Monroe IS the OEM for Mercedes on some newer cars. Newer than the cars most of the people on this forum mess with.

I had a 1999 E55 and took the front shocks off, they are Bilstein. Monroe is NOT the OEM for a 1999 E55 AMG. Get Bilsteins if you want it to handle like an AMG. Really nothing wrong with Sachs/Boge or even with Monroes. But your car was built with Bilsteins.

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