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Apr 24, 2008 | 03:30 AM

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Thanks Pete. Very Helpful

Apr 24, 2008 | 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by YellowFlash

What I'm gathering from the posts above is that the Bilstein HDs are not as stiff as the Sport Bilsteins? I thought it was going to be the other way around

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I'll be replacing the shocks on my daily driver Vette soon and didn't know whether to go with the HDs or the Sports. Which shocks are closer to the the original C5 z51 shocks, is it the HDs, Sports, or C6 z06 shocks?

Sports are stiffer than HDs. I recently swapped out 50K mile original Z51 shocks for the Sports; have about 5K street miles and a few AutoX and I'm very happy.

Apr 24, 2008 | 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by lionelhutz

The only thing is that the C6Z shocks do seem to hold the car up more compared to the stock shocks. I believe if you go to Koni or PFADT shocks they don't have the gas charge and will not hold the car up. Hopefully someone else can comment on this.

Peter

I have tested almost every year and version of stock shocks and they all have nearly identical gas force. So if you are seeing a increase in ride height when changing to a new stock shock it is because your old shocks are worn out.

Nearly every shock made will have a gas force, including Koni and Pfadt. The majority of shock designs have a gas force. The exception is through shaft dampers which still have a gas pressure but have no gas force extending the shaft.

Hope this helps.