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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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My Sting Ray rides better than my C5 when it comes to anything other than glass-smooth roads. I know, I know already about run-flat tires being a less smooth ride than switching to regular tires... but I don't want to do the carrying around a whole tire repair kit to go with non-run-flat tires.
Don't think the shocks on my '98 have ever been replaced. (I've had it since 2004) Only has 36K miles on it but I think I need to "spring" for new shocks.
Eckler's catalog shows 6 different shocks for C5s from $85 ea. Bilsteins to $450 ea. Koni Double Adjustables!
In between are: $120-140 ea. Edelbrock IAS's, $220 ea. black QA1s, $245 ea. Koni Single Adjustables, and $350 each bright alum.QA1's. ???

I want a good smooth ride over most roads (local and highway) with their pot holes &/or bumps here and there. But I don't want mushy/floaty. And I want solid cornering and passing without swaying side-to-side.

The Koni Single Adjustables at $245 ea. "sound like" the ticket, as their description matches just what I want... but $1000 for shocks is a lot of change and had better be darn well worth it. Anything less than a Selective Ride Control ride would seriously tick me off.

So does anyone have any good recommendations on what to buy without overspending??

Thanks one and all....
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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Get the C6Z06 shocks... they bolt right in and only cost about $225 for a set, brand new.
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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I got the Koni FSDs, they are very good shocks. Do a search on the forum and you will find more reviews. They run $630 right now for the set, a little steep but still less than some.
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