imtheking

Anyone ever use shocks from chinese manufacturers on alibaba etc?

BlownV8

SL does not use air shocks.

imtheking

sorry meant hydraulic

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...561f2befc4v8U3

I'm trying to go back to ABC from my current Strutmaster setup- may go the junkyard route- found all 4 for $1100 shipped

BlownV8

That would be a seriously good deal if it works. I would take a chance.

Adi-Benz

I heard something once that they are good...
Talk to seller and let us know price

twinturbov12

i deleted abc on my 04 sl 600 utilizing a set of coilovers from vvk ,a company out of stuart florida. $ 2600 all in for a set of four finely crafted units.did the install completely alone with the help of a friends lift.sway bars will sey you back another 1200.

White Spyder

For Mercedes R230 SL500 SL600 Front Left ABC Hydraulic Shock Absorber, Air Suspension Strut R230

I would inquire and get some sort of assurance that it is a true working replacement for a hydraulic system. Also shipping time. Coming from China could be a long wait.

bobterry99

Two or three people on the forums have downgraded the performance of their car in this manner and reported they regret doing so.

I recently acquired a car with two new front struts sourced by the previous owner from China. So far they are fine.

Agent-A01

Zoomed in and you will see the picture says arnott.

That would be interesting to see if you get a real arnott strut

arnottdoug

Those are not Arnott remanufactured struts. Arnott re-manufactures original equipment ABC struts at our Florida facility and does not sell them outside of the USA and EU because we typically don't get the used cores back to rebuild for the next customer.

We constantly run into off-shore knock offs and off shore vendors who use our pictures or name in their description. Normally they remove the logo at least ; - ) One even used the picture of one of our buildings once (they did remove our logo and put in a poorly photo shopped version of their logo). We were at the AAPEX SEMA show a couple years ago and saw our pictures in two different off-shore catalogs. While imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery - outright IP theft is just wrong.

By the way - These are very difficult to remanufacture and in particular the sides are different and some year ranges use different hoses. Be careful.

In the meanwhile, thanks for pointing out this scofflaw, I'll send them a notice of IP violation now. (Update: They removed the offending picture and info - Thanks again.)