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Paschal |
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Joined: Feb 09 2011
Member No: #375
Location: Meath |
Hi Guys, I'm looking at replacing a left front suspension strut and a rear anti roll bar before attempting repairs I thought that I might find some at the breakers. As the current C5 Hydro is supposedly based on C6 and the parts look very similar and the part numbers are nearly the same I thought I was in luck when I found a good C5 Exclusive for breaking. Does anyone know if the parts are actually interchangeable. |
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gbl |
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Joined: Jul 06 2012
Member No: #936
Location: Copenhagen |
Paschal wrote ... Hi Guys, I'm looking at replacing a left front suspension strut and a rear anti roll bar before attempting repairs I thought that I might find some at the breakers. As the current C5 Hydro is supposedly based on C6 and the parts look very similar and the part numbers are nearly the same I thought I was in luck when I found a good C5 Exclusive for breaking. Does anyone know if the parts are actually interchangeable. No C5's are equipped with variable damping (AMVAR). So you can not use a C5 front suspension cylinder for a C6 2.7 HDi. |
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Paschal |
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Joined: Feb 09 2011
Member No: #375
Location: Meath |
Thanks gbl, Just to ensure that I am understanding you correctly. I take it that you mean that none of the C5 models have AMVAR, which the C6 has as part of it's hydractive 3+. |
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C6Dave |
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Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland |
The C5 struts will possibly be OK for C6 2.2 as they have a limited variation of Hydractive. | ||
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gbl |
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Joined: Jul 06 2012
Member No: #936
Location: Copenhagen |
Paschal wrote ... Thanks gbl, Just to ensure that I am understanding you correctly. I take it that you mean that none of the C5 models have AMVAR, which the C6 has as part of it's hydractive 3+. Yes, that is correct - no C5's with AMVAR. All C6's, except the 2.2 HDi, have AMVAR. You can recognize the AMVAR equipped front suspension cylinders by the electrical connector on top. |
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viorelovidiu |
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Joined: Jun 26 2016
Member No: #2684
Location: Bucharest |
That electrical connector on top is removable! It can be moved on non amvar cylinder? I see that non amvar has a removable nut on top. | ||
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