Hi All,

I just bought a "new" 2005 SRT6. It came with 26 miles on it delivered to me on June 15-3 years after it was delivered to this country. I sold an Audi TT and found this Crossfire through a Chrysler dealer(not the dealer closest to me) that I do occasional work for. I own a garage that does only European cars Mercedes, Audi, BMW, and Volvo. I have plugged my super sophisticated Mercedes electronic diagnosis tool (very expensive and capable equipment) into the Crossfire and found the car and equipment to be fully compatible.

What I don't know, and can't seem to find out, is about the suspension difference between an SRT and a regular Crossfire. This car is my daily driver, and it is too stiff. We can argue suspension dynamics till blue in the face - I don't care - the car is too stiff for me to be comfortable, especially in the rear. The solution, according to conventional wisdom, is to replace the SRT6 springs and shocks with regular Crossfire springs and shocks. OK I can do that easily enough, HOWEVER, I just spent half an hour at the nearest Chrysler dealer studding the parts books, and they show NO difference between the SRT6 shocks and springs and a regular Crossfire. The part number for rear springs is the same for either car. I used a VIN number for an '04 Crossfire and then used the VIN number from my '05 SRT6 and the rear spring and shock part numbers are the same. The only difference is the convertible which gets a different rear shock. How am I going to put softer springs and shocks on the rear of this car if Chrysler doesn't show any difference? I know they are different because I can tell by driving a non SRT and my SRT back to back-the non SRT is softer.

My only thought is that Chrysler has decided not to supply SRT6 suspension parts because of the very low production numbers. This makes me think that if you went to a Chrysler dealer to have shocks or springs replaced you would get the softer springs and shocks, but that is only speculation on my part-can anyone shed any light on this matter.

Oh, BTW disconnecting the rear sway bar softens it up somewhat, but this is not a long term solution.

 

See this thread, especially the second page.

 

I think most of it has to do with sitting over the rear axle since the car has a very small wheel base.