How much damage will this really do?

[llutman@hotmail.com (Lisa Lutman)]

The car seems to handle extremely well still. It bounces a bit more than it 
used to and rides a whole lot rougher... kaBANG! over the smallest bumps. 
Damn Jamex.

I'm thinking of leaving it to the new year and then putting in bilsteins.

Lisa


From: Calimus <calimus@techography.net>
To: Lisa Lutman <llutman@hotmail.com>
CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: How much damage will this really do?
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:20:37 -0400

Basicly you won't damage much more then the struts/springs themselves.
You may wear out some bushings in the front control arms but unless you
constantly bottom out the car, you should be alright.  Be mindful of
pot-holes and large objects in the road and pay attention to the car at
hiway speeds to see if you have the boat action going on.

Pending on how broke you are, AutoZone carried gabrial struts for $24 a
piece for the front and they also carry gabrial rear shocks for $19 a
piece.  I just used the gabrials in combo with my new H&R Sport springs
and so far, they have been just fine.

William

Lisa Lutman wrote:
 >
 > Okay... this is my dilemma. I've sunk major amounts of money into my car 
in
 > the last three months rebuilding/replacing the motor, tranny, master
 > cylinder, tow truck damage, wiring, tires and other miscellaneous parts 
of
 > my car. I'm close to broke now and my shocks and struts have decided to 
pack
 > it in. The springs are still good. How much damage will it really do if I
 > wait for awhile to replace them? I'm sure there are lots of
 > worse-case-scenarios, but how likely is damage to happen?
 >
 > TIA guys... :)
 >
 > Lisa
 > Vancouver, BC
 > 87 2.0L 16V Scirocco
 >
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Lisa
Vancouver, BC
87 2.0L 16V Scirocco


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