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It's time to change the damper. I'm tired of putting cardboard under the car in the garage. The old damper just leaked. An interesting thing, but expensive. Exist offers the original one for 7000 rubles and does not show any alternatives. Well then. And here I accidentally came across a note in the onboard computer by Egorman. It turns out there is an alternative. This is Bilstein18-140644. There are other alternatives such as Febi27572, Kraft Automotive4011130, Meyle026 827 2000, OptimalAS-1003H, Ruville945106, Stabilus8272 CY, SWAG10 92 7572.

Bilstein18-140644

This damper was installed on Mercedes. It turns out with minor modifications, it fits the 81 body equipped with a steering rack and damper. The modification involves filing one of the bushings on both sides.

The places for filing or cutting are shown in red squares

If we look closely at both dampers, the difference is only in construction design. The main parameters of the alternative are exactly the same as those of the original.

on the left the original and to the right bilstein

And finally, I would like to express a big thank you to Pashket208 and Egorman for the idea of an alternative damper. Guys, thanks for helping.