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Old 06-03-2018, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Father Of Giants View Post
I hear what you're saying.

In the end, the control arm bushings DO cost a fortune too me IMO.
For instance control arm bushings 126-333-38-14 is $630 for the 4 you need.
The rest of the control arm bushings for the front alone are $1255.
For the W124 it's only $219 for all front bushings and ball joints, correct me if I'm wrong. I don't mean it in a snarky way, I could be addinb stuff up wrong.


The subframe kit and axle to housing subframe bits are $93 vs $315 (W126)
Diff mounts are $20 together vs $292(W126).
I just don't agree on that.
When you consider that just about every part you list as expensive is available from Lemforder (the OEM supplier to Mercedes) for roughly 25% of what the MB-Star marked part (most likely supplied by Lemforder) is available for, your arguments start to lose a lot of credibility.
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