Anybody here ever hear of a brand of shocks & struts called Sensen? I know they are cheap and I also know the old expression that "you get what you pay for", but money is tight right now & I really need new front struts on my 300CD.

Comments? Suggestions? Experiences?

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2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Turbo Diesel 4x4
1994 GMC S-15 pickup 4.3 5MT
1985 300 SD
1978 300 CD
1962 220-S Fintail - awaiting restoration

A '78 300CD doesn't have front struts.

I've never heard of that brand but I see they're $17 each at [edit] a major online auto parts discounter. Double that gets you KYB or Monroe equivalents. Double that gets you Boge or Bilstein. The economy of paying more comes from how long they'll last. How long do you plan to keep your car? Regardless, if you can't afford $130, you can't afford $130. Do what you have to.

Sixto
87 300D

I used them on the front of my 87 300TD. Good stuff for the $. But as previously stated, shocks are on the front of a W123.

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1987 300SDL #1, 1987 300SDL #2, 1980 240D, 1982 300SD, 1994 S350, 1990 350SDL, 1991 350SD, 1985 300D, 2005 E320CDI

Gone, but not forgotten: 1981 300SD, 1982 300SD, 1987 300SDL, 1983 300TD, 1980 300CD, 1981 300SD #2, 1987 300D, 1987 300TDT, 1980 300D

My bad! I'm still learning

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2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Turbo Diesel 4x4
1994 GMC S-15 pickup 4.3 5MT
1985 300 SD
1978 300 CD
1962 220-S Fintail - awaiting restoration

I got confused when I got to the "Select Model" step:


ZHEJIANG SENSEN AUTOMOBILE PARTS CO.,LTD

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In general Chinese made parts don't last. For that matter most anything made in China doesn't seem to last. If you can afford to not use them I would but we all understand that money is tight and you gotta do what you have to sometimes. You never know those shock may last a long time.

I did a search on the forum for sensen and this post it the only one that came up, so it's not likely that anyone here has every used sensen parts and maybe not even heard of them.

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I like my Bilsteins.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

LMFAO! Wow, man.... just "wow"

yeah, i'd say their webmaster needs to be taken out back & "tuned up" with a bent rusty shock & then maybe an angry Rottweiler for good measure!

I found their products being sold by numerous vendors on eBay, but found much better pricing at a different online vendor of auto parts, who's name I am apparently not allowed to type here????

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2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Turbo Diesel 4x4
1994 GMC S-15 pickup 4.3 5MT
1985 300 SD
1978 300 CD
1962 220-S Fintail - awaiting restoration

voldemort.com?

Sixto
87 300D

You mean -- parts haus who should not be named.com

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You would be better off getting a set of PNP shocks. think they are like $9.

Clicked on the model, and the drop down box looks like chicken scratch. I clicked on one of them and it says "sorry, you query the content does not exist".

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

I think DP, like me, means a site named after a type of music that gained popularity in the '60s.

Sixto
87 300D

The trouble is, Charlie, you don't speak chicken scratch I got the same thing but try the model dropdown again after getting the content does not exist warning and there'll be a cusory listing of MB models. It works with any chicken scratch selection.

FWIW, I suspect the foreign language text in restaurant menus tells those who speak the language what to avoid. "We found rodent droppings in the marinade but the locals don't seem to mind."

Sixto
87 300D

Yes sixto, you are correct! that would be rock, LOL

ROFLMAO!

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2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Turbo Diesel 4x4
1994 GMC S-15 pickup 4.3 5MT
1985 300 SD
1978 300 CD
1962 220-S Fintail - awaiting restoration

Were they the crunchy one`s? or the softer juicy one`s

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works