed an improvement using the FSD's. my car even with 19's and 20's rides pretty well...

Toque

These not only improved ride quality for me, but made the car over all way more capable of a performance car in every way. No downsides. I'm still giggling every time I go out for a drive.

bdiddo

One day...those are definately on my wish list!

burbleflyer

I would mount those on the outside of my fenders just so I could look at them.

Dave68

These are the best - and a perfect match for Magnetic Red C5s.

I know the non-adjustables use Bilstein shocks but am not sure what these use.