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Originally Posted by zz430camaro

I love the way the car handles and rides with the factory 1LE stuff. Its firm but not too much and handles great on the street, best of both worlds. The banging sound comes from the front struts bottoming out when the wheel makes a sudden drop, when it happens the sound is super loud like someone hit the front end with a sledge hammer. Its a known problem with these cars and only happens on very specific bumps in the road. If you were in the car when it happened you would say "holy #hit" what the hell was that. So I am not being a cry baby about the way the car handles/rides but trying to fix a real problem with it. Its embarrassing when it happens and you have a passenger in it. I could take it to a dealer and probably have them replaced but they will just put the same parts on and it will probably will still do it.

I think I am going to wait for the B6 to come back out and give them a try on the front and see how it goes, i dont want to put some crazy money into the suspesion cause i only drive it on the street.

I totally understand. I poked a little fun but only in light hearted way - not calling you a crybaby.

The noise you describe has never happened in my car (for that 35k miles). I drive some fairly rough roads too, what you describe reminds me of what a low-travel coilover shock will do when hitting 2x4 equivalent sharp bump in the road and hit the bump stops - BANG! ... yeah definitely not pleasant.

Good luck in your efforts. 1LE stock ride is definitely a good performer, I don't blame you for not wanting to change it (but for the bangs).

I'd agree that B6 would be one of the best choices for FE4 replacement, but might feel little more firm.