superveloche

Hello guy's

It's time to change the engine mounts on both of my cars, 2009 W221 S500 & 2005 C215 CL55.
Initially i wanted to go for Lemforder mounts but then some people spooked me. They said that after market mounts are just not worth it and have bad quality and i should only opt for original engine mounts.
The big dilema is that the Lemforder mounts are 57$ each and original are 155$ each.
Any of you had expierience with these engine mounts? is there really such a big difference between the after market and original mounts?
Any advice would be appriciated

WarrenC

I just installed the Lemforder kit, which looks identical to OE ones I took out. Buy them here and they have a lifetime warranty. https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/mer...der-2112400517

lkchris

$100 over xxx years is nothing

LILBENZ230

Is Lemforder not the OE supplier? Pretty sure that was the case for my 2005 W203.

superveloche

I'm pretty sure they look identical. Maybe you saw some Lemforder logo's on the old ones you have removed or any clue?

I'm starting to hear a lot regarding Lemforder is the OE supplier. Anyone here can confirm this?

WarrenC

Just went and looked at my OE mounts. They have the Star logo on the bottom, but in the rubber it has Boge, which I believe is a division of Lemforder.

superveloche

I just found a guy saying this in one of the other forums:

"Still interesting. I just went out to the garage to take a look at the Lemforder mounts I purchased last week from the dealer.
The box is marked "Lenforder is a brand of ZF". The label on the box includes "ZF services. www.zf.com". Checking the mount itself, cast into the rubber is "Boge". [img]data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7[/img]
I don't know the relationship between the two but I'm lead to believe that Boge private labels for ZF/Lemforder."

If thats true, are the Lemforder the same quality as the Original MB ones? it's still a dilema for me.

WarrenC

I looked them over pretty well and could see no difference. I think you'll be fine with the Lemforder. The only upgrade I would consider is to the black series, which was made for the CLK 63 AMG. https://blog.fcpeuro.com/why-you-sho...-engine-mounts

superveloche

Thanks for checking again.
I was thinking really serious about the Black Series mount's. I got a better price from my europian part dealer for Black series mounts cheaper then the normal original one's.
Black series mounts i will definitely get for my CL55 AMG. But for the S500 i will go for the Lemforder.

lkchris

You'll note in this article that M273 engine is not listed

WarrenC

Yes, but they also list it as fitting my car.