Need stiff shocks. help c5/c6
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Drifting
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: Broken Arrow Oklahoma
St. Jude Donor '09
Need stiff shocks. help c5/c6
A c5 related question here. My friends 2005 c6 is lowered and it has custom wheels that make the tires stick out past the fender 1/2 inch. We want to keep it lowered so we need to find the stiffest shock to reduce the suspension travel. Will a shock work for this? I think we might have to use the adjustable kind. What options do we have other than raising the car back up?
Thanks.
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Racer
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Lynnfield MA
Adjustable shocks only allow you to change the stiffness
characteristics of the compression and/or rebound of the shock,
not the length of the travel.
I believe what you are thinking of is a coilover type suspension,
with adjustable spring perches. These allow you to adjust the
ride height, but they're not really going to buy you anything
different than what you've done with the stock adjusters.
I think you'll also find that if you raise the car back up, the
wheels will still stick out past the fenders the same amount -
the static geometry of the suspension doesn't change with
lowering. It may just look like they stick out a little less
because there is more space between the bottom of the
fender and the top of the wheel.
The root cause of the problem is that the wheels either have
the wrong offset, or they're just too damn wide for the
stock fenders.
characteristics of the compression and/or rebound of the shock,
not the length of the travel.
I believe what you are thinking of is a coilover type suspension,
with adjustable spring perches. These allow you to adjust the
ride height, but they're not really going to buy you anything
different than what you've done with the stock adjusters.
I think you'll also find that if you raise the car back up, the
wheels will still stick out past the fenders the same amount -
the static geometry of the suspension doesn't change with
lowering. It may just look like they stick out a little less
because there is more space between the bottom of the
fender and the top of the wheel.
The root cause of the problem is that the wheels either have
the wrong offset, or they're just too damn wide for the
stock fenders.
