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Ridetech HQ Series Front ShockWaves Pair Use w/ Stock Arms Cadillac Deville | Eldorado 1956
$995.00

RideTech HQ Series ShockWaves for 1956 Cadillac Models

Upgrade your classic 1956 Cadillac DeVille, Eldorado, Series 60 Fleetwood, Series 62, or Series 75 Fleetwood with the RideTech HQ Series ShockWaves. These innovative shock absorbers are designed to fit just like CoilOvers, providing exceptional ride quality and handling. The adjustable air ride stance allows you to customize your driving experience, whether you're cruising down the highway or showcasing your beauty at a car show.

Key Features

  • Monotube design featuring robust 1.834" pistons and heavy-duty 5/8" shafts for durability.
  • Impact-forged bodies ensure long-lasting performance.
  • Patented "shock-within-a-spring" technology combines air springs and shock absorbers into one efficient unit.
  • 24-position rebound adjustment lets you fine-tune your ride to match your preferences and road conditions.
  • Backed by RideTech's exclusive 1,000,001 mile warranty for peace of mind.
  • Developed from over 20 years of expertise in air ride technology, ensuring predictable handling akin to CoilOvers.
  • This kit includes two front rebound adjustable HQ Series ShockWaves.
  • Requires an air compressor and control system for optimal use.

Fitment

  • 1956 Cadillac DeVille
  • 1956 Cadillac Eldorado
  • 1956 Cadillac Series 60 Fleetwood
  • 1956 Cadillac Series 62
  • 1956 Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood

Customer Feedback

Customers appreciate the seamless installation of the HQ Series ShockWaves in their 1956 Cadillacs, noting the significant improvement in ride comfort and handling. Many have highlighted how the adjustable features allow them to adapt to different driving styles and road conditions, making their classic ride feel modern and responsive.

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About RideTech

Ridetech manufactures exciting suspension systems that improve the handling and ride quality of your muscle car, truck, Corvette, or hot rod. From restorations and show cars, to high-speed autocross and track day cars, Ridetech offers a wide range of premium products including air suspension systems (air ride), coil-overs, shock absorbers, coil, and leaf springs, tubular control arms, roll bars, sway bars and much more.

Being a Hot Rodder is more than parts and problem solving, if you are one too, then you already know what we mean. It is a lifestyle and a passion, and it is built on sharing with friends. Being a Hot Rodder means you never enter any town as a stranger, you always have fellow enthusiast to sit down with and feel at home. This is why we spend so much of our time and resources on attending events, we want to meet you and hear about your story – even if you aren’t a customer, even if you buy someone else’s product… 

Our approach to problem-solving, “can-do” perspective and relationship-driven business tactics have provided openings into many areas of business including agriculture, commercial transport, and defense projects as well… but at the core, we remain true to who we are – we are Hot Rodders.

Technology

RideTech greatly improves the ride quality and handling performance of your late model muscle car. Choose coil-over suspension, air suspension or monotube shock absorber upgrades. RideTech’s engineering team starts from the ground up with impact forged aluminum shock absorbers bodies that are vastly superior, with respect to quality, to anything offered from the factory. As such, RideTech offers an unbeatable 1,000,001 mile warranty. Like high-end exotics and race cars, RideTech shocks are monotubes. The design provides precision rebound and compression control as well as enhanced reliability. 

Coil-overs are popular upgrades for Mustangs Camaros and LX muscle. A Coilover is simply a shock surrounded by a coil spring; it places the shock and coil in one linear unit. A Coilover is a simple solution for most suspension designs, but can often be difficult to understand what you need. Fortunately, RideTech has your back with 21 years of suspension development.

Choosing a coil-over begins with two important decisions. The first is choosing the function of your vehicle. If you are building a performance car, then you will want a coil-over that has an adjustable shock. This allows the driver to tweak the “stiffness” of the suspension with a twist of a knob located on the shock. This adjustment knob controls the shock valving which controls the damping of the coil-over. This is a huge benefit for drivers who want to fine-tune their performance for the track, autocross, or the road. 

The second most important decision in choosing a coil-over is finding your desired spring rate for the coil spring. Spring rate is the force required to compress a spring 1″ and is an important factor in how comfortable your car rides and your ride height. RideTech has worked out ideal spring rates for your vehicle and intended driving style.

Product Line

RideTech offers a wide range of products for street rods and one-off custom cars with fabricated chassis including coil-over suspension, air suspension, and shocks. The world's greatest custom car builders choose RideTech suspension for exceptional handling and ride quality.

Complete Air Suspension, Coil-over Kits, and Conventional Streetgrip Suspension System for your classic muscle car and cruiser. 

RideTech offers high-performance suspension components for all generations of Corvettes including coil-over conversions, shock upgrades, sway bars, and even MagneTuner, a plug N play controller for Magneride-equipped C7 Corvettes. A RideTech exclusive, our Track1 line of ultra-high-performance suspension components for C2/C3 Corvettes are proven race winners. The Track 1 line includes extreme duty IRS components as well as upgraded spindles with C7 Corvette bearing packs. Everything is designed to work with stock Corvette frames.

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