Squaking Shocks, what to replace with ?

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Nov 20, 2005 | 09:10 AM

DADEO1

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From: Brenham Texas

Squaking Shocks, what to replace with ?

I have a 99 Coupe with Z51 set up The rear shocks are squaking and I want to replace them
.
The question is which one is the correct one. Heavy duty or sport.

I don't race the car at all just cruise it around.

Thanks for the advice.

Nov 20, 2005 | 09:22 AM

Evil-Twin

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From: small town in S.E Pa. PA

St. Jude Donor '03-'04

Check with Gene Culley at Fred Beans.. a forum vendor...
he has four C6 Z06 shocks for under 200 dollars... yes they will fit.
he has 26 sets inbound.

Gene Culley
gculley@FredBeans.com
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Fred Beans Pontiac Buick GMC of Limerick
40 Auto Park Boulevard
Limerick, Pa 19468
610.495.1700

Nov 20, 2005 | 12:52 PM

turboc5

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04 ZO6 shocks. However if you happened to lower it, bilstien sports. they have a slightly shorter body so they dont bottom out.

Nov 20, 2005 | 04:37 PM

servohead

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Ummmm. Never heard of a squeaky shock before.... I would make sure you're spot-on the issue before you drop 300 bucks or more on new shocks. Is it cold outside where you live? An extremely common cause of squeaking over bumps in the C5's (either suspension option) is the swaybar bushings. Swing down both swaybars and apply some silicone grease to the bushings. I'll bet you the noise goes away after you do that.

Nov 20, 2005 | 05:47 PM

David426

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I agree with servohead 100%. I had sqeaking front and rear swaybar bushings. Very common on the C5 cars. I thought it was the shock absorbers at first. There are two bushings on the front and two on the rear swaybars. Each bushing has 2 bolts. Loosen bolts slide bushing to the side and coat with silicone grease. Its an easy job. I had Firestone do mine while I stood there and watched. It took the guy 15 minutes total for the front and back. Charged me $35.00. You can do it yourself no problem. I just felt lazy that day.

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Nov 20, 2005 | 08:44 PM

IM QUIKR

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On a '99 you're due for new shocks anyway. The stockers were inadequate from the day they were installed and worse now they are 6+ years old. Bilstein sports are the way to go and they have a lifetime warranty to boot. I love my car now that the floating sensation is gone.

The squeaking however, is probably the sway bar bushings. Squirt some synthetic based lube on the bars, under the bushings and the squeak will disappear.