We have a couple of cool things ready for Spring! The first is a new upper shock mount that allows you to use spherical bearing ends instead of the "pin" tops on your shocks. This is a CNC machined aluminum billet mount. This has several unique features and is common for C4, C6, C6, C6Z and can be used with any brand of shock with spherical upper mounts. Please note the shoulder bolt that has no threads in shear, is threaded in the mount with a jam nut on the end and has almost zero clearance for quiet operation. In addition, the upper M14 stud is located with an offset custom flange washer for up to .200 inches of location adjustment. It also has a very large base to react the loads and spread the force into the shock towers as opposed to a small circle like the pin mount. This is made for .875 wide large angular 1/2 inch spherical bearings, but can obviously accept spacers for narrower bearings. In the rear, you use the OE upper 3 hole plate (courtesy of Tom Urban and his '95. The whole idea of the new little upper clevis was started so that the $399 non adjustable, non-Corvette specific Penskes, or Koni's, Bilsteins, QA-1's, etc can be used on C4's. For the C5 and C6, you still have the big lower clevis, but that is available in simpler forms than shown here and the upper mounts are common. The entire upper kit as shown (well, they might be black instead) will retail for $70 a corner and then you can use any shock you want with Heim style upper mounts, thereby eliminating the pin mounts.
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I am due to get my new Penske shocks next week, and I will add some more pics later!
Thanks!
Gary Hoffman
Hardbarusa.com
603-682-8073

Very nice looking pieces, Gary!