944 Spring Plate Differences

[T151]

Are there any differences between the 944 spring plates across the years?

Got Late Alloy arms and ?? Spring plates and they done seem to want to mate!!

[yetibone]

Look for '87+ 944S, 944S2, 951, 952, or 968 spring plates.

If you have "Late" control arms, that's what cars they would have come from.

[boygenius]

The early late aluminum arms spring plates should be the same. 1985.5 to 1986 and the late 1987 + all have the same mounting hole pattern. Zen did the swap from early aluminum arms to late aluminum arms without changing his spring plates, I think...

[zen]

correct. spring plate goes inboard of the trailing arm at the mounting surface.

[T151]

Would I be right in saying that steel arm spring plates do not fit alloy arms?

[yetibone]

As far as I could tell T151, that is correct. I just checked and compared some parts I have in the basement. Steel arms will not work with spring plates for aluminum arms, and aluminum arms will not work with spring plates for steel arms. The control arm-to-spring plate bolt patterns are different.

944 steel arms have the same spring plate bolt pattern as stock VW. 944 aluminum arms (wide, or narrow) have a different bolt pattern that doesn't match the spring plates on VW Type I's, Porsche 924's, or 944's with 8 valve, normally asperated engines.

[T151]

Thanks!

Off to the breaker then to look for 'aluminum arm' spring plates,

[Michael Ghia]

Heres a pic

MG