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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Color of shocks etc

Posted by: simonjb Feb 23 2018, 07:32 PM

Can someone tell me what would have been the original color of a 1974...I am assuming black but wanted to confirm...

Front strut housing
Rear springs
Rear shocks

Thanks

Posted by: Tom_T Feb 23 2018, 07:41 PM

Simon,

It depends on which your 914 originally had for Shocks & Struts/Inserts

All Springs were black AFAIK,

Boge Shocks/Struts/Inserts were black or dark gray,

Bilstein Shocks/Struts/Inserts were kind lime green (yellow nowadays),

Konis Shocks/Struts/Inserts were reddish-orange,

.... & the Koni & Bilstien inserts made for Boge struts were their respective colors, but hidden inside. It was/is common to "upgrade" from the softer stokc base lever Boge shocks/inserts - to either Konis or Bilsteins (KYB are white & stands for Krap IMHO).

Most 914s came with the base stock Boge set-up.

Hope this helps!
Tom
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Posted by: simonjb Feb 23 2018, 07:43 PM

They are Boge. Tx