There seems to be a bit of confusion about this.

Some are saying the struts, themselves, are different. Others are telling
me the struts are the same but the springs are different. So if you get
spring-less struts and put your old springs on them you're fine.

- Bill

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I had an 88 16v Scirocco and 16v GTI and know the struts are different for
the 8v versions. Make sure you get the right ones and their good quality.
And remember as soon as the new ones are in your steering will feel
different so you might want to drive it easy before driving it the way they
like.

Fun fast cars

On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:01:52 PM UTC-5, Bill Leary wrote:
> Are the struts, especially the front ones, the same for the 8V vs. the 16V
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> Scirocco, 1987?
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> I had some work done on the car a few years ago and the guy doing the work
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> cautioned that a lot of things in the 16V are not the same as the 8V
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> of the weight and positioning of the 16V engine. It seems to me that the
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> weight would influence at least the front struts.
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> - Bill
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