Which wishbones do I have?

[Golfboy666GTI]

Im wanting to get some Powerflex wishbone bushes for the RS2, which bushes do I have? I understand these cars have two types?

[Nuvo]

You have the forged type.

[Golfboy666GTI]

You have the forged type.

So Cast not Pressed?

Are all RS2's the same as mine?

[S2central.net]

They are forged alright - aka 'cast' - but I think forged is a better term.

I don't think all RS2 are the same in this regard - I expect that some will have been fitted with the pressed versions - unless Audi made the forged ones exclusively available for the RS2 - doubtful.

[Nuvo]

You have the forged/cast type. The RS2 shows has forged/cast or pressed depending on the chassis number.

[S2central.net]

Now that I've been bothered to look it up... Nuvo is right - both types apply to RS2 - but with different cutovers compared to S2.

In short if the RS2 VIN is up to 8C-S-000299 it should have forged/cast front wishbones (893 407 147D and 148D)
But later VINs (8C-S-000300 onwards) should be pressed (895 407 147A and 148A)

So essentially MY94 and the earliest MY95 are forged... Majority of MY95 and all MY96 are pressed.

[quattrostyle]

quite strange the later versions got the pressed ones instead of forged I would say.

[Smith_S2]

Mines is a late 1994 registered 24/12/94 and has pressed wishbones, i'll have a look and see if mines is a MY94 or MY95.

[S2central.net]

Again - the family album is just a guide - the front wishbones are well known to be a bit random sometimes. Registration dates mean nothing here - VIN is needed for reference...

Looking at V-pages I see the significance of chassis number 8C-S-000299 as that was LAST car built in the 1st month of MY95 production - August 1994... So in theory, all RS2 built from 1st Sep 1994 should have pressed wishbones - that probably covers Smith_S2 - though again no guarantees from 'KATE' sometimes.

[Jamo]

quite strange the later versions got the pressed ones instead of forged I would say.

Been discussed before, if production was coming to an end and they ran out of forget wishes bones they'd use the stock of pressed as it's cheaper

[Golfboy666GTI]

Next question


On the Powerflex website they have to the 2 listings for the B4 wishbones:

- PFF3-101: Front Wishbone Bush For Steel Arm

- PFF3-102: Front Wishbone Bush For Alloy Arm


Im guessing from the above pic I posted I need PFF3-101? The reason I think this is because my wishbones are steel (I put a magnet on them), if they were alloy the magnet wouldnt have stuck to the wishbone?

Am I correct? New Zealand is a long way if I have to exchange them

[S2central.net]

I think powerflex is confusing the issue here.

From your photo - you have forged/cast bones - these are what powerflex call the 'alloy arm'... I can do the magnet test on a forged bone here if you wish to get a sanity check.

[quattrostyle]

I do also think that Powerflex is wrong on this one, may be worth to check it with Powerflex so that they can change it?

[Bram]

Final conclusion on that aluminium Powerflex arm?

I have the forged/cast bones like in the first posting, so I would need the aluminium bushes?

[Foeglass]

Bram,

than you need the PFF3 -102.

I have the PFF3-101 for my S2 since i have pressed arms (so not the one shown in the picture above)
My fronts were the same as the rear.

I beleve forged (Alloy as powerflex names them) have bigger bushes than pressed (steel) arms, correct?