Boxxer help

[Raleighdho]

Can anyone tell me what year these boxxers are I have just purchased

 

[Cloverleaf]

Decals are unlikely to be correct (they're '01/'02) given they went with metallic cherry red lowers.
If they're 6" travel then they're '98 or '99.
If they're 7" then they're '00-'02. The silver axle end indicates likely '01/02 but that's not a guarantee as it could easily have been replaced.

Basically 00-02 were 7" travel and all identical inside, as '98-99 were 6" and both the same (with minor tweaks that these days mean nothing).

 

[Raleighdho]

Thanks for your reply am starting to wonder if someone has sprayed them black at somepoint

 

[rentedmule]

You can pop up the dust seal on the lowers pretty quickly to check if there's a different paint colour under there - it's tough to cover all the original paint in there during a respray unless they were completely disassembled for it.