C6 Corvette Suspension

[Seth G.]

Does anyone know how the Z51 suspension on the C6 Corvette compares to the C6 magnetic ride suspension? I see mixed reviews. Thank you

[Patrick H.]

Re: C6 Corvette Suspension

Get ten C6 owners together and you'll have 11 opinions.

Seriously, you can spend hours reading the opinions on Corvetteforum and never come to a consensus. I have spent that much time on research and can't say that there is "one" answer. Base, Z51 or F55 are all good and none of them are "bad." It all depends on personal taste as well as what you want to do with your Corvette.

I would suspect it's true that 90% of us "could" be satisfied with the base suspension. Despite that, when I ordered my 2008 I purchased the Z51 suspension. I wanted the best handling car I could buy (since I opted out of a Z06) and was prepared to have a stiffer ride. I figured that the ride couldn't be worse than my old Corvettes or my truck, and I'd say that is true. My Dad wants his cars to ride like a Cadillac but I don't. I thought about F55, but since I plan on keeping the car I had the thought of $1500/each shocks in my head when considering replacement in the future, should that ever be needed. I have a colleague, though, who will likely be ordering the F55 because he doesn't plan on keeping it over 10 years.

If you have the chance, drive at least 2 of the three suspensions. Again, none of them are bad, but you have to determine what you want and what you are willing to "tolerate."

Patrick