Hmm not 100% sure dude, someone will chime in.
The tiniest bit of the spring on the end had cracked off, i mean like 2cm of spring. Felt fine to drive, was picked up on my MOT so changed it.
Either way a cheap set of shocks for someone
They are both from a mk2 facelift btw, removed from a car that had only done 30K, as I changed the spring and not the complete shock