Krister

My rear left shock absorber is broken on my E55 Wagon. Anyone know what's the best place to get a replacement? The local dealer wanted like $1000 a piece or OEM shocks which is kind of steep as you can get a coilover set for that price, but not sure if I want to go that route yet.

Krister

Did some digging so apparently the stock shocks are Bilstein. Part number 20-070915 and these are available from Rock auto for $311 a piece. What a relief

hergs7

Those Bilsteins are the correct ones for the sedan for sure. Just swapped mine a couple weeks ago and Rock Auto was definitely the cheapest. Pretty easy job using an extra floor jack to lift the hub to release the pressure on the lower mounting bolt. Took me about 2.5 hours to do both sides.

Notdke9fdkfjekrjrkj123

Correct,those are for a sedan,they do not fit a wagon!(to long) i have recently replaced my shocks,had to go with oem ones could not find any aftermarket ones.

Krister

Are you 100% sure about that? Read on another thread that those would fit the Wagon.

Does anyone have access to EPC and can check what are the part numbers for the sedan / wagon?

Krister

Did some digging and it could very be that the E55 Wagon has a different part number for the rear shocks.

Found this part number for Bilstein: 20-070861

Original spare part number:

A 211 326 11 00 ; 2113261100

Can someone check from the EPC if those original part numbers fit the E55 AMG Wagon?

Krister

I beleive these are the Wagon shock part numbers:
A2113261300 (left)
A2113261400 (right)

So they are indeed different and I cant find these from Rockauto etc.. meh

Who knows, maybe my post above shocks would fit as well. But it would need to be tested.

Notdke9fdkfjekrjrkj123

those bilsteins looks more right,looking at EPC with my VIN(-05 e55) i get: A2113261300 -left
A2113261400 -right

to verify it fits your car you need to post your VIN.

cosmosschwarz

According to EPC, that number fits NON AMG cars(AKA E500), not AMG wagon. Send me your vin, I'll get you the correct part# for your car.

cosmosschwarz

211 326 13 00
211 326 14 00

Seem to be the correct part#'s for E55 wagon according to EPC

Blue Chip

A211 326 69 00
A211 326 70 00

These are part numbers my mech used to buy rear shocks for e55 wagon 2004.

boerge

Just went through this recently, and ordered some wrong parts, and had to dig deep into google to try to sort it out.
It seems the above is correct, this I found:

Rear shocks W211 E55 AMG station wagon

A2113261300 replaced by A2113266900 Left
A2113261400 replaced by A2113267000 Right

Hope it helps.
Now where is the best and cheapest supplier for these parts?

Sulaco

I went through this with Arnott remanufactured rear shocks for my E55 wagon.

No one there was entirely sure; so they guessed and sent me 2 shocks they thought were right. They were correct. Have been on the car for 2 years, maintained OE functionality and ride height. So, Arnott does provide them, they just didn't know it yet.

boerge

Well, I received Arnotts SK-3199 rear shocks, and they do not fit. What you might have received was possibly the air springs, which they do have for wagons. Even today i got mail from Arnott stating: "Unfortunately we don't have rear shocks only air springs for your car."

So if you had rear shocks, please give us the Arnott part number.

tewfiks

Unfortunately I am replacing my second rear shock on my 2005 E55 wagon. Only OEM are available for our application. I tried Arnott as well as Bilsteins. Those are only for the sedans.

Sulaco

If I'm under my car again in the near future I will look for a part number. Both rear air shocks are Arnott remans and they're great. Maintained all OEM functionality. The only difference I recall is they didn't utilize OEM airmatic reservoirs.

hachiroku

just did my OEM replacements with arnott's. they're great. no reservoir and seem stiffer, maybe because they're new, or because they don't have additional volume to fill sans lack of reservoir. either way, enjoying the added stiffness.


as far as rear shocks...i don't believe arnott sells these as they would require support of ADS. for the front struts, arnott only quality checks them for usability and rebuilds their airbags. for rear shocks you'll need to go OEM or Bilstein.

MJBelcher500

I spoke with Arnott recently regarding their rear air springs for the E55. I was told that they were able to increase the air volume within the unit to equal the OEM unit with the reservoir. Not sure how they were able to do that, but that is what they claim.

m3j0n

arnott makes a replacement for $685 each retail. My cost is roughly $300, but there is a $125 core charge on each one.

MJBelcher500

I think the OP was looking for the actual shocks, not the air springs. I don't believe Arnott makes rear shocks for this car.

Sulaco

here is what I bought; works flawlessly and maintains OEM functionality Rear Air Spring-MB E-Class (W211)/CLS-Class (W219)-w/AIRM & ADS, ex AMG (arnottindustries.com)

MJBelcher500

The link you posted is not for AMG models. I believe this is the correct air spring (not shock) https://www.arnottindustries.com/pro...matic-amg/2005

Sulaco

I went through this exact same exchange directly with Arnott before I ordered. Mine is an E55 wagon and I wanted to be 100% sure I was ordering the right part so I worked directly with Arnott and went with their technician's recommendation for an E55 wagon.

Whether they were right or wrong, the parts have worked perfectly for over 2 years now.

m3j0n

Yes, it is for the shock, not the airspring...



Bilstein also makes a replacement, but its about $150 more since its new; no core charge obv.

MJBelcher500

Apologies. I was just on Arnott's site and could not find that available. What is the part number on that?