partsguy

All right, it was time to do it, you got my $40 chuck. How about an option to edit other members posts once in a while....... I guess I would have to buy a moderator membership, but maybe once a week could be included in the LSM???? :lol:

My understanding is that Volvo has been bought back as a private company, not by another manufacturer who will use and abuse them. They will be going back to doing what is best for Volvo.

PM sent for parts request.

Yes, they buy parts from many different manufacturers, but they are built to Volvos specs, not just sending out what they have on the shelf.

http://en.weitec.com/start.php?lang=en If you go read their site, they give you the impression that they design, engineer, and produce the components, again, if they are supplying OFF THE SHELF, STOCK OEM quality parts (again, not that they are bad) when they say they are selling you ' specially developed WEITEC shock absorber systems' is just not right.

I think the issue is that they imply that they are offering fully designed and engineered kits and all they are selling are off the shelf compoments that they package as a "kit". "For the complete driving comfort we strongly recommend the use of special WEITEC shock absorber systems. WEITEC spring systems harmonise perfectly with the specially developed WEITEC shock absorber systems." from their web site. Off the shelf parts are not the same as ' specially developed WEITEC shock absorber systems'. I would not be happy about getting standard Sachs items (not that they are bad) when I an expecting a 'specially developed WEITEC shock absorber systems'.

My only comment is that in many cases the police do not give all info they have and will also give incorrect info. Not giving all they know allows them to know if someone is really guilty, they are the ones who would know those details they never released and if they were not guilty they would not know the unreleased details. Yes, there seem to be many questions that have piled up over the past 10 years.

If Sachs was building these shocks for them, the stickers would not be on them. They are going to start with new, fresh casings and then install the internals, not take a freshly built shock and take it apart to change the valving. Since they start with a fresh case there are no stickers on them. Most shocks are made by a few companies, so you shop around with who will build them to your specs at the best price, but you won't find two stickers on them. My second guess is since they're coming from Germany, anything aftermarket needs to be TUV approved. Guessing that they don't sell enough to have to pay for each shock/strut part # TUV approval, therefore the need to use something that is approved and available. I'm also thinking they don't make the springs either, if they did I'm sure they would be sure to make mention of that. I don't see anything that says they make any of the components in house. Manufacturers that do, usually make a point of saying they make all or most of the things they sell. by the way, I've worked in the aftermarket industry for many years and find it very odd that they would leave that sticker on there.

I guess that's why they call it a Strut tower brace................ :D