Blown shock?

[abatzis2 at hotmail.com (Michael Abatzis)]

i had my boge progas's for ~4 years on srs springs. never had a problem.
"spirited" driving to say the least, with autoxing and 3 yrs on
boston/nyc roads. 

> 
> --- Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hey, Patrick -
> > 
> > I've seen you mention these numerous times. Have you been 
> able to back 
> > up your claim that they're made by the same people as Boge? Or the 
> > same mfg tolerances? whatever it is...
> > 
> > Also, I've never known a set of Boge's to last more than a 
> year or two 
> > on lowered springs when driving is reasonably spirited...
> > 
> > How long have you had yours?  thx, JT
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Patrick Bureau" <txrocco@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: "Joe Doty" <Joe.Doty@lcnetwork.com>; <gsp320@aol.com>;
> > <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:04 PM
> > Subject: RE: Blown shock?
> > 
> > 
> > > 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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