What can be told from this lable

[MartinN]

Hi Z,rs, I now have a 1998 2.8 widebody to play with. Just peeled this lable off the nearside front strut. Can the age of the part be worked out from the numbers.

 

[Mazza]

This doesn’t tell you much ( from Real0em)

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[Nodzed]

Shocks most likely

 

[mmm-five]

Those two numbers are simply BMW's and Sach's/Boge's part numbers.

Some brands will have a embossed stamp in the shock somewhere with the manuf. date (might be simple text or might be a clock type symbol showing mm/yy).

 

[Synclare]

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[Stevo7682]

The fact it still has the bmw logo on the sachs sticker there is a high likelihood the shocks are original.
There are a lot of zeds especially low mileage examples are still driving around on 30 yr old shocks.

Stephen.

 

[MartinN]

Thanks folks, theres about 170000 miles on this Z3, the spring seats are pretty pitted. Looks like ill be refurbing this area, banjo bushes are shot and i have a pair of control arms. Nothing ive not done before.
Ill have a look for the date stamp when they are out