Reply With Quotesome KYBshocks are red, Boge OE is now black, and has been for 4-5 yrs. Previously all Boge roducts were painted yellow ( like Bilstein) which is why they are NOW BLACK. I guess Boge didn't want to be "confused" with Bilstein.
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Thanks for the help everybody.
I got the passenger side done, but when I got to removing the top nut on the driver's side one, my 6mm allen socket completely shattered (yay craftsman!) - so I had to drive around on one new shock today since every hardware store is (amazingly) closed at 11pm.. Wonderful.
On another note; the previous owner claimed the shocks were Boge - but the strut I pulled out of the pass. side was painted red. I'd thought the Boge shocks were plain black?
There's absolutely no other identification on the old strut. Which struts are red? I know Sachs are.. Huh.
Oh; and I think I solved a bit of my "good god my car is too low" problem. The old struts were actually pulling forcibly IN - when I had the spring compressed and pulled the top nut completely off; the piston forcibly sank down into the housing and now takes a good bit of work to pull out. How very odd.
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some KYBshocks are red, Boge OE is now black, and has been for 4-5 yrs. Previously all Boge roducts were painted yellow ( like Bilstein) which is why they are NOW BLACK. I guess Boge didn't want to be "confused" with Bilstein.
Big, Big Time Poster
some KYBshocks are red, Boge OE is now black, and has been for 4-5 yrs. Previously all Boge products were painted yellow ( like Bilstein) which is why they are NOW BLACK. I guess Boge didn't want to be "confused" with Bilstein.
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Solved my confusion when I got the rears off:Originally Posted by pmlmotorsports
This explains the red front inserts.
It's comforting that the previous owner didn't even know what kind of shocks he was running.
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