Jon Agne left the list but let me remind you of his troubles with MTC parts
which nearly killed his beautiful 300D when one piece (the aux water pump?)
leaked out the coolant on a trip. He went through at least 2 of them and both
were garbage. I think he played the same game with monovalve inserts that
failed quickly too.
-Curt
From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 Headlight Doors
That’s the rub.
The $15 part is from MTC, a place much like URO. From what I’ve heard about
the MTC monovalve insert, the tolerances are lousy and the rubber is crappy
(one of the places where they’re cutting corners as it’s easy to do.) When
they do work they work poorly, and not for long. As the OE ones are now $50,
you could buy one that would last for some time or buy three MTC ones for three
years of use.
URO figured out that the W123 OE headlight doors are NLA and that the Bosch
doors are quickly becoming unobtanium. As a result, their price, which was
roughly $50/each, suddenly shot up last year to around $75/each without any
warning.
A clear effort at profit taking, I’m guessing. Can’t say as I blame them if
the opportunity presented itself.
It’s one of the few URO parts I would remotely consider allowing to touch my
cars. Nearly everything else they make is junk.
-D
> On Jan 30, 2017, at 7:15 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> wrote:
>
> IF you could expect to get a year out of the $15 one (is it URO?) and you
> liked replacing them, you could buy ten for $150 and be set for a decade.
> If it's URO, the cheapest way to get a decade of use is probably to buy OE.
>
> Mitch.
>
>> On January 30, 2017 at 3:15 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I'm still at a loss about whether to purchase the $15 monovalve or $225 OEM
>> part for my 123 wagon. Can't find anything in between. :(
>
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