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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 11:36 AM
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Hey Everyone.

Im trying to identify my 918 Valve springs here to know whether ive got the newest version. I simply cannot afford to risk dropping a valve.

Their natural coloured, no stripes anywhere on them. i bought them used with 6k on them



excuse the dust on them. Hope it doenst make them harder to identify

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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 02:20 PM
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I believe they are the newer design. I have a set out here new in the box just like them & had gone thru the same search of info when I bought them last summer.

The older design has a darker finsh & the stripe.
I do not know the date of the changeover either tho.

Anyone else have anything different to offer?!?
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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The "new" ones are micropolished with no stripe. I bought a set around 6 months ago. the new springs are lighter in color than those in your pic, but that may be due to some oil staining after 10k miles...

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just buy PAC 1218s and stop worrying with 918s.....
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Those are the new ones, and they work fine. I've used them as high as .615 lift with no problems.

I would not use the old ones, that have blue stripes.
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