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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 11:12 AM
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I was thinking about getting this and installing it, but does anyone know if this is a good upgrade at all? Anyone know if it will somewhat/significantly imrpove handling and around corners? At least better than stock right?

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http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/results...ber=pk12456148
 
Old Aug 31, 2010 | 02:22 PM
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Oh yeah. It will help. Get the Gmpp tubular trailing arms & the heavy duty rear sway links. Moog makes the ones to get.

If you dont have a factory front tower strut, you can get adapters so you don't have to drill. Same for the rear. I have these mods on mine for just over 10k. It makes a difference.
 
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Honestly, that kit looks like what comes stock on the SS, so for you it would help, but if your planning on doing those upgrades, I would go with ZZP's stuff. I have both sway bars, trailing arms, F+R strut bar from them and with my lowering springs and shocks, she rides like a corvette now!
 
Old Aug 31, 2010 | 05:24 PM
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Get the upgrade, don't waste your money on the ZZP stuff. The upgrade from GM is a drastic improvement over stock even for the SS. When I purchased the upgrade it came with trailing arms though.
 
Old Aug 31, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by PacerSS
Get the upgrade, don't waste your money on the ZZP stuff. The upgrade from GM is a drastic improvement over stock even for the SS. When I purchased the upgrade it came with trailing arms though.
x2 of what he said. they are zzp brand of course they will tell you theirs are better
 
Old Aug 31, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 03SSdriver
Oh yeah. It will help. Get the Gmpp tubular trailing arms & the heavy duty rear sway links. Moog makes the ones to get.

If you dont have a factory front tower strut, you can get adapters so you don't have to drill. Same for the rear. I have these mods on mine for just over 10k. It makes a difference.
One of the two come with them. But, isnt the front strut tower the same as stock?

Originally Posted by PacerSS
Get the upgrade, don't waste your money on the ZZP stuff. The upgrade from GM is a drastic improvement over stock even for the SS. When I purchased the upgrade it came with trailing arms though.
Nice, that's what I wanted to hear haha. Trailing arms ay?...Hm, how hard is it to install? Doesnt seem like it'd be that hard.
 
Old Sep 12, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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Wow that’s a cheap price, ZZP sells the same exact GMPP pieces individually at a much higher price! And it's the part DIAMETERS that make them stiffer, so of course they look stock.
 
Old Sep 30, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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anybody install this tell me how difficult it is? also is it worth installing on an 2003 SS?
 
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