Well, my first clue was your statement: "site (not Pelican Parts) quite often in the past year or so because the prices are far cheaper than anyone else and never had any issues so I'm going to email their customer service...." Why in the hell did you think the prices are so cheap? Stick with Pelican Parts, ********az, German Auto, etc., or buy a Honda. Mercedes are not junk cars and the only thing I order Chinese is "take out"!
Anziani
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As you may have read, ZF confirmed these were legitimate Lemforder. I think Pelican is a good site, they have decent customer service, but I've had less hassle with this other website. Their prices are 15-20% cheaper for the same parts so of course I use them.

ZF now sells the Boge mounts as Boge, they are no longer repackaged as Lemforder like the first set of these mounts I got 2 years ago were nor do they sell these Chinese-made mounts anymore. This website and Pelican clearanced the remaining stock they had of these but Pelican had them for $10 more each than my other website. Again, you get the same parts here as you do on my website.

I have never used crap parts on my car and I don't think Chinese parts from reputable manufacturers is a real concern. You might as well go buy a Honda yourself if you are concerned about Chinese parts, more and more of these replacement parts will be made in China in coming years.

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Did you buy them from Rock Auto? I have found their 'branded' items nothing other than bull****... stuff is cheap there for a reason.

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'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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Nah, I've only used Rock Auto once in my life and that was for the dozen and a half coolant hoses for a Sprinter. My dad wanted me to replace all of them, I ordered all of the ones I could find were for the van and half of the ones they sold me weren't actually for a 2003 Sprinter. I ended up not having all of the hoses I would have needed (even if all of these fit I wouldn't have had all of the coolant hoses) to replace all of the ones in that van and I eventually decided against replacing the majority of them and just replaced the main radiator hoses and any hoses near the exhaust. So I can't say I would use them again because their catalogs are wrong on many vehicles. Normally I have no issue finding Mercedes parts but the Dodge parts diagrams are a nightmare for the US vans.

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Current: 1975 450SEL, 83 300D, 88 Yugo GVX, 90 300D OM603 swap, 91 F150 4.6 4v swap, 93 190E Sportline LE 3.0L M104 swap, 93 190E Sportline LE Megasquirt, 03 Sprinter, 06 E500 4Matic wagon.