Coil Spring Choices, Daunting?
5th Wheeling
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No upgrade on the sway bars. Just the stock front. I've taken in on a twisty mountain road and it feels good there. I'm sure a rear sway bar would help also, but at the speeds I'm going at it doesn't feel like it needs it because it feels controlled. The steering appears to have 4 turns lock to lock. That's the part that feels like it's holding back my cornering speeds especially on tight curves. Something else I find useful on this Van with its C6 is the engine braking. Very nice to have on long descends on twisty roads. On a lot of these modern trucks with many gears, they all feel like they don't have much engine braking, especially turbocharged ones. So when you're descending down a mountain pass it just wants to gain speed even when you downshift a gear, or two. With the C6 even in 3rd gear, as long as OD is locked out, it will provide enough engine braking. Makes for a more relaxing drive.
Last edited by OCBlue88; May 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM.
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From: Maryville
The front looks like its sitting low, its lower than my 99 E350 sat, you might have king pins, the ball joints have camber adjustments, king pin requires the I-bean to be bent, big semi truck garages can do that, but you'll need to be sure.
5th Wheeling
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Yeah her *** is high. She's completely empty still. Once I add water, food, should be close to level.
Needs to have a Camber Adjustment shim installed on the upper ball joint. Have to find an alignment shop who can do that. The shop who did the alignment said they never heard of the camber shims and instead suggested I get the I-Beams bent. I'm not going to do that when Camber shims are so much less effort to do.
Needs to have a Camber Adjustment shim installed on the upper ball joint. Have to find an alignment shop who can do that. The shop who did the alignment said they never heard of the camber shims and instead suggested I get the I-Beams bent. I'm not going to do that when Camber shims are so much less effort to do.
Lead Driver
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 5,018
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From: Maryville
Yeah her *** is high. She's completely empty still. Once I add water, food, should be close to level.
Needs to have a Camber Adjustment shim installed on the upper ball joint. Have to find an alignment shop who can do that. The shop who did the alignment said they never heard of the camber shims and instead suggested I get the I-Beams bent. I'm not going to do that when Camber shims are so much less effort to do.
Needs to have a Camber Adjustment shim installed on the upper ball joint. Have to find an alignment shop who can do that. The shop who did the alignment said they never heard of the camber shims and instead suggested I get the I-Beams bent. I'm not going to do that when Camber shims are so much less effort to do.
5th Wheeling
Joined: Apr 2026
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Yes very disappointed with their response especially since they got highly recommended for Commercial Vehicle work and they work on Econolines all the time. They sell the Camber bolt Shims in Autozone for goodness sake! So it's not something unusual.
Last edited by OCBlue88; May 28, 2026 at 09:54 AM.
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