FAUEE

The first thing I'd do is get some soft spring tires. People will tell you "herp depr Michelin" over and over again, but if you just want a nice tire, there's plenty that are more of a touring tire that will ride better for you.

CRB357

Yeah the cushiest touring tire than performs great for rain would be my preference. We get a lot of rain down here, hard rain too. I need all the grip I can get in the wet.

HOXXOH

Just because we don't get much rain in AZ ( about 1.5 " so far this year ), I tend to take road trips all over the USA. The 2 best all weather tires for me, are Nitto Invo's on my C6 and Continental Extreme contact DWS 06 plus on my C7 using C6 wheels.

Spaceme1117

Very nice. Really like the white.

Can definitely tell its Louisiana from all the bug juice on the front of the car.

CRB357

Yeah pretty buggy this time of year.

Is there a popular suspension shop that this forum supports?

acroy

Congratulations, glad to see you went & did it

FAUEE

I'll second the INVO as a great rain tire. It's quiet and fairly comfortable too. It's not a great performance tire, and it wears out VERY fast, but it is excellent in rain.

crawfish333

Congratulations on the new ride. If you decide to get active in the Corvette or special interest community around here, feel free to PM me and I can give you some information. I am a member of the Bayou State Corvette Club. We have a special meeting next week (Thursday night) at a local Specialty paint shop in Lafayette. They will have a demonstration after the meeting on sanding, buffing, and polishing. If you are interested in visiting as a guest, I am sure you would be welcome.

HOXXOH

I got better than 30K miles from the first two sets of Invo's. Most likely, because of several 5 to 8 K road trips during that time, straight lines were the norm.

CRB357

Since the front Falken’s have a lot of tread left, I’m leaning towards the Falken Azenis FK510 rears. When those wear out, then I’ll have a better idea of how I’m using the car and pick tires to suit.

I spent most of yesterday cleaning out garage to make room for the car. I cleaned the K&N air filters which were filthy. Also had to drill holes and zip tie the filter covers bc the plastic catches were all broken off. They were literally just laying on top of the two filters😳

I lubed all the door & hatch hinges, fixed a few other little things. I’m about to go aim the headlights correctly once it gets a little darker.

Going to try and find a shop to replace the power steering high pressure line this week. I don’t have high hopes, but after researching it, it looks to be a big PIA.

After that, it will be the tires & rims, a brake job, along with refinishing the brake calipers and cleaning painting rotor hats. They are rusted pretty bad.

Cleaning MAF and Throttle Body after that, then rear view mirror. Diff and tranny at some point soon too.

CRB357

Whitey is coming along nicely. Banging through a few issues, but overall I’m still enjoying the experience.

CRB357

Car is holding up fine on my bumpy commute. It rides a lot better than I thought it would. Regular tires work great. I spent 6 hrs on each wheel refinishing them. I sanded the hell of them and used Dupont's Wheel Paint. 24 total hrs on that project. I'm a perfectionist and I put my heart into the prep work and the painting. I'm very happy with how they came out. I couldn't find any wheels that I liked. I liked the stocked 5 spoke look and just decided to restore them and make them the color I wanted. Which is a dark graphite color. Not black, but like a gunmetal color. Really set the car off in my eyes. I'm about to put some Bilstein B6 shocks on it. Looking forward to that. So far it's been fine as a Daily Driver. Fits golf clubs and most everything I've needed to haul around. I've had a few issues, but I've worked through them. Not super impressed with some of GM's engineering, but overall it is a wonderful car. The Corvette is the ultimate road trip car. It just eats up the miles and is so stable and comfortable at 75-80mph. Going to Pensecola at the end of the month and I'm looking forward to the drive. I drive it 100% of the time in Sport mode and in the last couple of weeks end up paddle shifting the entire time. It just feels proper and sounds so much better. It's becoming just habit to paddle shift. I haven't really had a problem with it being a 2 seater. I'm hoping to take it to a local drag strip in the next month or two. I want to make some runs without the worry of cops. I've been sort of lucky bc I've been hammering on it pretty good.

Anyhow, thanks again for all the pre purchase advice from all of you. I'm pretty happy after 3 1/2 months of driving my Corvette.

RodRamos

How bumpy is "bumpy?" I find the car's suspension to be quite compliant, however acceptable levels of suspension feel is VERY subjective. The car isn't as plush as a Cadillac, but is more plush than a Ford Mustang.

CRB357

Extremely. Words can't even describe this section of Hwy 90 in South La. Just have to experience it. Right lane is so beat up, everyone drives in left lane and passes in the right lane. I'm not joking either.