Hi,
I've just come to fit some KYB shocks to the rear of my 1994 WRX saloon and one side hits the chassis. Part numbers are 334109 and 334110. It looks like one of the spring seats has been welded on in the wrong position. The springs seats on the old units are offset towards the rear of the car. See pics.
I need to work out which strut is wrong. With the spring seats both being offset the same way both struts fit fine on the drivers side but one leaves the brake line bracket at the back where the caliper is and one leaves the brake line at the front side. Can someone have a look at their rears and tell me if the brake line bracket is on the caliper side of the strut or more towards the front of the car.
If anyone has pics of these struts laid out in the same way they are in my pics for comparison that would be great too.
Cheers
Gaz

 

Strut 334110, marked 'L' has the incorrect spring perch.

 

Thanks! That's what I suspected, which is insane to be made wrong and just my luck!
Now where can I get a single replacement from?!
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See this is the other issue, that one you linked says that's for the left strut but when you look is the 334109 (which a lot of the other sellers say). So my 334109 is marked R and my 334110 is marked L. Currently both my struts fit on the Right side, drivers side but one has the brake line bracket closer to the caliper and one has the brake line bracket towards the front of the car and I don't know now which way is correct!?

 

The picture is generic - 334110 is the left hand strut.

 

Sorry, you're right. I mis read the description in that link. 334110 is the Left. Thanks for the help.

Currently the company who supplied me the first set are checking the ones in the warehouse to compare against my pictures. I imagine it's not just one strut that's been made wrong but a batch? So I don't want to order a replacement unless they can guarantee its not made wrong.

What a pain this has been!

 

Make sure you orientate the rear top spring perches correctly.

There are 3 notches.

4WL for left hand side, 4WR for right hand side and centre notch for front wheel drive.

Image shows orientation for 4WR - line notch up between the lower mounting brackets.