How much damage will this really do?

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

It also depends on what wheel & tire package you have on the car.  If you
are running 13's or 14's you are probably OK.  If you are running anything
larger (and heavier) you will slowly stat seeing signs of stress on the
car..  Things like the paint craking around the upper strut bearings in the
front.  Worst case secnario you drive it that way for an extended period of
time (a year, maybe more) and it might rip the lower control arm mounting
point out from under the front of the car.

Alan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: How much damage will this really do?


The struts are the only thing that will get damaged when driving on bad
struts.  As long as you are careful over rough roads, you shouldn't any
damage to any other component but I would be very careful because if they
truely are blown then you chouls resemble a bouncy 70's Cadillac and that
equates to a control issue.  I seen a GOB of cars run on blown or heavily
worn struts and it doesn't cause any problems other than control issues.
HTH!!

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Lutman" <llutman@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 10:19 AM
Subject: How much damage will this really do?


> 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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