 Identify Front struts engraved "12 VW" where VW is the logo, Need HELP to identify Front struts engraved "12 VW" |
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| Miguel K R |
 Jan 16 2020, 04:35 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 12-December 19 From: Portugal (Europe) Member No.: 23,732 Region Association: None  |
Hello,
I just received from Germany a pair of Front Struts that were advertised as Bilstein G modell. I guess that the G modell was used on '74 and later cars, it has 90mm (approx. 3.5") between the fixing points for the brake calipers, and 18mm thread. However, the struts I received have 75mm (3") between the center of the fixing points for the calipers, and a thread of 16mm diameter, so I assumed these were F modell used on 911 cars till '73. Looking at the struts more in detail I found that the steering arm is engraved with the number 12, followed by the VW logo. I guess that VW never produced struts for the 911, and probably this is a strut for a 914-4 (useless for me, as I was buying the struts to convert my 914-4 to 5 lug wheels). Can someone help clarifying this,to help me to convince the German supplier that he has to accept the return of the struts. Thanks in advance Miguel K R (Portugal - Europe) |
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| 914Sixer |
Jan 16 2020, 06:52 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,882 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Going to have to have pictures to see what you have. Sounds like they sent you 914-4 struts. VW logo should not be on Porsche struts. VW struts will have a straight arm to hook to steering rack and 911 will have curved arm.
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| falcor75 |
Jan 16 2020, 07:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,579 Joined: 22-November 12 From: Sweden Member No.: 15,176 Region Association: Scandinavia
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A five bolt strut should look like this, although mine does have the 75 mm (3 inch) bolt spacing for the brake calipers.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/matsgarage.com-15176-1579183115.1.jpg) |
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| Miguel K R |
Jan 17 2020, 04:01 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 12-December 19 From: Portugal (Europe) Member No.: 23,732 Region Association: None |
[quote name='falcor75' date='Jan 16 2020, 01:58 PM' post='2777967']
A five bolt strut should look like this, although mine does have the 75 mm (3 inch) bolt spacing for the brake calipers. Thanks a lot for the explanation which was the final argument to convince the supplier to accept the return of the struts, which did not correspond at all to the advertisement : - they were not Porsche 911 (the steering arm was straight instead of curved) - they were not G model (they were for 3” calipers instead of 3.5”, and had 16mm thread instead of 18mm) - they were not Bilstein I wonder why Porsche used the straight and the curved steering arms. And when switching to 911 struts to convert to 5 lug, we simply use the 914-4 tie-rods ? |
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| 914Sixer |
Jan 18 2020, 07:17 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,882 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Tie rods are all the same.
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