Left and right Arnott air strut different?
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2000 ML55, 1997 Cummins, 2000 Dakota
Left and right Arnott air strut different?
Got one of my struts installed and unboxed the other side this morning, and the strut is different. Build dates are October 2015 for one and February 2016 for the other, and some things are different such as the housing (material? finish?) and the upper mounting studs (one has a black reverse torx stud the other a shiny HEX stud)
Contacted FCP to ask them.. not trying to be a pain but it would be nice to have my new struts match.
Anyone who may have any input?
Contacted FCP to ask them.. not trying to be a pain but it would be nice to have my new struts match.
Anyone who may have any input?
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2006 E55 AMG
They definitely have different part numbers, and the struts that just came out of my car look completely different from each other. Did you buy a refurb or a new one? New ones should at least be similar looking accounting for any minor changes to accommodate its side of the car.
I'm selling my two working cores to Arnott (only $50 each but they pay shipping). Anyone else want to make a higher offer? Shipping from Raleigh, NC.
I'm selling my two working cores to Arnott (only $50 each but they pay shipping). Anyone else want to make a higher offer? Shipping from Raleigh, NC.
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E-55,IS-250
They definitely have different part numbers, and the struts that just came out of my car look completely different from each other. Did you buy a refurb or a new one? New ones should at least be similar looking accounting for any minor changes to accommodate its side of the car.
I'm selling my two working cores to Arnott (only $50 each but they pay shipping). Anyone else want to make a higher offer? Shipping from Raleigh, NC.
I'm selling my two working cores to Arnott (only $50 each but they pay shipping). Anyone else want to make a higher offer? Shipping from Raleigh, NC.
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2006 E55 AMG
The air struts. Cores is just a term the industry uses to mean the "core" of the old part being replaced, working or not. Arnott will buy my old air struts and sell them once they are refurbished.
https://www.arnottindustries.com/blo...cle-cores.html
https://www.arnottindustries.com/blo...cle-cores.html
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