Dodgy repro handbrake cable or..?

[Joe H]

One of the original handbrake cables broke recently. Sat afternoon so I was lucky to get a pair on non-original ones.
My car is late 1999 V70 , MY2000. The handbrake cable is a different part number to the earlier cars and I thought I got the correct one. Checked the dimensions before I fitted and they seemed the same.
Then I began to get a noise on corners and discovered both rear tyres are rubbing the cables.

After some head scratching I think this is the situation:
Earlier cars seem to have the cable riveted to the rear suspension arm. The MY2000 doesn't, it just has a guide fixed to the body with a Torx.
The repro cable can slide through the guide. So over time the S shape necessary to clear the tyre changes and it rubs.
Looking at the original cable it has a metal clip as part of the construction which stops it sliding through the guide and I THINK this is essential to keep the S shape. You can just see it in the photo near my thumb. The repro does not have this.

So...

Have I been given the wrong (earlier) cable?
Is this cable the right one but made wrongly?
or....?

Cheers
Joe