Bought a pair of Lemforder upper control arms on ebay and received one packaged in a plastic bag with Lemforder on it the other one with a clear bag and a Mercedes Benz parts sticker on the control arm itself. Is this an original MBZ upper control arm?

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

How does the part number casting compare with the other side?

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon

There is non on the lemforder.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Ah, I misunderstood sticker. I thought the picture showed the Lemfoerder piece since that looks like the owl logo ahead of the MB star. Does the Lemfoerder piece have a logo? Does it look like the MB star and part number were ground off? Do the bushings and ball joints have comparable markings?

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon

At closer inspection, the bushings say TRW. It was in a sealed lemforder plastic bag.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Lemforder and TRW are both excellent quality by the way.

And both are OEM suppliers. MB doesn’t make its own control arms.

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Prost!

Good to know.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Pictures of the other UCA for comparison?

Sixto
98 E320 s dan and wagon

The other one is identical with the TRW name on the bushings just without the stamp on the aluminum part of the UCA.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).