Explain the 300 dollar shock to me, What the... Options

[emerygt350]

An insert for 275? What and why? Is it just rarity? Some strange one off design that no other car uses?

[wonkipop]

@chmillman

part numbers for front struts.



your struts have correct numbers for a 74

[chmillman]

your struts have correct numbers for a 74

Well, not according to the image above... I have the same parts catalog.

72 and up left side is listed as 914 341 081 05 (082 right side)

Mine are 914 341 091 00 (092 right side)

Interesting, I found a used part for sale at AASE which has my part number and says it's a Boge strut...



What's most important here is what kind/brand of shock insert will fit in them to replace the BBB's (Bone-Breaking-Bilsteins) ?

Edit:
More searching under that part number gives me all sorts of references for the inserts - not the strut itself. So, is it possible that the number on the outside indicates the insert to be used?

Edit #2:
Ahh, and this found on PMB's website:

914-6 Struts are simply 911T struts in all measures. The odd thing is they come with a 914 part number. That said, don't be confused; the 914-4 strut is quite different. One clue is a straight steering arm on the 914-4 version. Another is the smaller spindle. Yet another is the 16mm "coarse" thread (16x1.5) rotors attachment nut vs. a 16mm "fine" thread (16x1) attachment nut for the 914-6 and 911 versions. If the odd chance (they're not that common) you have 914-6 struts, you're good to go. Part number for the -6 struts is 914 341 091 00 and 914 341 092 00. Again, they are otherwise identical to the 911 version. Again, a "guess" would have it that these had to have 914 part numbers to be assembled as a complete unit into a 914-6. That "unit" (which would consist of the strut, inserts, hubs, rotors, backing plates, balljoints, a-arms, etc...) would basically have no other part numbers on it. Having the 914.341.xxx.xx number would signify that that "unit" had the proper 914-6 17mm torsion bars with the 911 spline count.

Wow... they're really -6 struts?