Wilpert
Member
was having a nose around behind the wheels on my Cali 2020, (it all started with squeaky brakes but that's another story).
anyway, I noticed on the nearside, the damper looked much newer than the one on the drivers side.
I considered that this may have been replaced in previous ownership, my paranoia took over and prompted me to look for damage on panels, trims, tyres etc but nothing at all everything except the damper looks original and same age.
This prompted me to look at the little white sticker on both right and left dampers and they do have different numbers, is there anything that can be learnt from the code numbers on parts, i.e. manufacture date or any other information, i.e. a VIN number will tell us where a car was made and the model/spec etc. what does a code on a part tell us, make? model? year manufactured?
please see pics below of both items;
anyway, I noticed on the nearside, the damper looked much newer than the one on the drivers side.
I considered that this may have been replaced in previous ownership, my paranoia took over and prompted me to look for damage on panels, trims, tyres etc but nothing at all everything except the damper looks original and same age.
This prompted me to look at the little white sticker on both right and left dampers and they do have different numbers, is there anything that can be learnt from the code numbers on parts, i.e. manufacture date or any other information, i.e. a VIN number will tell us where a car was made and the model/spec etc. what does a code on a part tell us, make? model? year manufactured?
please see pics below of both items;