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R50 thru 02/02 Front Strut options

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Old 03-02-2014, 10:20 PM
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R50 thru 02/02 Front Strut options

I've been looking for few day now for a non-OE strut assembly for my Feb/02 build R50. The only option I've found is OE.

Is there another option out there? I checked Sachs, Meyle, KYB sites and all list their products as "from 03/02". Hard to believe OE is the only option.

Comments welcome. Thanx
 
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Old 03-03-2014, 08:18 AM
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This might seem like a drastic solution, but it's worth considering:
If you change out the associated suspension springs and mounts and end links
to the later style, then you can use the readily available later style aftermarket
struts and have a lot of good choices to pick from.
Look on realoem.com (pick a 1/02 vehicle and a 1/04 vehicle and compare the
appropriate front suspension pages) to see what all needs to be changed.
 
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