Re: shortened struts...

[Riley McDowall <roog@home.com>]

At 12:49 am -0600 14/5/99, Owen wrote:
>I'm pretty sure Spax does (or at least did) make a shortened piston shock
>for lowered cars....but you know what they say about spax.
>
>
>Owen
>87 Scirocco 16v #38 CD-SS.
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571

Yeah - JUNK.  We all know the shocks are terrible after about a year of
use, even with their "matched" springs.  What about those matched springs?
Well I ran them for a little over 2 years before they sagged too much for
use with my 16x7.5" rims.  When I replaced them with Neuspeed Race, I
stored them at my buddy's shop, where they sat for about a year.  I offered
them to Paul Maione a couple months ago, and when I asked my friend where
they were, he told me he installed them on another friend's Jetta I (he
couldn't remember where they came from).  About 2 weeks later, this guy
came back with both front springs broken in half.  High-quality metallurgy,
that... :P



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