fm878

Hello I have one S-Class W221 model early 2013 (2007-2012) and my MOT showed the front suspension 35% both right and left, part number A2213209313, so these should need replacement but are extremely expensive from Mercedes Office in Cyprus. What is your opinion for recondition air suspension or others brand new made from China (Ali Express) where prices are very approachable. Has anyone tried those or do you know if in other Countries like Belgium or Germany are cheaper so could shedule a trip to go and buy? Or do you know any site to buy in reasonable prices?

bha

Don't buy the cheap Chinese clone struts.. they are garbage

I have had problems with RebuildMasterTech also (3 out of 3 struts I ordered from them were bad!)

Have 8 struts from Arnott on my W164 and W221 (the 4 on the W164 have over 120,000km on them!) and not a problem at all.

Buy a set of Arnott struts and install them.. far cheaper than MB and the quality is exactly the same.

fm878

Thanks for your reply do you have any site to order them from abroad? i have found those in Cyprus around 800-850 euro each...

bha

You can only buy them from Arnott.com or look up the part # at Arnott and buy from Rockauto.com

Not sure if either ships to Cyprus

You may want to try one of the US shopping / forwarding services like myusor myusaddress or skybox or borderlinx (not recommending any, I haven't tried them.. so search for a good one). They will receive the product and ship to Cyprus for a fee. Some will even use their own credit card and you reimburse them (in case the vendor doesn't accept international cards from your country)

Arnott will be much cheaper..I bought a set of front struts for a 2007 4Matic S550 and paid just under US$1000 including shipping. So you are looking at somewhere around 850EUR for both, plus shipping costs to Cyprus.

fm878

Ok and you believe to buy new or reconditioned because Arnott as i checked sell both....

bha

New is better and not much more expensive

For rebuilt, you'll have to send back your old struts to get your deposit back ($$$$ in shipping costs!)

New are more expensive but have no deposit. By the time you include shipping, new will probably end up cheaper

The new struts look just like brand new ones from MB. I would go new.

fm878

Thanks ....... the only thing now is to find the correct site to order I have checked this Rock auto but when i placed the part number A2213209313 replied no match found ... Any other possibilities???

bha

Remove the "A" at the beginning of the part number and look up on the Arnott site. Then use that Arnott # on the Rock Auto site.

AS-2820 is new and 2540 is rebuilt. You can then use these numbers to look up the part at RockAuto

fm878

Yes correct try and this twice AS-2820 or AS2820 or 2820 but still nothing....

fm878

Ok thanks a lot!!!!! i have found at the price of 358 euro each ..,.. see now how to bring them home...

bha

I put a postal code for Nicosia (Cyprus) into the RockAuto shipping calculator and it came up with these options for 2 struts: (all shipping costs are in USD)

Consider using Express as it is much faster than the consolidated economy option. $93US for two struts to Cyprus in 3-4 days isn't bad at all!

fm878

Perfect yes i know but is this site trustable ??? Will send the parts or loose my money?? Paypall is safer to pay isnt??

arnottdoug

Arnott's European Website has a search tool for you to locate parts in Cyprus. Search here: https://www.arnotteurope.com/storelocator

fm878

Hello, but what about prices local dealer may has double price!!! can you search this for me?

fm878

Friends!!! the Rockauto.com how relliable and trustable is to shop from and send the parts as advertise??

Finer6527

I have used them for the last 10 years and No issues at all. Good Company, I don't work or have any affiliations with them. Some of my car buddies use them as well.

fm878

Arlind86

I have ordered nowhere else but rockauto. I also ordered one of my airstruts for the w221 from rockauto. I Paid $600 for one then send the old unit back (use the same box the new unit came back) and I believe I received $150-$200 credit back.
It was the cheapest place I could find and the arnott new strut works just like the OEM.