Blown shock?

[txrocco at sbcglobal.net (Patrick Bureau)]

if you are short on cash , you could get on h&R Sports without a problem get
from Autozone or similar places, Gabriel VST's they are 20-25/ea, I know
numerous guys that have that setup and never complained (for daily drivers
anyways, if ya racing go bilsteins...)

--- Joe Doty <Joe.Doty@lcnetwork.com> wrote:
> Potterman (www.parts4vws.com) can set you up with a full set of Bilstein
> HDs for less than $400 I believe.  This is a performance shock.  I have
> HDs on my '79 and Sports on my '88.  If they are out of your price
> range, think about getting something from Boge or Tokico.  I have no
> experience with their shocks on A1s tho.
> 
> Joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsp320@aol.com [mailto:gsp320@aol.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 1:54 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Blown shock?
> 
> So I'm driving home and all off a sudden, the rear hatch is rattling
> lots 
> over bumps, and the rear jumps out in the turns with bumps.  In the
> driveway it 
> the right rear bounces tons more.  I'm convinced it's a blown shock.  My
> 2 
> questions are
> 1 - is it safe to drive for a few days until I  can replace it?
> 2 - the car is lowered 1.25 inches on H & R springs... any suguestions
> on 
> what to replace with?
> 
> Thanks for bearing with me, I've only had the car 2 months.
> 
> G
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