shock absorbers

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peterchapman22
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Hi guys need a set of rear shock absorbers for my 1973 300gd Where is the best place to go to find best deal cheers Peter
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peterchapman22 wrote:
Hi guys need a set of rear shock absorbers for my 1973 300gd Where is the best place to go to find best deal cheers Peter

I have a set of delivery mileage G55 active shocks genuine Merc  £350. Plus post

 

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Or get Monroes from your local motor factor.

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I have a set (4) of Koni Heavy Track, they all have about 20,000km from new, so are like new. 200 plus postage for all 4.

 

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Try internet or europarts/ gsf or kms in birmingham
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See Parts for Sale in the Classifieds section. Two KYB's for £180.

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needamerc wrote:

Or get Monroes from your local motor factor.

Some people are a bit sneery about Monroe’s, they are at the budget end but I had them on my 460 and I really liked them. 

Oh and just remembered I put some on the rear of the 463 about 3yrs ago. They've done two Morocco trips so maybe 2,500 miles of true off road use(at the end of some days they are too hot to touch) and they are still OK(ish) enough to pass an MOT anyway but probably ready for a change. 

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peterchapman22 wrote:
Hi guys need a set of rear shock absorbers for my 1973 300gd Where is the best place to go to find best deal cheers Peter

 

    i have sent email to GRAZ for a price for you 

    are you sure your G is a 1973?

   your blog says its a ( w463 of 1993 vintage with the 6 cylinder diesel engine)

          ADRIAN

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Well spotted Adrian my mistake it is 1993.Must be senile dementia kicking in. Does this make a difference ?Thanks to everyone who has replied. You really are very helpful cheers Peter
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last month ECP had the Sachs Touring shocks at £46 each for the 'standard' G- version and a little bit more for the 'Off-Road' version. However, I don't know which is supposed to be softer or harder.

The Sachs were OEM from 1990 to about 1996

Just fitted a pair to my 1996 G300E and look identical to the originals.