At how many miles should you replace the stock shocks


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I think that it would depend on the type of miles you put on your car. For instance, if you drive mostly highway miles, you shocks should last longer. In any case I'll bet there are very few C5 forum members out there who had to change their shocks due to excessive wear. My guess is that the stock shocks will last beyond 100,000 miles.

 

GLENN43, Dave68,

Keep in mind that most factory shocks are produced by the lowest bidders for the car manufacturers. Corvette shocks are no different in that they aren't the best made shocks in the world. There is no way in no perfect setting that factory shocks will last anywhere close to 100,000 miles, let alone beyond 100,000 miles. The factory platinum tipped spark plugs will NEVER last 100,000 miles either, even though GM boasts that they will go 100,000 miles without needing replacing. There is no perfect driving conditions in which these change intervals can be met. If you think that your factory shocks will last 100,000 miles or if you want to wait until 100,000 miles to change out your shocks, you will have a very uncomfortable ride quality at about 50,000 miles.

Factory shocks should be replaced when the car has reached no more than 30,000 miles. We recommend changing your C5's factory shocks with aftermarket shocks when the car has reached no more than 20,000 miles. Aftermarket shocks tend to last much longer and usually come with lifetime warranties. We have found that once the C5 has reached 20,000 miles, you can feel that the shocks need replacing.

Hope this clarifies any confusion on shock change intervals.

Shawn

 

Shawn,

I guess I'm used to shocks on Japanese cars lasting well over 100,000 miles. My Mazda MX-6 has electronically-adjustable shocks with 120K on them and they still feel great. My Nissan Quest minivan's shocks have 80K and feel like they can go another 50K or so. I therefore tend to think that the shocks in my coupe will become "loose" at something more than 30K miles or so.

Are the Corvette shocks that much worse than those on the ***. cars?

 

Move the car up and down to see if they are still doing there job by damping.

 

oh, Shocks... at first I thought this post was about people who don't wave :lol: :jester

:seeya Jeff

 

Thank You

Glenn

 

Dave68,

I am sure the quality of the shocks mounted on Japanese cars from the factory are better than those mounted on domestic cars. If they last that long, great!!!

Trust me when I say that the Corvette shocks will never last longer than 50,000 miles. Those that have waited that long have nothing but an uncomfortable mushy ride. When you remove the factory shocks and compare them to an aftermarket shock, you will see how horrible the quality of the factory shocks are. You will easily be able to compress the factory shocks by hand at 20,000 miles. Try compressing an aftermarket shock by hand after about 50,000 miles and it is still as difficult to do as the first day they were installed.

Shawn