I ordered arnott shocks and strutt assembly to replace my front two that have started to leak with 90k miles. Ordered the parts from Autozone and they only had the front driver side available so I ordered the passenger side from carparts.com.

2012 Range Rover Supercharged

Part numbers ordered: front driver and passenger
ARNAS2798 - Shock Absorber and Strut Assembly
ARNAS2797 - Shock Absorber and Strut Assembly

Part received from Autozone - Air bag looks flimsy
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17wx...ew?usp=sharing

Part received from Carparts - Looks more like the OEM
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Pr...ew?usp=sharing

Are there two types of parts being made by Arnott with the same part number? I'm returning the first one received from Autozone but was wondering if someone else had the same issue.

Hope everyone is staying safe!
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Thanks guys for all the feedback. I have had a horrible experience so far but sharing this for everyone's knowledge. I have returned the arnott shock with VDS three times now and am going to return it for the fourth time after receiving the older model again today. I got a hold of Arnott and they asked me to order from Carid.com since they ship directly from Arnott warehouses but I just received my order from Carid and it is still an older design. I will be fighting with them the next few days now to get it returned. Fun!



Apparently, Arnott changed from the bladder design (which was the the original style) to the Contitech 4 ply design late last year. All the shocks that I have received have the older manufacture date (March-2019).



So, the problem is not the part number (Part Number: AS-2798). I know my part numbers but all the retailers have the older version of the part with the bladder design which looks horrible and very different form the OEM (pic below)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Pr...pjxkMzv89/view



The new Arnott shock with the Contitech 4 ply design which looks like below image are not being sent by anyone by any of the sellers (Autozone, Carparts, Carid)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17wx...eEsw6PA1t/view



Unfortunately, I have no choice but go to with the original OEM Part By Bilstein.

https://www.roverparts.com/search/air-shock/