Shocks Question

[Pete94]

As a new Corvette owner, 94 Coupe, Red (of course) I have a couple of questions someone here may be able to answer.

1 - My car has 80 k miles on it and I was wondering what kind of life I can expect from my original regular Bilstein's ? I don't have any obvious problems but being new to the car I don't know what it's supposed to feel like.

2 - Does anyone have any comments on the Edelbrock IAS shocks ?

Thanks for the help.

Pete

 

[-=Jeff=-]

As a new Corvette owner, 94 Coupe, Red (of course) I have a couple of questions someone here may be able to answer.

1 - My car has 80 k miles on it and I was wondering what kind of life I can expect from my original regular Bilstein's ? I don't have any obvious problems but being new to the car I don't know what it's supposed to feel like.

2 - Does anyone have any comments on the Edelbrock IAS shocks ?

Thanks for the help.

Pete

1 - At 80K miles I would say the shocks are done pretty much. I have 97K on my 89 and on my 3rd set.

2 - As far as Edelbrocks.. I have them currently and like the way they ride and handle. If you swap to them save your bilsteins as you can send them to be revalved..

 

[rrubel]

My 86 had 133k (!) on its original Bilsteins. They were definitely gone, but the car still handled decently. I looked at the Edelbrocks and wound up going with TPIS's custom-valved shocks. $175 for a set of four, lifetime warrenty, and the ride is not at all harsh - but still corners very nicely (and will do so even better when I finish replacing these &*(^&* dryrotted factory bushings).
[RICHR]

 

[Pete94]

Thanks for the replies. My gut feeling was that the shocks were most likely at the end of their life but you never know. I think I'll pursue the Edelbrock Shock route now that I have some more positive feedback. Now I need to find a good source (cheap) for these shocks. Suggestions anyone? I also think a bushing rebuild on the rear end is something I need to look into. Anyone ever do this themselves? Looks like a lot of work but since the car isn't a daily driver I can take my time.

Pete

 

[BigRed]

Whoa oh I better do my shocks!! LOL

:L :L

 

[Ken]

Welcome To The Corvette Action Center Pete94!

Glad you discovered us!

Pete, I got your message asking about "...an example of that icon in the legend at the bottom of the page. Black ball? Bullet hole? Some other kind of hole..."

I don't understand what you are asking. I don't see an icon like you describe. :confused

As for the Edelbrock IAS shocks, I bought a set for my truck and am very satisfied with how they work for my application. And I just finished putting over 8200 miles on it.

How they work on high performance cars I couldn't say.

_ken

 

[rrubel]

I'm slowly replacing most of the bushings front and rear with Energy Suspension's polyurethane ones. Some are harder to do than others... my mechanic took two days and needed to create a special tool to do the front control-arm ones. I've done front and rear sway bar (except for where the front end link mounts to the control arm) myself; they're not bad with a good breaker bar. Have rear arms and diff to do.
[RICHR]

 

[TerryD]

Car handles tight!

My 96 CE has 81000 m and I just finished replacing shocks and brakes. Put Bilsteins back on and what a tremendous difference!!! Its not so hard to do yourself either if you wanna save $$$ Car feels young again

 

[BigRed]

Ya C4 shocks are simplicity as its finest to install. Ive taken a look at mine eeeeasssy. (compared to my Jeep at least) plus they are tiny little buggers hehehe almost cute looking

:J