I tried non standard shocks I found on fleabay. Dirt cheap (should have known) and new. Cost more to install them than I paid to get them. Really great ride
for the first week. Then just as bad as the worn out shocks. Now I take it to the indy and he will only do Bilsteins. Good enough for him, is good enough for me. Gump rode like she was on rails once she got a set. Froggy has them, I think we were looking at doing them on the E300. The 300SE is next in line for them. Once #1 boy finds $$$ for fresh rubber and has a good feel for sooner or later shock replacement clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Sep 5, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: > well, that's not really at all true but it begs the question of whether > there are different line levels that i ask. i think only jaime is actually > reading the words > > but to address your point, how many people here with extensive use of both > boge and bilstein thing boge is just as good? i don't. they are ok but i > think bilstein better > > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net>wrote: > >> Sachs/Boge and Bilstein are pretty much interchangeable and pretty much >> the same quality (and price). You should be fine with them. Stay away >> from the cheap stuff, and when installing, only tighten the top nut enough >> to take the free play out of the rubber, don't run them down until you >> can't turn them any more. Doing so will take all the flex out of the >> rubber, and they become noisy and hard. >> >> 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 _______________________________________ 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
