{"id":1090,"date":"2009-03-28T07:04:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T12:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2009-03-28T11:29:59","modified_gmt":"2009-03-28T16:29:59","slug":"cts-suspension-upgrade-components-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cts-suspension-upgrade-components-on-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"CTS Suspension upgrade components"},"content":{"rendered":"

Initially for upgrading the suspension in my 2005 Cadillac CTS I wanted to go with the suspension from the CTS-V.\u00a0 This stikes me as a setup that is already tested and validated by Cadillac on the chassis, and is an all-Cadillac solution.\u00a0 After studying the various solutions available from Hotchkis and Eibach, I was leaning toward one of those, and looking at prices and shipping cost (suspension parts tend to be heavy).<\/p>\n

Luckily I was able to win an Ebay auction<\/a> for a few useful items — basically the complete FE4 suspension off of a 2005 Cadillac CTS-V:<\/p>\n

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Cadillac CTS-V Front and Rear Swaybars<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cadillac CTS-V springs<\/p><\/div>\n

The auction also appears to include CTS-V shocks, although these likely will need fresh examples:<\/p>\n

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Cadillac CTS-V FE4 Shocks<\/p><\/div>\n

Hopefully everything is as described.\u00a0 At a total of $61 with free shipping it makes a nice purchase.<\/p>\n

Next I need to nail down the testing methodology to be used to test at each step, then test my current FE1 base soft ride CTS suspension a couple of times to show consistency of results.<\/p>\n

I think our first suspension mod step will be to swap to the CTS-V sway bars alone, then test.\u00a0 Based on my reading, sway bars can have the greatest single impact on handling.\u00a0 Swapping the sway bars should only take a couple of hours in the driveway, but we’ll see.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong><\/span> — Hmm; not so fast.\u00a0 Apparently the seller is claiming that the auction was only for ‘free shipping’, not for the components themselves!!?\u00a0 So, this may turn out to be a ‘dry hole’ after all.\u00a0\u00a0 If this does not work out, I’m back to deciding whether to go with a new Eibach or Hotchkis kit designed for the base CTS or to look for another CTS-V take-off set.\u00a0 The Eibach kit from AutoAnything<\/a> with Free Shipping looks like a nice choice.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2<\/strong><\/span> — Okay, I think we may be settling on a price for the CTS-V sway bars and bushings from a 2005 CTS-V, which were the parts that I wanted to try first.\u00a0 So, back to figuring out the best test setup to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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