15% if you are a MBCA member. If you need rubber parts, the Classic Center is the way to go. If you are in the middle of the project, and NEED a part, it’s there the next day, and I live in Maine. Excellent service.
Jon ’85 300D ’68 250S > On Nov 24, 2016, at 11:02 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Mercedes has a “Classic Center” in Irvine, CA, that sells parts for older > cars, and will sometimes resurrect an NLA part if there’s enough interest. > Tom Hanson is the main parts guy, but recently I’ve been in contact with one > of his peers there, Jon Siggson. You can email Jon directly with an inquiry > about the lug bolts at: > > jon.sigg...@mbusa.com > > A lot of people buy stuff from the Classic Center, but I’ve never quite > figured out why unless they’re getting a discount, as nearly anything the > Classic Center sells is in the same system as the dealers and readily > available from them, too. > > Too bad OTIS doesn’t have anything - they’re are the bomb when it comes to > sourcing very high quality wheel bolts. > > Dan > > > > > >> On Nov 24, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Ralph,'84TD via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Can anyone expand on the info re "Tom, at the classic center" in order to >> purchase these lug bolts? I tried the link to "https://www.otisincla.com ", >> but they told me they do not handle these any longer. So I am still trying >> to get some. I was hoping not to have to purchase a lot consisting of 20 >> bolts, but rather just purchase the 6 that I currently need, but I may have >> to resort to getting the lot thru ebay, or elsewhere. So be it.ThanksRalph >> >> >> On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 11:10 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> Ralph, >> >> You have two choices: >> >> Buy replacements from the dealer. These will have the plastic caps on the >> tops of the bolts that yours are missing - these are not service parts. >> >> Contact https://www.otisincla.com <https://www.otisincla.com/> and give them >> the dimensions. These guys are the Gods of Lug bolts and can pretty well >> source anything you could ever want. They won’t be cheap, but they’ll be >> very high quality and won’t have the plastic caps, but solid ends. >> >> Dan >> >> >>> On Nov 23, 2016, at 10:02 AM, Ralph,'84TD via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am looking for 6 wheel lug nuts for my 126. The bolts that are on the >>> car have several without the top cap in place and I was wondering if one >>> could buy just the caps, or if not, where to purchase the whole nut (bolt >>> actually). The length is 3 5/8". It is probably a metric size, but that >>> is the closest I could come to with a normal measuring tape, I do have a >>> ruler that has MM, and it shows it is 9.2mm. (Measured from the bottom >>> thread to the top of the bolt, without the cap on.Can anyone advise where I >>> could purchase these, and what they are officially referred as; nuts or >>> bolts. Thanks >>> Ralph '87 300 SDL '84 300 CD >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
