datsunlover Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Well I changed the rear struts today, and all went well.. suprisingly.. I'm just curious about the 'old' inserts I removed.. I'm wondering if they are oem, or possibly an older aftermarket unit. At the bottom of the cartridge, it reads; 1-0701 32 558-0 B O G E 11/6 The 11/6 kinda makes me think 'November 1976' but I don't know.. They apeared to be in decent shape, and for a moment I thought 'Hey.. maybe I can return these KYB's and get my $$ back.. and in the spring, buy the Tokicos..' heh heh.. I gently push on the top of the cartrige (it was still sitting in the strut housing) and it drops like a rock. It takes a little pull to bring it back up, but will actually fall back down on it's own now.. So I guess they ARE shot.. oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Sounds like Boge struts. They are a European company that makes very good quality struts for Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, etc. Good struts, I don't think their Z stuff is all that aggressive, more of just a very good quality street replacement IIRC. It sounds like yours are dead, so you'll be getting something else anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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