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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:02 am    Post subject: Front suspension stiffener Reply with quote

Anyone seen these front suspension stiffeners before? Owners here claim they are OEM.

M-code 6 reads as follows:
Front axle support and reinforced rear torsion bars
from Chassis No. 110 2141 186 up to 110 3100 000
from Chassis No. 110 2141 186
from Chassis No. 111 2000 001

But, the car's below are earlier. The orange is a 67.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:47 am    Post subject: Re: Front suspension stiffener Reply with quote

Well chock up another "I haven't seen one of those before" for me!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:38 am    Post subject: Re: Front suspension stiffener Reply with quote

Yeah,... I've always considered them urban legends .. .. you know.. the sorta thing you've only heard about .. but never seen.
That is.. Think If that's what they truly are Rolling Eyes

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:38 am    Post subject: Re: Front suspension stiffener Reply with quote

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C31%2D498%2D001%2D111A

not sure if they were ever factory, but CSP still makes/sells them.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:48 am    Post subject: Re: Front suspension stiffener Reply with quote

$270. holy shit... . Shocked
I can make some of those in one evening for about 30 bucks and six pack.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:51 am    Post subject: Re: Front suspension stiffener Reply with quote

I had a set on my 67 Beetle when I got it. They sold very quickly to someone in the off-road world.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Front suspension stiffener Reply with quote

CSP says that their product is based on the OEM design.

As to the design, I can see how it would prevent the axle from being flexed on the horizontal plane, but it seems to add little to the vertical plane flexing.

But back to my OP -- I suspect the m-code list in the tech section is incomplete as it is not showing this option as being available on pre-70 cars even though other evidence seems to indicate it was.

VW did reuse option codes. So perhaps m-6 was also the option code for the earlier cars.
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