dhayzen

Hi all,

Ok, really stupid question....

Do springs wear out?

I've done 60,000 miles on standard springs (45,000 motorway!) in a classic MY00 Turbo.

Dave

MorayMackenzie

I believe that they will, over time. As do the dampers and pretty much any moving mechanical parts.

Fatman

What's the expected lifespan of a set of original UK Turbo (MY00 is it matters) springs and shocks?

breezer

It depends how you use the car. Sorry, don't know any figures but obviously 60k motorway miles at fairly constant speed on flat roads will put a hell of a lot less ware on the springs/dampers than even half that (or less) on a bumpy country lane at varying speeds.

GV27

Yeah, it really depends on how you use the car, and also what your expectations are. As an example, I once had a Honda tuner tell me that while the stock struts would go 100k miles for "your everyday Joe", from a performance enthusiast standpoint they were pretty well gone at 24k. My '02 US WRX's struts were just fine for most people when I changed them out at 25k miles, but I could definitely feel them loosening up significantly.

Chris

dhayzen

Ok, thanks for info. Think I'll get springs changed with bumpsteer & alignment in a week or two.