Bilstein Front shocks ?

[Eduardo Castrejón Elbjorn]

Hi,

Please help me with this:

My father bought on ebay a pair of front bilstein shocks at $ 100.00 usd that I already have on my hands. But I´m not sure that this shocks are Bilstein.

The shocks cames in a Bilstein box that says on hand writing 73-89 911 or 75-84 Turbo.

I have the doubt that this shocks are Bilstein because don´t say the brand and the color is like polished aluminium (the other bilstein shocks that I have are yellow with blue and I know that exist greens and black).

The shock are gas operated and the serial number is :

5195001H002 (housing)

B36-556A-9 ( looks more than bilstein numbers, this are in the plastic or mounts )

I can´t find the serial number in the bilstein web page but I saw that exist diferent shocks for diferent struts (boge,bilstein,koni)

I want to use this shocks on my 914 with 74 911 front supension.

My question are:

1.- Do this shocks are Bilstein ?, if not what brand are ?

2.- My struts are original, then are boge ?

Let me know

thanks and regards

[Eduardo Castrejón Elbjorn]

If knowledge is power then in this case don´t have the knowledge is be stupid !

In this moment I feel like !

For saving some bucks, I will need to spend a lot more to can use it.

I already call bilstein and ask for this shocks cartridges:

1.- Yes, it´s bilstein !

2.- But only can be used in bilstein shocks cartridges covers a with bilstein struts.

I believe that my struts are boge ?

Can somebody please tell me if can adapt this cartridges to boge covers ?

let me know

regards

[rich]

I can't help with your shock question. I just wanted to say Hi and ask if you received my return email the other day.

[Eduardo Castrejón Elbjorn]

Rich:

Hi,

Yes, I received your email.
I will send you in a few min and email

regards

[mike mueller]

Eduardo,

I think your best bet is to resell them or get to be good friends with a machinest that can make the appropriate spacers for them to fit.

Good luck....

[Eduardo Castrejón Elbjorn]

Mike Mueller:

Yes, probably I wil buy another shocks for this application and store this cartridges until I upgrade my other 914 to 911 front suspension this time with bilstein struts.

thanks

[roadtrp204]

Looking at the picture, those appear to be the guts of the strut or to rephrase it, they look like a rebuild kit or piston and valve assembly for bilstein struts. It also appears that bilsteins do have internal bump stops.