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Originally Posted by Jim's500E
Are you sure you need both items? Usually the struts are long lived and the N2 cells are the ones that go bad. How do they know the struts are bad? Are they leaking? Mileage on the car?
BTW, its easy to replace those yourself in the driveway with regular tools. The hydraulic struts also are easy to DIY.
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To both posters, thank you for the replies!
I can only go by what the shop says...both shops state...need new struts and acculumators.
Vehicle is a 92 with 81K miles. Original miles.
One shop states....replace the acculumators as long as you are replacing the struts....and the other states the opposite....replace the struts and might as well replace the acculumators also as a precaution!
This place......
http://www.germanautoparts.com/Mercedes/1992/140.051/E2/407/19342782...
has the struts for $570.00 each strut and $115.00 for each acculumator.
I can do the repairs myself...but, if the lines to the acculumators break off when I try and disconnect them...I rather the shop did the breaking!