Getting my clubs re-shafted?

[live4u120]

I've been thinking about getting new irons, and really, I don't need a whole new set of irons. I just need lighter ones. The weight on mine now is a bit much. They are steel shafts now, and I was thinking about getting graphite shafts, which could reduce the weight, at a cheaper cost.

Do you think getting graphite shafts would be alot? Around what estimate do you think I'll be charged? (And it's just for irons, everything else has graphite already except for putter)

Also, what else could reduce the weight of my clubs? Or maybe I should just start lifting weights haha.

EDIT:
I just looked around the web, but I can't seem to find where I would get my clubs reshafted. I'd probably get them regripped too while I'm at it.

[2bGood]

I've been thinking about getting new irons, and really, I don't need a whole new set of irons. I just need lighter ones. The weight on mine now is a bit much. They are steel shafts now, and I was thinking about getting graphite shafts, which could reduce the weight, at a cheaper cost.

I thought you would be better off $$$ wise grabbing used set or lat years set of new irons, then monkeying around withyour current set.

[golf_junkie27]

What is the swingweight on your current set? Have you thought about going to a fitter and finding out if that can be adjusted?

Also, what type of steel shafts do you have now? If you like steel, you can always look for a lighter, steel shaft. Graphite is going to cost you more than steel and steel tends to but not always provide a tighter, shot dispersion.

[clearwaterms]

graphite shafts vary wildly in price. A VX aldila is a fairly cheap shaft at about $10 a shaft. to pull and replace your steel with graphite is probably about $10 a club.

So you are probably looking around $25 a club including a new grip. That is the cheapest graphite. UST iRod shafts are over $30 a shaft, so that cost would probably be closer to $45 a club.

You might be able to find some graphite shaft pulls on ebay, somebody who switched from graphite to steel, and grab those, it would save you some money, but be careful, I have gotten bad shafts off of ebay in the past.

[live4u120]

I'm not sure what it is now. My guess would be if True Temper shafts are normally 130 grams, it might be around 140 grams. (If that's what swing weight is.)

And yeah, I know that steel does that, but I used graphite clubs earlier, and I just loved the feel of them ALOT more than my steel irons. I don't feel like I can really get into my shot with steel. With graphite I feel like I can use my power, and the club does what I want.

[Shindig]

I've been thinking about getting new irons, and really, I don't need a whole new set of irons. I just need lighter ones. The weight on mine now is a bit much. They are steel shafts now, and I was thinking about getting graphite shafts, which could reduce the weight, at a cheaper cost.

Why do you need lighter ones? I thought this a while back, too, and went to graphite (AeroTech) in my irons and wedges. After about 9-10 months, I went back to my old TTDG Steel shafts and picked up some good distance versus what I had when I had the graphite in. What was your fitting for steel?

[live4u120]

Wait wait wait. It just dawned on me. On my irons, the club head is extremely thick. I think this is like this because (they are a junior set, for older kids) they are trying to promote a downward attack on the ball, so it's ALOT heavier. Say, if you looked top down on your iron, you'd probably see a regular iron, and it's pretty thin looking at the very top of the face, and if you looked down on mine, it would be VERY thick there.

I think the problem is the club head, not the shaft.

What would you say?