I guess I've been a little behind in my C5's maintenance. After 155Kmi, my F45 shocks were shot. And I don't recall the last time brakes were done. But IIRC, my brother Virgil owned the car at the time and probably used store brand parts.

So I've been on the fence about shelling out cubic dollars for new F45 shocks, or disabling the F45 altogether and getting something aftermarket like Bilsteins. Well, I found a great deal on some low mile F45 take-offs. And I also had some Baer Racing pads laying around that are spares for the Chevelle (it has C5 brakes).

It's all in now. And the car handles/drives/brakes as a C5 should! I shouldn't waited so long!

Andy had my car a few weeks ago and didn't gripe much. But I get a lot of butt-time in this ride and I'm sure back to being a happy Corvette owner!

yay!

It wasn't TOO bad... but it was a bit wobbly on the freeway...

The brakes felt fine, too... But it did bottom out rather easily.

There is nothing like a fresh set of shocks and brakes to bring a car back to life. It's rather amazing, really.

Glad to hear it's riding/stopping well. I know that F45 was a huge jump in technology but quite expensive!

I'm glad you could stay with the F45's. High dollar option and from what I have heard....worth it.