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| Old Yella |
 Apr 8 2014, 08:34 AM
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Old Yella  Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 2-July 13 From: Canberra Australia Member No.: 16,086 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
How can you tell what make you front strut housings are? There doesn't appear to be anything written on them unlike the 911 ones which have the Boge stamp on the outside face or are colour codes like the Bilsteins?
I'm trying to determine which inserts will fit the struts I have for a 1976 914. thanks in advance. |
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| bdstone914 |
Apr 8 2014, 08:51 AM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,537 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
QUOTE(Old Yella @ Apr 8 2014, 07:34 AM)  How can you tell what make you front strut housings are? There doesn't appear to be anything written on them unlike the 911 ones which have the Boge stamp on the outside face or are colour codes like the Bilsteins? I'm trying to determine which inserts will fit the struts I have for a 1976 914. thanks in advance. They are stamped up high on the housing under the top sleeve. Almost all struts were Boge. Bilstein have a roll pin at the bottom. I do not think Koni was an option on a 914. Bruce |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Apr 8 2014, 09:36 AM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
Koni's were an option. I doubt Bilsteins were, and the design with the pin at the base of the strut appeared after the 914 ceased production, IIRC.
The Cap'n |
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| Eric_Shea |
Apr 8 2014, 11:38 AM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,278 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Apr 8 2014, 09:36 AM) Koni's were an option. I doubt Bilsteins were, and the design with the pin at the base of the strut appeared after the 914 ceased production, IIRC. The Cap'n I'm kinda in Bruce's camp on this one. I've never seen a 914 Koni strut. Plenty of stock 914 Bilstein struts though. You sure? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| Old Yella |
Apr 8 2014, 01:44 PM
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Old Yella Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 2-July 13 From: Canberra Australia Member No.: 16,086 Region Association: Southwest Region |
So will Sachs , Koni and Bilstein inserts all fit in a 76 front factory original front strut?
QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Apr 8 2014, 09:38 AM) QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Apr 8 2014, 09:36 AM) Koni's were an option. I doubt Bilsteins were, and the design with the pin at the base of the strut appeared after the 914 ceased production, IIRC. The Cap'n I'm kinda in Bruce's camp on this one. I've never seen a 914 Koni strut. Plenty of stock 914 Bilstein struts though. You sure? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| Paragon |
Apr 8 2014, 03:29 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 6-February 03 From: Corpus Christi, Texas Member No.: 255 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(Old Yella @ Apr 8 2014, 11:44 AM) So will Sachs , Koni and Bilstein inserts all fit in a 76 front factory original front strut? If you have black Boge strut housings, which most 914's do, yes. Sachs, Koni and Bilstein all make inserts for that application. I've sold LOTS of Koni's for 914's over the years and I think I've only run into one car that had original Bilstein struts. Sounds like others have seen more but I'd say a Bilstein equipped 914 is on the rare side. |
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| Eric_Shea |
Apr 8 2014, 03:45 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,278 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/welcome.png) Jason!
I think the confusion is "strut housings" vs. "strut inserts" For 914-4's the most common "strut housing" is Boge and Bilsteins are very rare but, they do exist. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=216192 While I've seen a ton of Koni strut "inserts" installed in 914's; I've never seen a 914-4 orange Koni strut housing. I didn't know they existed. |
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