Strut Tops...

[mds141]

I'm going to offer the strut top for sale on here 1st before the great unwashed on eBay! It's a brand new old stock, earlier type ie with the smaller dia strut hole. I'm useless at posting pics on forums, so if someone wants me to email some pics just pm me. No idea re price, is a £100 being greedy?

[XMX]

I'm going to offer the strut top for sale on here 1st before the great unwashed on eBay! It's a brand new old stock, earlier type ie with the smaller dia strut hole. I'm useless at posting pics on forums, so if someone wants me to email some pics just pm me. No idea re price, is a £100 being greedy?

Mark, That sounds very reasonable for a Brand New one , PM me if you'd like me to host the pictures for you (So as I can send you my E-mail address) ?

It may be also good to state which side its for ?

If its for the O/S, IMHO you will have no trouble selling it as that the side which for some reason tends to fail sooner than the N/S one, however the near-side too are not uncommon to the same fate so its a bargain for someone needing one !

Are you wanting/needing the larger type then (i.e. :- 20mm hole strut top type for a 25mm dia. strut/rod) for sending off to KingAS for a refurbish then?

If so I should be able to help out as I have a few available for that purpose and they can provide/change which ever side your needing when refurbishing them.

As its just a case of the orientation of strut top head is positioned relative to to the baseplate within the tooling/jig during the polyurethane moulding process !



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[mds141]

Cheers Richard. I'm stuck up in Scotland in the truck at the moment. If I get back home tonight I'll send you some pics. Cheers mark.

[XMX]

Cheers Richard. I'm stuck up in Scotland in the truck at the moment. If I get back home tonight I'll send you some pics. Cheers mark.

Just a quick update, As I've received approx. 21 photo/shots and when I asked Mark for a few more (As the first batch weren't close enough to decipher) we have come to the conclusion that it is the NON Hydro-active type as it only has a 9mm dia. threaded entry hole for the 3.5 mm dia. feed-pipes !

Also if someone can check/confirm with the part nos. which Mark gave to me ?

Has the number 96 285 28480 on the underneath rubber section. Not sure if this a part number or not. It was sold as a O/S also number 050407 on the upper L/H side of the top section. Just measured the feed pipe hole.

XMX

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[xmexclusive]

There have been a few of these 3.5mm NOS strut heads offered on ebay by dealers in the last year or so.
They typically sell for around £40 inc post as most buyers can spot the difference.
No UK XM's used them but I think Citroen made some strategic dealers hold stock for visitors.
It is possible to convert them to 10mm hydractive pipe entry.
I passed one on to Dean and he got it drilled and tapped out.

John

[XMX]

There have been a few of these 3.5mm NOS strut heads offered on ebay by dealers in the last year or so.
They typically sell for around £40 inc post as most buyers can spot the difference.
No UK XM's used them but I think Citroen made some strategic dealers hold stock for visitors.
It is possible to convert them to 10mm hydractive pipe entry.
I passed one on to Dean and he got it drilled and tapped out.

John

I have to disagree with you there John !
Because a Ukrainian chap once came to my house for some BX bits which I was breaking for spares, many many years ago in a 'G' reg. UK reg. (From new) RHD 2.1 (Non Turbo) basic spec. model (Possibly 20 years ago now) !

As I was into my BX's then (but was starting to look @ XM's) so as it never had the TD badges on the XM, I asked him is that just a straight 2.1 then and it was then when this fella told me that was and that when he popped the bonnet up to show engine bay I noticed the 3.5mm hydraulic feed-pipe into the strut top heads as the BX

It was then that he told me its basically the same Hydraulic system as the BX !

I rest my case



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Hi XMX

You might well be right.
You have reminded me of an oddity stuck in the back of my mind from the scrapping of my first XM.
A grey "G" reg SEi auto.
It was not with us for long before the autobox failed.
It got cut up in Stoke-on-Trent so just a few flying visits to recover bits.
I originally remembered those strut heads as 3.5mm piped but later convinced myself it was my faulty memory.
On reflection I would not have though anything odd with 3.5mm piping.
I was running BX's and had no intention of buying an XM, not even sure I knew they existed.
SWMBO spotted that XM on a forcourt as we drove past while we were on holiday in Cornwall.
She made me turn round and drive back to view it.
A quick drive round in the XM and I was instructed to buy it.

John

[Dieselman]

There have been a few of these 3.5mm NOS strut heads offered on ebay by dealers in the last year or so.
They typically sell for around £40 inc post as most buyers can spot the difference.


John

I have to disagree with you there John !

I have to disagree with you here. No Citroen UK supplied XM came without Hydractive suspension, it wasn't an option.

The first one I ever saw was one for sale in France and it was immediately obvious at is it had 3.5mm pipes instead of 10mm ones.

[XMX]

There have been a few of these 3.5mm NOS strut heads offered on ebay by dealers in the last year or so.
They typically sell for around £40 inc post as most buyers can spot the difference.


John

I have to disagree with you there John !

I have to disagree with you here. No Citroen UK supplied XM came without Hydractive suspension, it wasn't an option.

The first one I ever saw was one for sale in France and it was immediately obvious at is it had 3.5mm pipes instead of 10mm ones.

Will !
As you've chopped up the quotes (By missing out some of the text in what John's stated) are you stating that I'm disagreeing with John (As could affectively be depicting) :-

'That there's never been any 3.5mm strut heads on E-bay and they may not have been for sale for approx. £40 and that most folk would easily notice any difference in what feed-pipe diameter tapping is in the strut head '

However, I know what I SAW and I know what I ASKED the owner of the registered as new in the UK 'G' registered 2.1 D Hatch-back !

Also I was already fairly familiar with the XM even then, as my friend had a MK1 2.1TD SD estate which was nearly new at the time so the under bonnet layout wasn't unfamiliar, having seen under it many times (Hence I asked about the smaller strut head feed-pipes at the time) !



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[Dieselman]

All I am saying is that there were no none hyperactive cars offers by Citroen UK. A marketing decision was made to only sell Hydractive cars.