Some of the Altrom stuff are genuine parts reboxed.

List on a genuine W123 axle is $570, or $724cad as of this morning.

Even at wholesale pricing which should be down around ~$500cad, throw 30-50 points of retail margin at it... and you're at $900cad+ if you're reboxing someone else's parts. Some of that stuff too they show a part number and a price, but they'll actually have zero inventory. It'll say source from supplier, and that supplier is Mercedes Benz. We rent to a Napa corporate store and I've had this conversation with the store manager a few times. The stupid expensive stuff that has a Mercedes looking part number is a real part.

I've bought parts from Napa/Altrom and had them be a genuine Mercedes part in an Altrom box before with the star ground off of them. What that really means is you should call the dealership first and buy them direct.

On Axles if the axle is fine but the boots are splitting I buy Astoria boots and re-boot and re-oil them myself. I did put a $75 import eBay axle on a 123 for my dad last week, fit fine, but its got 50 miles on it at this point so I have no idea of its true quality.

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