Nothing against the JOC items as they are very good, but so is the C6 stuff.
sway bar question??
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Every car comes with swaybars. Z06's are just thicker than the coupe. I moved to the Johnny o'connell swaybars and noticed a huge difference in my Z06. Hands down it has been one of the best mods I have done to my Vette.
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Did you just do the sways or the shocks too? I’m thinking about leaving my stock shocks and swapping out the sways. Also do you have to get a new alignment when you swap out the sway bars?
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I did C6Z shocks and then a month later did the swaybars. No alignment is needed as you are not tweaking the suspension out of alignment. If your stock shocks are good I wouldn't worry about replacing them. I just did mine since they were worn out after 90k.
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I did the Johnny O bars, but after a while, I pulled the heim-joint end in favor of the metal Z-06 links...much quieter, and didn't notice any difference in handling.
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As far as I know, every car over the last 30+ years has come with front and rear anti-roll bars. Technically you don't need anti-roll bars to drive safely on the street, but you really want them for good control during both cornering and bumps, especially bumps that affect one wheel or one side and not both. (I am sure there are some exceptions, maybe something solid-axle, traditional leaf-spring, maybe something dirt-cheap, I dunno.)
Effectively all C5 and C6 anti-roll hardware will swap between cars and options packages. Take-offs from more aggressive factory options are always a good option to try. However, remember that anti-roll bars do a specific job, and that job is not eliminating all body roll during cornering. Different anti-roll bars are matched to spring rates, shock valving, the weight of the car, the weight distribution of the car, the power, the grippiness of the expected tires on the car, and so on. In short, it is indeed very possible to go for an anti-roll bar that is too stiff.
If you don't know whether a car even comes with anti-roll bars, I would not necessarily suggest "upgrades" to you. You really don't need them.
Effectively all C5 and C6 anti-roll hardware will swap between cars and options packages. Take-offs from more aggressive factory options are always a good option to try. However, remember that anti-roll bars do a specific job, and that job is not eliminating all body roll during cornering. Different anti-roll bars are matched to spring rates, shock valving, the weight of the car, the weight distribution of the car, the power, the grippiness of the expected tires on the car, and so on. In short, it is indeed very possible to go for an anti-roll bar that is too stiff.
If you don't know whether a car even comes with anti-roll bars, I would not necessarily suggest "upgrades" to you. You really don't need them.
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C6 Z06 shocks and C6 Z51 Sway bars is the recommended set up (if staying with OEM parts). The C6 Zo6 sway bars are a little too stiff for OEM tires (surpass the lateral adhesion of stock sized tires) and work better as an upgrade.