2006 T1N Sprinter: Front and rear shock replacement
It was time. It's been time, to replace our Sprinter 's shocks. Holy cow. Thankfully, it's a straightfoward, albeit at times tedious, job. For our 2006 T1N Sprinter, we went with these shocks (the part numbers are key which is why I'm including them): FRONT: Bilstein B6 22-226648 (this is the model designed for the Super High Ceiling vans - there is also a version for the regular ceilings; also, Bilstein does make a B4 version for the front, but we wanted the beefier B6) REAR: Bilstein B4 19-064529 (the lower eyelet of the B6 is sized for an M14 bolt and our model has an M12 bolt - take note of this) Lower front shock mount ( Mercedes part # 9013231185 ) Upper front shock mount ( Mercedes part # 9013230085 ) We sourced the shocks at the time from shockwarehouse.com and the mounts from urotuning.com . I'm one to believe if I'm going through the process of replacing front struts, I'm going to spend the couple of extra bucks and also replace the mounts. We ...
