I have a question....I just got my friends springs Neuspeed Race springs 2" front 1.8" rear for $50...now my question is what to do next.

Should I a)get some 50 dollar used shocks or something (made a $500 budget and I'm at $450 for the car for this summer, + since I don't want the car to be a money pit i'm not raising the budget) or b) wait till next summer and use like 200-300 to get some quality shocks.

now my concern is the struts blowing on me...but from what I understand they take a while to blow...and since I don't drive much(this fall trasnfering to a school where I'll be livingo n campus w/o car) ....I'll put maybe 5-8K miles on the car till next summer.

So which option would be better for me?

 

You can get away with not buying new struts right now. 5000 miles should be ok on the stock ones but I would reccomend saving up for the struts and buying them next summer. I have KYB agx's and they are decent price and work good with that much of a drop.