ATOMbomb

Tried doing a search but not being a car wiz made me come up empty handed. Possibly the choice of words again seeing as I lack alot of knowledge in this department.

Anyways, I was sent to work at a different store so my commute home had me take the highway home. Now I have only been on the highway with this tc maybe 5 times in the past year including today . I had to take an off ramp that led to an overpass. I was probably only doing 45 maybe 50 (speed limit is 40mph for this off ramp) and that car felt light in the rear? Almost like a floating feel it . after the turn I di d a couple "safe" swerves at 45 and still felt the same. I have never taken an off ramp like this in the Ss so I have no clue if its typical ( as I heard from others that it is typical of any Chevy) .

My car is completley stock and the tires I have on right now are Goodrich sport comps. Car only has maybe 48000 (always drive with the coolant display seeing as j have an 09 tc lol) any help or lean me to the right direction to diagnose this problem.

PS I did the "bounce" test. Started bouncing the car in the rear then let go. It bounced one extra time then stopped . so I would assume shocks are fine?

Jesse

iTrader: (4)

My car is a base model but it's light like that too. I had to make an emergency turn once because a stupid retard and the rear really felt weird. I'm told adding a rear sway bar helps a TON. Not sure if you already have one. I want one.

ECaulk

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Its normal, mine does the same thing you just get used to it. I want to say its related to the understeer these cars have in stock form, but I'll let a suspension guru confirm/correct

Viperoni

Is your tire air pressure correct?

ECaulk

iTrader: (6)

I run 38-40psi for street driving

ATOMbomb

My tire pressure was 34-35psi all around while driving. Cold they were at 33psi when it was in the 80s the past few days. This morning 31psi because it was only 61 so I know I have to add air since its gonna be this temp from now on.

LNFTX

Boom
During hard cornering i can feel the rear end sway to the side a noticeable amount of time after the front.
As said before pop a sway bar on there and it will get much better but realize the more stiff the bar the more likely your car will be to oversteer

themacguy

OP needs a Hardcore Bar. More neutral handling that way.

ATOMbomb

Lol maybe down the road. I don't track it or hard corner it ever. I actually baby it too much to tell ya the truth.

I just wanted to make sure it was normal before I took it somewhere and they start charging me up the ass saying I need this and need that. Not many reputable garages in my area really.
Thanks for the responses.

Viperoni

At that lower mileage, it doesn't sound like anything has particularily worn out... I can tell you that when I'm on winters (16's that are taller than stock), I do get the "delayed response" feeling from the rear end, that completely goes away when I put my summers on (17's).

I would try a higher performance tire before doing suspension stuff, but definitely a hardcore sway bar as the first mod.