Mercedes-Benz of Tri-Cities in Kennewick, WA is the dealer. Clay, do you know who these guys are?
-D > On Oct 27, 2017, at 5:13 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I just found a dealer somewhere up north (MN?) who must have a source for > non-North American parts, like hazard triangles. I've been looking for OE > mud flaps for both of the W210s since I got the first one, but the MB > versions are long gone, at least for the first gen models like my wagon. > > With a Google crawler search running, it found a reference to one of the part > numbers on these guy's web site. I ordered a set (rear only) fully expecting > to be told they were NLA. Imagine my surprise when I got an email from a live > person the next day confirming my order and telling me it would be 2-3 weeks > since the mud flaps were in the Fatherland. I immediately gave them the part > number for the hazard triangle and they said it was a good number and they > could get it in a similar amount of time. > > Anything that is non-DOT can't be brought in to a domestic dealer - even > though they show the part number to be good it's flagged as a non-US part. > That means these guys must have a domestic German source that is shipping the > stuff to them rather than getting it through Mercedes. > > -D > _______________________________________ 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
