YOUR RESEARCHDo I have US m030? How to tell?
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Anyway way to tell if if a US car came with m030, other than the "under the hood sticker" (Mine is hard to read through age)? Thinking my 03 C2 may have it... can I tell by looking under the car, etc? Many thanks, Ross For those wondering, my car seems to be much tighter/harsher than many similai MKII 996s I have driven... this would be a pleasant suprise!
You can take a look at the springs and look for the color bars.
There is supposed to be another sticker in the maintenance booklet, if you have the booklet.
Look on the rear anti-roll bar. If it is a ROW M030 suspension it will have a green paint dab on it. If it is a USA M030 it will have a grey paint dab.
Note the single color stripe at the top of the spring denotes the spring group (length variation due to process differences) and could be either white or green for any of the spring packages (USA standard, USA sport, or ROW sport). To expand on Ubermensch's pictures, from http://www.pca.org/panorama/sample_article_3.html , the stripes toward the bottom of the springs will be: USA Std Front: Brown-Blue USA Spt Front: Gray-Blue ROW Spt Front: Green-White USA Std Rear: Brown-White USA Spt Rear: Gray-White ROW Spt Rear: Green-White FWIW, in stock form my non-M030 car agreed with everything in the article except the rear bump stop (aka supplemental spring) was part number 996.333.105.01 instead of .02. The .01 part that came out of the car was the same height as the sport version of the bump stop (.03).
Stupid question - is this under the car, or in the engine compartment?
Is there not a option code which would denote this as well if it was factory installed? Maybe 030?
Yes, if factory installed it should show M030.
The OP says his sticker isn't legible.
and the stickers are far from reliable.....
It is under the car. Here is a picture of the ROW M030. Notice the green dots on the swaybar and the shock.
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