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[johnnydog]

I currently have the front suspension stripped on my 2002 3.2 Elite saloon ready for replacement with new GM struts, wishbones, drop links etc. The struts are ident LM / RP which are GM 919949 /50, with springs with two brown blobs on them (I assume are 90541754).
The bottom rubber insulator is quite perished / cracked, and I have checked t'interweb, but no one seems to supply them. I have new bump stops, top mounts / bearings etc ready to fit.
Does anyone know a source of the bottom insulator rubber?
Secondly, I have a good set of complete GM front struts that I took off a late TVP 3.2 estate with self levelling rear suspension several years ago. They were obvious recent GM replacements along with GM wishbones, drop links etc.  They have the ident LP / RP  which are GM 9192291 /2, which are NLS, so the EPC lists replacement part no. 919949 /50 as suitable.
However the  Police springs are different - they have 5 1/2 full coils with orange / green paint blobs, where as the ones off my car have 6 coils and two brown blobs. The Police are marginally thicker but so negligible my manual vernier caliper doesn't indicate how much but I would say 0.2mm??
The question is - does anyone have any info on the colour coding on the Police front springs, and if I fit the complete Police struts, how would it affect the front end? There are obvious differences according to the minefield in the EPC, but what? I can only presume they are firmer, but without any info, who knows?
Thanks anyway.

[johnnydog]

Fat finger typo - the struts that came off my 3.2 are LM and RM (LH / RH), not LM / RP as I typed.
The Police ones I correctly stated are LP / RP (LH / RH)

[Doctor Gollum]

Febi used to do a strut assembly kit with the insulator and bump stop.

https://share.google/UT0EhzMcvoYNvt8sX

This might not be the Omega one but it should lead to the correct parts with some digging...

[johnnydog]

Thanks for that info - I have searched many of the spring / shock manufacturers with no success. Plenty of bump stop and gaitors in kits, but no insulators.
I have now cleaned up the Police units I took off the TVP Omega estate - the colour coding on the front springs is actually purple and green, not orange and green (they were covered in a dried mixture of oil and dirt and the car had been fitted with massive extended mudflaps as it was used in its last duty on a skid pan presumably until it had a minor impact on its front left corner).
I'll keep searching...