boge are oem on teh front of 124. bilstein on the rear. but if a guy has a german accent, he must know better than i do and i must be delusional (whcih is possible). i believe the original question was the meaning of the "super trouring" spec and whether this was the same as an oe spec boge or not. this is a good question i don't know the answer to. maybe your german guy knows?
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net>wrote: > According to my German mechanic, who went to Benz school to learn how, > they are interchangeable, and sometimes Boge is orginal equipment and > sometimes Bilstien is. For instance, Boge shocks are OEM on the rear of > the W124 while Bilstien is OEM for the front struts. Both on my car were > getting tired by 300k miles, but even the rears are still usable > approaching 400k (I have new ones, just haven't gotten around to replacing > them) > > Both are made in Germany and are high quality and meet the original MB > specifications. I'd not get my knickers in a knot about using one over the > other. The difference between touring (comfort) and HD is much greater > than the difference between the makers. > > > Peter > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
