bk1325 Posted July 26, 2024 Share Posted July 26, 2024 Got my car inspected today and as I expected it looks like my struts are starting to go bad - problem is from what I can tell Ford has stopped producing the struts for the 20" wheel on the 09 MKS. The only thing I've been able to find are some Monroe units that are listed with the interchange number of the OEM struts for the 20" wheels, but compatibility checkers seem to state that it won't work. Is this just sites being a bit odd or am I just going to have to keep my eyes out for things? For reference, the OEM parts: Left: AST397/8A5Z18124H Right: AST396/8A5Z18124G The parts I've found with matching interchange numbers are: Left: MONROE 72532 OESpectrum Right: MONROE 72533 OESpectrum But if I put those parts into a compatibility checker it says no, so I'm a bit perplexed. Obviously I'm hoping that I can just use the Monroe parts, so I was wondering if anyone here has tried to use the OESpectrum units on an MKS with 20" wheels before or if I'm better off looking at a junkyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted July 27, 2024 Share Posted July 27, 2024 Rock Auto has the left one, but no right side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk1325 Posted August 1, 2024 Author Share Posted August 1, 2024 On 7/27/2024 at 5:30 AM, twintornados said: Rock Auto has the left one, but no right side Yeah unfortunately I need both for the front which is why the Monroe parts came up. It seems like amazon.com might have some for the right side, but I'm based out of Canada and they won't ship to me. So I'm sorta stuck at the moment. Hoping someone might have experience with the Monroe's on a 20" model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk1325 Posted August 19, 2024 Author Share Posted August 19, 2024 Managed to track down a listing on amazon in the US for the AST-396. Placed my order when it said it was in-stock so hoping that works out. If not I'm still interested if anyone has experience with those Monroe OE units as they're listed as interchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk1325 Posted November 18, 2024 Author Share Posted November 18, 2024 Wanted to post an update, seems like Amazon stopped listing the 396 and the cancelled my order right on the ship date. Still interested to hear if anyone has had any luck with those Monroe units with the interchange numbers. Bit confusing that the part numbers match but the compatibility checkers say incompatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted November 19, 2024 Share Posted November 19, 2024 There is a set of struts on eBay for sale and they list the elusive right strut 20" part number in the description.... https://www.ebay.com/itm/335299260777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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