harsh ride
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harsh ride my car feels like it has gone downhill on the ride quality. is there anything i should replace to help this? its got 95k miles and its a 98 z28. it also has a squeak when i hit bumps with the right rear tire.
shocks. Shocks. The Shocks. SHOCKS! The stock shocks SUCK! Car with brand new DeCarbon's ride better when they are taken of for something better. There are different levels of "better" BTW..... 
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10 SCCA Solo National Championships, 2008 Driver of they Year, 2012 Driver of Eminence
13 SCCA Pro Solo Nationals Championships
2023 UMI King of the Mountain Champion
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if you do the pro-kit with bilsteins revalved, your ride will go from squishy to rattle your brains out on every bump. heck there's a ripple in the road they just fixed: pre suspension no biggie, now, LOW TRAC ABS every time i hit the bumps.
ask that sam strano guy about ride comfort and handling, i'm sure there's something in between.
I was quite suprised at how harsh the ride became after suspension, even with the 16's on. Handles like a **** but damn. Then came the 17's which didn't help a bit.
I've got a similar setup more race springs on my vw and its even worse rattle your head, but a friend had some neuspeed soft-sport springs (non lowering,maybe progressive rate) and on his vw with the same struts the car drives like a dream, handles decent, and i'd trade in a minute. I do live in the city where you got the metal plates at any given day about 5 to hit or drive around, and beat up streets. So its a fact of life. On the freeway the suspension is nice and toight, and reasonable.
I think its give and take unless you can afford some coilover suspension with adjustable dampening, but i was too poor for that.
just my opinion ymmv.
ask that sam strano guy about ride comfort and handling, i'm sure there's something in between.
I was quite suprised at how harsh the ride became after suspension, even with the 16's on. Handles like a **** but damn. Then came the 17's which didn't help a bit.
I've got a similar setup more race springs on my vw and its even worse rattle your head, but a friend had some neuspeed soft-sport springs (non lowering,maybe progressive rate) and on his vw with the same struts the car drives like a dream, handles decent, and i'd trade in a minute. I do live in the city where you got the metal plates at any given day about 5 to hit or drive around, and beat up streets. So its a fact of life. On the freeway the suspension is nice and toight, and reasonable.
I think its give and take unless you can afford some coilover suspension with adjustable dampening, but i was too poor for that.
just my opinion ymmv.
