Our 08 cobalt just doesnt seem to handle to good in corners. If you go around a corner to fast. it walks the road. I have had the alignment checked, is it just because of the FWD? My work truck handles as good as this thing! What can I do to make it handle better, without spending a small fortune? thanks.

 

nope its cuz its a lower model cobalt. theres tons of body roll. just go get strut bar sway bar and coilovers

 

drive slower, lolz

coilovers

better tires

read the suspension stickies

 

lol theres a couple of good corners I like to take kinda fast. I guess Im just used to rear wheel drive. so some coil overs and maybe a strut tower brace, and are there sway bars on these cars?

 

i put in a rear anti sway bar from TTR, i took my little brother for a ride without telling him i did so, he was like "what did you do to your car? It turns like crazy!"

i've heard the strut tower brace is good as well, might be getting one in the spring

 

strut bar

sway bar

springs or coilovers

now go!

 

Tires would be a huge upgrade in handling, but it will not eliminate body roll.... I'd just get spring and lower that biach

 

ok thats good to know this is my FWD car, and I really dont have a clue how they are set up. Thanks for your help guys!

 

I have strut bar, sway bar and much better tires. I used to be able to over drive the car. I haven't since I upgraded. Afraid to push it any harder cause I'm afraid I'll wreck. The car handles so much better with those 3 things alone. I can't imagine what coilovers would do for me

 

I can imagine. The car just sucks in corners. I am gonna get the upgrade after the first of the year.

 

Well if you think about how the SS is setup it makes since why the LS sucks so bad. We ride higher, have worse struts, softer spring rates, smaller front sway bar, and crappy tires.

What I don't understand is why it wouldn't be cheaper for GM to use SS parts in the LS. I mean you would think if they mass produced the better suspension parts it would be cheaper in the long run. By that I mean, why not use the same springs, struts and sway bars. I understand cheaper tires.

 

Itsa base model cobalt, it wasnt meant to carve corners. But, your tires are probably a big part of the problem, with that much sidewall theyre probably flexing all over the place.

get some springs and lower profile tires. youll notice a bigger improvement right there.

 

The ride would be too harsh for grandmas and cute college chicks.

 

that and all of the people that i see commuting 50-80 miles one way in base cobalts

 

i bought some 245 40's bfg's for it just havent got them on yet. and I agree with the why didnt they just build it like the ss? it is supposed to be a sedan, not a sports car. but my old f150 work truck handles that curve better fully loaded. thats what I didnt get. looks like I am gonna upgrade. whats a good spring? Ebach?

 

I had an 08 LT and eibach pro-kit made a world of difference. Match that with some Strut bars and rear sway bars and ull be a **** star in no-time. Just be careful. Corners scare the **** outta me. Straight road FTW

 

SS front sway bar $75

SS springs $165

Progress rear sway Bar$145

change in handling: priceless



(strut bars, and tie bars are a waste of money)

 

nothin like comin through over a upward incline into a pitched right turn downhill back into a left pitched uphill. lol

the ls suspension can be scary lol, had the right rear tire off the ground off the first part. 3 wheelin biatch lol

 

a sway bar and srings should help, but really you shoudnt expect much from a stock lt, its an econobox and its gonna handle like one unless you start modding it

 

Stock, no. But you put a few hundred dollars into an LS/LT itll handle like a champ.

 

you know this you drive one.....

 

The LS-to-SS Suspension Conversion Club,

I am not only the President, I am a member too!

 

I am the redline to TC suspension conversion vice president, member reporting to Maven
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I wouldnt mind having a set of those.....theyve got 'em in stock for $250

 

how much is a sway bar and how much is a strut tower brace?