Rear Sachs Sticker Placement

ZS Phil · Feb 6, 2023

Hi folks,
As the new owner of #133 (bought new years day 2023), I'm already stuck into the process of a cosmetic underside refresh, she is still in very solid condition so nothing structural needed, phew!
Anyway, the purpose of this post is to ask if anybody can help with the exact OEM location of the Sachs stickers on the rear dampers.
A little OCD but having just spent a fortune on the refinishing of all of the underside components (including the genuine rear dampers), I want to make sure I put my recreation stickers in exactly the right place.
A measurement from the bottom of the damper would be amazing if anybody has an original, un-restored damper to measure.
Thanks!

NickReilly063 · Feb 6, 2023

These are on my car now but I can get you a measurement in the morning - not sure if you can work it out from the image ??

hoolio · Feb 6, 2023

Annoying this, drives my inner perfectionist nuts.

NickReilly063 · Feb 6, 2023

They do look great in the original colour hoolio

hoolio · Feb 6, 2023

They do that, Nick.
I guess the point I was making is that there is no “right” height. Obviously facing towards the rear a6 couple of inches above the knuckle, depends how the sticker sticker was feeling that day.

northy · Feb 7, 2023

hoolio said:
Annoying this, drives my inner perfectionist nuts.View attachment 31967

Wow thats bad!

photo_ed · Feb 7, 2023

This did make me chuckle, and reminded me of a thread on another forum I frequent, where a discussion regarding the 'correct rivets' for some rocker cover plates ended up running to several pages, ultimately with no real definitive conclusion.

I fear it's the same case here, I very much doubt that they were put on with any sort of template or the same attention which us fastidious owners possess, more likely a case of stick where the sticker on the day felt like sticking as @hoolio says. I think so long as they're facing towards the rear of the car on the lower part of the damper you can't go wrong, and very much doubt that, at least for the next 40 years or so until you've entered an eccentric ICE car concours, anyone is going to be slipping under your rear end with a tape measure to double check.

ZS Phil · Feb 7, 2023

NickReilly063 said:
These are on my car now but I can get you a measurement in the morning - not sure if you can work it out from the image ??

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That's great thank you, gives me a good idea- approximately a bush housing and a quarter from the bottom of the damper. Much appreciated

ZS Phil · Feb 7, 2023

hoolio said:
Annoying this, drives my inner perfectionist nuts.View attachment 31967

Yeh, that would drive me mad. Completely irrational but once you know its there you can't un-know that its there. Still look good though

ZS Phil · Feb 7, 2023

photo_ed said:
This did make me chuckle, and reminded me of a thread on another forum I frequent, where a discussion regarding the 'correct rivets' for some rocker cover plates ended up running to several pages, ultimately with no real definitive conclusion.

I fear it's the same case here, I very much doubt that they were put on with any sort of template or the same attention which us fastidious owners possess, more likely a case of stick where the sticker on the day felt like sticking as @hoolio says. I think so long as they're facing towards the rear of the car on the lower part of the damper you can't go wrong, and very much doubt that, at least for the next 40 years or so until you've entered an eccentric ICE car concours, anyone is going to be slipping under your rear end with a tape measure to double check.

Haha, that doesn't surprise me. I was looking for the original 3 leaf peel Renault side skirt and fuel filler rivets the other night and gave up after a few hours. Stainless nuts and bolts will be a nice upgrade.

NickReilly063 · Feb 7, 2023

My bodyshop had some great rivets for my side sills and petrol cap - I can ask them where he gets them from.

ZS Phil · Feb 7, 2023

NickReilly063 said:
My bodyshop had some great rivets for my side sills and petrol cap - I can ask them where he gets them from.

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They look just like the originals, good find. I found 4.8mm x 10mm in black but 4 leaf rather than 3. They are close enough, nobody will ever look at the backs of them anyway I guess, I need to stop being so OCD!

ZS Phil · Feb 8, 2023

Eyeballed them, look alright I think!

Rear Sachs Sticker Placement

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