Get the sways there and at first see if any C6Z06 springs are for sale
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Well, I am off to Ghana next week for a couple of weeks to a month on business, so I was going to leave the car at home for my brother to do a little bit of work on. (Paint calipers, replace turn signal bulb, possibly paint rims)
I was wondering what is the best place to get the C6 GS Sways and C6 Z06 shocks?
Is this the best bang for your buck suspension wise?
I don't really care to spend the money on coil overs, just want something cheaper and more simple, and to make it handle better.
I was wondering what is the best place to get the C6 GS Sways and C6 Z06 shocks?
Is this the best bang for your buck suspension wise?
I don't really care to spend the money on coil overs, just want something cheaper and more simple, and to make it handle better.
Last edited by turbolvr321; Apr 13, 2012 at 09:43 AM.
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A great simple package would be our Johnny O'Connell Stage 1. It includes shocks, sway bars, sway bar bushings and endlinks, all for one affordable price. All of the tuning and matching of sway bars to shocks has been done with the help with professional GM Race car driver Johnny O"Connell by our engineers, so there is minimal tuning required. We really designed the package for the street user who may track the car occasionally, but really just wants improved handling with minimal impact to ride quality.
The entire package will ride a little sportier than the OEM shocks, but will be considerably smoother over rough road surface than the C6 Z06 shocks that many folks replace their worn C5 shocks with.
Overall we really love how the entire package came out, and it's typically what we run on our Corvettes when we aren't doing any kind of development with them. If you're looking for an easy one stop upgrade path for improved ride quality and more confident handling, make sure to check out the Johnny O'Connell Stage 1 package.
The entire package will ride a little sportier than the OEM shocks, but will be considerably smoother over rough road surface than the C6 Z06 shocks that many folks replace their worn C5 shocks with.
Overall we really love how the entire package came out, and it's typically what we run on our Corvettes when we aren't doing any kind of development with them. If you're looking for an easy one stop upgrade path for improved ride quality and more confident handling, make sure to check out the Johnny O'Connell Stage 1 package.
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If you want to go with GM parts, contact Gene at gmpartshouse.com. They have very good prices on all their parts.
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Anyone who has done this, can you post up your thoughts on it?
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Do a WTB in the C6 parts on the springs and see what you come up with.
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