New Springs, Old Shocks OK?
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New Springs, Old Shocks OK?
Picked up a set of barely used Vogtland performance lowering springs from a local guy at a good price. I have a big Autocross event in two weeks and the Nigerian Bank Executive I sent my financial info to won't have my share of the million to me by then
, so I won't be able to get new shocks until after the event.
My car has over 250k miles and as far as I know the springs are original so they are softer than factory I am sure. Would stiffer springs and old shocks make enough of a difference in handling to justify the work to put them in? I am not to worried about ride, the car rides horrible now and it is not a daily driver. I just don't want to make the handling worse, or waste a lot of time and make no difference at all.
, so I won't be able to get new shocks until after the event. My car has over 250k miles and as far as I know the springs are original so they are softer than factory I am sure. Would stiffer springs and old shocks make enough of a difference in handling to justify the work to put them in? I am not to worried about ride, the car rides horrible now and it is not a daily driver. I just don't want to make the handling worse, or waste a lot of time and make no difference at all.
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Is it worth the work? Not in my opinion... I'd wait till you can afford to buy the RIGHT shocks to go with those springs.
If your shocks are as old as your original springs, I'd just leave them together till you can afford to do the whole job at once. Remember, that each time you remove the shocks and springs, you'll have to do an alignment. That just adds to the costs and the inconvenience....
As a side note, if your old worn shocks can't handle your old soft springs, there's no way they'll handle those new springs. It would be like running springs without shocks...
If your shocks are as old as your original springs, I'd just leave them together till you can afford to do the whole job at once. Remember, that each time you remove the shocks and springs, you'll have to do an alignment. That just adds to the costs and the inconvenience....
As a side note, if your old worn shocks can't handle your old soft springs, there's no way they'll handle those new springs. It would be like running springs without shocks...
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Doesn't sound like a wise plan to me 
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Are you going to have more autocross events AFTER the one in two weeks??
If so, drive your car as it is for now, buy the new shocks when you can afford to, and do the springs/shocks together as a package (basically, do it right the first time).
JMHO
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.Are you going to have more autocross events AFTER the one in two weeks??
If so, drive your car as it is for now, buy the new shocks when you can afford to, and do the springs/shocks together as a package (basically, do it right the first time).JMHO
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Plus, you have to do the same amount of work to change either the shock or the spring in the front, so it makes little sense to change only one of the components.
The back is no big deal, as both shock and spring are easy to change individually.
The back is no big deal, as both shock and spring are easy to change individually.
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