Shocks question
Melting Slicks
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From: West Virginia
http://www.bilsteinus.com/products/s...rvice/service/
"BILSTEIN Technical Center - The official Bilstein Shock Absorber shop in the US offering complete rebuild of most A.M. dampers and customized valving of your aftermarket dampers for motorsports use."
Melting Slicks
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From a couple other boards I am on, the only people who seem to use this service are looking for a custom setup. Bilstein do claim to have a lifetime warranty though, IF you have the original invoice.....
Team Owner
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From: Lacey WA RVN 68-69
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Gene Culley just had a big sale on GM C6 Z51 and C6 Z06 shocks. The Z51 shocks would be a good choice with the OEM C5 sway bars. Or get the C6 Z51 bars and shocks! They are a bolt-in swap.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Helotes TEXAS
Plus I'm thinking of lowering the car. I may just end up swapping out to a set of C6 Z06 shocks. I'm not very impressed with the Bilstein shocks.
Drifting
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From: Vail AZ
I recently put stock AC Delco '13 Z06 shocks on my high-mileage '04 Z06. I noticed no difference whatsoever in ride or handling. Which, I guess, is a good thing. I only replaced the shocks because of the mileage on the originals.
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Le Mans Master
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Interesting.......
Drifting
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From: Portland OR
Hmm, I have been looking to replace my shocks and sways with the standard C6Z shocks and C6 Z51 sway bars due to the 140k miles I am pushing. Maybe I'll just toss the plastic links and call it a day until they leak if they don't feel much different.
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Le Mans Master
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Drifting
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I will say I haven't looked under my car much, but when it was on the lift to have the clutch done, I took a look at the sway bar links. 
No idea what Chevy was thinking with the plastic sway bar end links.
No idea what Chevy was thinking with the plastic sway bar end links.