When I helped my neighbor change his front shocks on his 1980 300SD, they were Boges. When I replaced the front shocks on my TD, I went with Bilsteins since that is what was on the car already.

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1999 MB SL500 (110,000 mi)
2004 Volvo V70 2.5T (220,000 mi)
2014 Tesla Model S 85 (136,000 mi)
MBCA member