Last year when I was driving my 07 base I was NOT loving the ride feel. Was looking into coil overs, bc racing was recommended several time to be both decent price and decent quality. Today I find out they will not do stock ride height, they are 1” lower out of the box, I can’t do 1” lower, as an option, ok but 1” lower as max ride height… no.

any decent coil overs out there that are also affordable by mere mortals? Or am I delusional.

thanks for your time.

 

Viking

 

https://www.lgmotorsports.com/lg-c6-...coilovers.html

Haven't made the decision yet to go this route. But from reviews on here and there these seem to be the ones I would go with.

 

LG GT2 is nice because you can adjust the body length and the perch height independently. They are really setup for track use though, so you might talk to them about softer springs. You need a shoo with expertise and scales to set them up for you properly

a premium option is G-Speed Penskes, but they are fixed body length. They can build them for OEM height and street comfort if that’s what you want.

 

I’m not sure what street comfort means, I can tell you my 35k mile car feels sloppy on the streets. I’ve got the entire drivetrain out of the car and nothing appears to be worn, shocks aren’t leaking, ball joints/bushings/tie rod ends appear tight and not damaged but the car felt floppy and scuffed the pavement with the slightest dip in the road. Overall I expected a more precise feeling from the car but as it stands I don’t get the feedback I thought I’d feel from a low mileage corvette. I guess I expected too much and I hoped a coil over would improve that.

 

Very true ... I have a set of Viking coilovers on only the rear of my GS ... I sure wish they were adjustable in total body length like the LG coilovers.

As far as spring rate, I had 525 Lb/in springs on mine and they rode too hard for everyday driving ... Replaced the 525 Lb/in springs with 400 Lb/in springs (now just right)


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i put the lg gt2 coil overs on my 2007 z06 a few years ago. when i first purchased them they had, i think, 600lb springs on them and the ride was quite firm. the wifey did not like the firmness for driving on the street. for the track she liked them. i talked to lg and they suggested going to a 500lb spring which i did. took them to a suspension shop and they set the springs to 500lb each and i installed them again and adjusted the height back to my original setting. car is still firm on the street, but manageable.
there is nothing 'sloppy' about the suspension.
one of the front shocks developed a leak, called lg and they sent me a new shock. no questions asked and i did not have to send the old one back to them.

 

I just bought a 2008 z51 manual coupe last weekend. Absolutely love the car. But...after coming from a newer AMG with over-engineered steering where you feel every little bump in the road, I completely agree with you dondoucette. Something about the handling feels numb and disconnected. It floats around and follows random grooves in the road. Feels insanely unpredictable.

I am planning on getting BC coilovers after a full inspection of the suspension this weekend. It has 25k miles so I'm expecting that everything will be in good condition when it comes to bushings and stuff. I just don't know what spring rates to order as this is my daily driver.

 

Daily Driver ... 400 lb/in on the rear

I have no idea as to the fronts (I have never installed front coilovers)

 

I've been running LG G2's for a month now and absolutely love them. Feels like a completely different car. I got lucky and caught an ebay deal on a used set. I think new they cost about 3k. I have a buddy who has had great luck with the neomax silvers but I havent drove his car so I cant attest to it myself. They typically cost around $1300 from what i've seen.

 

interesting thread. As a sidebar, 2 years ago changed out my floaty orginal Z06 shocks (only 6k miles on them) for DRM Bilsteins.
I didn't want to increase spring rates with coilovers (the only reason I'd go there) and I only do a few track days/year with this car.
The improvement was vast...transformed the car...much less floatiness and twitchy rear eliminated. But ride remained as good as OE.
The changes over standard Bilsteins sports is :
"Two of the major valving differences; We increased the front compression (better turn in, more level under braking and turning). We increased the rear rebound"

But now, I'm thinking that I may want something with more adustability to increase rebound damping even further for track use, when on sticky tires and higher loads...but still be able to back off for street comfort.
So I'm mulling single adjustable shocks....either Ridetech or Koni Sport . Maybe Ridetech, because the adjusters are easier to access at the track...

Maybe you should consider this option

BTW, I had BC Coilovers on another, more purpose built track car (not Corvette), and was pleasantly surprised at their quality and won many time-attack trophies with them. At the time (12yrs ago?), I was dealing directly with Bor-Chuan, the factory in Taiwan and was a development mule for that particular application.

 

StayInStock that is an incredible deal for some LG's. Can you send some of that luck in my direction, please?

 

oh shoot i didnt even tell you what i actually paid lol, I just said they cost around 3k new... i think between that and the LG sway bars I only paid 2200, Just happen to catch both deals at the right time, Super lucky.

 

oops i was reading on mobile and thought you said $1300 for the LGs my bad. but thats still an amazing deal

 

Hello everyone! I understand that a lot of people tend to like to leave their ride height stock but if you are willing to go a little bit lower than stock and want a serious performance gain I highly recommend Feal Suspension. I have been using their 441 coilovers on my C6 for the past year and I am very pleased with the ride quality and adjustability!

 

Not a fan of coil overs for most, since 90% of the people that have gone that way, don't have a clue on how to set the suspension up to begin with/ or get a system that is fully adjustable, and makes no difference in lap times between the coil overs and the stock set up.

As for sloppy feel, you can thank the GM engineers that added in all the extra give in the suspension bushing, to make it more street bump old man lard **** friendly.
Hence frame in either steel or aluminum is stiff enough, but just way too much give in the bushings to try to smooth the road out isntead.

So on base car, DRM shocks, change out from trans spring to Fe3*, swap out to FE3 sways, and when it comes to a poly bushing kit, mod the inner lower bushings to use a thicker bolt sleeve, so less poly to deflect in the end.
Note on front trans FE3 springs, there is one for the m6 ,and a slightly stiffer one for the A6, so make sure your getting the right one for what trans is in the car.
And the reason for the stronger trans spring in the front, is so the front end does not over dive into the corners during breaking/weigh transfer. In the base car, most will just glide through a corner without weight transferring, and why GM went with the lighter tension trans spring in the front. Both base and Z51 cars use the same tension rear trans spring.

If your going to run R compound tires, then can up the sway bar tension some, but don't go buck wild, since still running base size tires.
I bring this up, since coming out of a corner hard as speed (over 100), slightest of surface chop with sways too stiff can end up with the car sideways since not enough grip/sways trying to hold the car too level isntead.

 

So you're telling me that you can do all that you explained in this post but you are not a fan of coilovers because they are too difficult to set up? lol. As for them not making a difference in lap times that is not true as well. I dropped 2 seconds off of my lap times at Willow springs simply by adding this set of coilovers. They are also very easy to adjust and set up. I even reached out to the guys at Feal Suspension and they gladly gave me some pointers and valuable information to get this set up perfectly. This was much easier than having to install different sway bars and swap out springs in my opinion.

 

Yeah im with ya Doug, ill never understand the "coilovers have no performance gain" arguments. My car even before being setup made a huge difference. Once it was setup it was even better. Not having to constantly worrying bout lowering bolts changing height was worth it to me alone but the increase in handling made it that much better.

 

Its a vet, and no coil over system is going to make is ride as smooth as a DB9~DB12 that the op is looking for in the first place.

In the right hands, coil over set up will make the car faster on a road course track with correct set up. Hell just the correct alignment will shave seconds off the track to start with.

But in novice hands, stock set up, verses correctly dialed in coil over set up, is not going to make the driver any faster, when they can not put two laps together with the correct (or even same) line to start with.

Simply, see too many here thinking that coil over set up is going to make them faster, when the problem is not car, but lack of driver talent instead.
And worse, too many vendors here telling them it will, when its the drivers talent that is lacking/should be where the money is spent in the first place instead.

To prove my point, this topic pretty much sums it up.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...3-c6-base.html