Re: Springs w/o shocks?

[Khan Klatt <khan@mediaaccess.com>]

>What's happin' gentlemen?
>    I have a '97 Trek. What are the downsides to putting on sport
>springs with stock shocks? How is my shock-life going to be affected?
>Good idea? Bad idea? Thx.

Several things:

1. Nobody can say for sure without knowing what specific springs 
you're running with what specific shocks, but the bottom line is that 
it can't be good for them.

2. Don't do the job half assed. If you're doing this, you want to do 
it to get better cornering and maneuvering. If you're going to get 
sport springs, then get some sport shocks to go with it. Otherwise, 
what's the point? It's like buying a  Porsche and insisting that you 
run bald tires.

3. If it does turn out that you need to replace your shocks as well 
(because they go bad thanks to your harsher springs), then not only 
do you have to pay for that anyway, you have to duplicate 
installation tasks-- which means you either don't value your time (if 
you're doing it yourself) or you don't value your money, because the 
installer is charging you twice for the installation.


The bottom line is that if you are installing sport springs, then 
you're looking for a particular set of benefits from doing so. You're 
not going to get those benefits unless you change your shocks as well.

But what the hell do I know? I'm driving an S6 now. :)

-Khan
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Khan Klatt                                         khan@mediaaccess.com

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