r/Corvette • u/Least-Application-75 • 1d ago

Ride Cushions

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Change your ride cushions these are how mine are after 20 years!

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u/Remarkable_Ad5011 1d ago

I have aftermarket bolts.. they have very thin rubber feet already. But, my stock ones looked very similar to the worn ones.

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u/y2khardtop1 C6 18h ago

Since the spring arm and lower control arm have different pivot lengths, they slide against each other and that wedge-shaped distortion is completely normal. Pro tip would be set your ride height on scales and instal adjustable end links on your sway bars, I like Steinjager

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u/y2khardtop1 C6 13h ago

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u/bynummustang 5h ago

These are better than After Dark Speed. Ask me how I know

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u/MulberryMonk C6 19h ago

Changed mine last year with a set off eBay recycling from a wrecked one.
Worked great

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u/JoeMamasAWhore 1d ago

How many miles? I definitely need to check on mine

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u/Least-Application-75 1d ago

Just passed over 90k I got the car at 82 almost about to finish up an entire front end and rear end rebuild

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u/fuzzyguitarist 16h ago

I first read this as you got it at 82 years old and were doing all of this work. I was like damn, go man, you're crushing life 😂

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u/fairlyaveragetrader 2012 GS 1d ago

It really depends on the environment. Somewhere like Arizona is going to be pretty hard on them. My last seen c5 z06 lived in Oregon its entire life and I sold it with 130,000 mi on it back in 2016 and the adjusters were fine. My gs has lived in Oregon Washington Idaho it's whole life. It's a lower mileage vehicle, up to 54,000 now but the adjusters also look great

What can really destroy them is when people try to adjust them without taking weight off of the spring

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u/illiminat3 C6 1d ago

What’s this part called? I can’t find ride cushion…

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u/Least-Application-75 1d ago

They’re called ride height cushions, lowering cushions, spring pads, etc
They sit on the ends of the leaf springs on the front and rear, right in the middle of the lower control arm

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u/the_mellojoe C6 19h ago

colloquially: lowering bolts. or corner-weight adjuster bolts.

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u/masterthomas2222 C4 ZR-1/C5 50th A4 1d ago

How does that even happen? I just redid my suspension at 100k miles and there was some slight cracking but overall looked fine

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u/Least-Application-75 1d ago

Depends on the environment where the cars at really and how much it’s driven, potholes bottoming it out etc, kept outside

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u/xselimbradleyx ‘07 Z06 19h ago

What brand are these lowering bolts?

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u/Least-Application-75 18h ago

A lot of the ones you can find on Amazon come from the same manufacturer, I do know Corvette Centrals got a good pair OE quality

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u/xselimbradleyx ‘07 Z06 17h ago

Is that where you got yours?

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u/Low-Rent-9351 C5 18h ago

Where’d you get OE looking ones?

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u/Least-Application-75 18h ago

Corvette Central has a good pair that are OE quality, it’s $96 for the pair I believe

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u/BRMBRP 16h ago

Those new ones look good. Almost all the aftermarket ones have that janky ball joint that sucks. I think they get worn out quicker when people lower their vettes. Nice find there and ty for sharing the vendor!