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Old Oct 4, 2025 | 06:04 AM
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Love the base weight but needing to update suspension before engine stuff. First is suspension and bushings. I've got the corvette shimmy under certain bumps and such. Tires new, balance good, alignment good. I want poly. Sway bar bushings are the problem..I like energy suspension but don't think theirs are the right size. What should I go with.
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Love the base weight but needing to update suspension before engine stuff. First is suspension and bushings. I've got the corvette shimmy under certain bumps and such. Tires new, balance good, alignment good. I want poly. Sway bar bushings are the problem..I like energy suspension but don't think theirs are the right size. What should I go with.
I went with Prothane. I've used Energy Suspension in the past with good results, but I've been happier with the Prothane. Use plenty of the super grease to avoid issues.
As for a softer ride, I wouldn't recommend polyurethane. They're going to be much stiffer. For a softer ride I would go OE rubber.
I am curious as to what you mean by "the Corvette shimmy". I own a few and have owned several Corvettes and I am unfamiliar with it.
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I went with Prothane. I've used Energy Suspension in the past with good results, but I've been happier with the Prothane. Use plenty of the super grease to avoid issues.
As for a softer ride, I wouldn't recommend polyurethane. They're going to be much stiffer. For a softer ride I would go OE rubber.
I am curious as to what you mean by "the Corvette shimmy". I own a few and have owned several Corvettes and I am unfamiliar with it.
Thanks...actually im looking for stiffer. The vette was build with soft suspension. Im down with prothane for sure. The shimmy is on the highway and certain bumps causes a shimmy in the steering wheel...similar to a 4x4 with mud tires and a bad shimmy damper almost.
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shimmy is unusual in a Corvette, I'd start with front wheels and tires being balanced/true

No jeep death wobble.....
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