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Posted by: qa1142 Jun 30 2005, 12:24 PM

I need a door seal

Posted by: phantom914 Jun 30 2005, 12:27 PM

QUOTE (qa1142 @ Jun 30 2005, 10:24 AM)
I need a door seal

Passenger side = right

Andrew

Posted by: ArtechnikA Jun 30 2005, 12:30 PM

assuming you meant "passenger"...

"passenger" side is left side only for a RHD cars - such as UK, Australia, or Japan.

by automotive convention - direction (such as "left") is always referenced to the forward direction of travel. (as in - left turn...)

FWIW - in referencing VW and Porsche parts, "sided" parts (right and left...) almost invariably use an odd last main group number (before a 2-digit modifier) for the left side - the next higher even number is the same part for the right.

Posted by: ClayPerrine Jun 30 2005, 12:36 PM

QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Jun 30 2005, 12:30 PM)

FWIW - in referencing VW and Porsche parts, "sided" parts (right and left...) almost invariably use an odd last main group number (before a 2-digit modifier) for the left side - the next higher even number is the same part for the right.

The exception to that rule is the engine and transmission parts on a 914. Because the engines and transmissions we use were designed for rear engined cars, the numbers on them are reversed in a 914.

Engine and trans - odd is right and even is left.

The rest of the car - odd is left and even is right.

Just one more reason these are weird little cars (owned by weird people).