Harry, I just got a call from a fellow in Arizona tonight that I sold some Brembos to a while back. He was calling to seek some "advice" from me on his suspension. (He got what he paid for...my "advice" is free;-)) He bought the Vette Brakes kit that I believe you're referring to. Danger, danger young Will Robinson! He said he had to go to the dentist to get all new fillings, and have a tooth bonded, the damn thing rode so harsh. If that's not bad enough, he said the thing pushes like the big pig I predicted it would. He said it handled much better BEFORE the VB install! Anyway, I asked him what the shock valving and spring rates were. Guess what, he didn't know before he bought the kit, and he found out what the valving was by the #'s Bilstein had on the shock. The best part is Vette Brakes didn't event know what the hell it meant, but DID charge him an additional $120 for the special valving! Oh, it gets better, they don't quote any spring rates!! BUT, they claim that at low speeds it rides better than a Z51 car, and as the bump rates increase the spring gets progressively harder, and rides a little harder than a Z51 spring. Now THAT's chutspah! (they don't even say WHAT YEAR Z51!) To top it off, add in a 32mm front solid bar, and you have totally turned a good handling car into a buckboard POS that can't turn in. (with 1 1/2 deg of neg. camber all around and 1/16" of toe out per side up front!!!)


Turns out the freaking shock valving is something like 600/400 in the rear, and I was throwing up and couldn't even hear the fronts. With that kind of rebound,nineteen 67 the wheel would get stuck in the wheelwell and "never" come out. IMO, save your $$$ and check out the setup mentioned above. If you want to go a bit stiffer on the spring rates, just get a set of old Z51/Challange springs from Contemporary or another Corvette salvage yards for ~$300 for the pair. (look for '88, '89, '90 Z51 or '91 Z07 springs)