Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-18 Thread Rusty Cullens
Message - From: Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update These aftermarket W126 European style headlights are manufactured by DJ in Taiwan. So, are these glass

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-18 Thread John Robbins
On 12/18/2009 8:33 AM, Rusty Cullens wrote: Glass lenses not plastic. No replacements, just buy a new assembly. As John Robbins can attest to, new Bosch lenses are just as expensive as these assemblies. Indeed! My housings have vacuum leveling at least. I just bought projector headlights

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-18 Thread Rich Thomas
Do they come with the blue LEDs for your windshield wipers? --R John Robbins wrote: On 12/18/2009 8:33 AM, Rusty Cullens wrote: Glass lenses not plastic. No replacements, just buy a new assembly. As John Robbins can attest to, new Bosch lenses are just as expensive as these assemblies.

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-18 Thread Dieselhead
And led strings for the underbody Do they come with the blue LEDs for your windshield wipers? --R John Robbins wrote: On 12/18/2009 8:33 AM, Rusty Cullens wrote: Glass lenses not plastic. No replacements, just buy a new assembly. As John Robbins can attest to, new Bosch lenses are just as

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-18 Thread John Robbins
Easy now! ;) And... No. Those will never be on any of my cars. On 12/18/2009 10:40 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: Do they come with the blue LEDs for your windshield wipers? --R John Robbins wrote: On 12/18/2009 8:33 AM, Rusty Cullens wrote: Glass lenses not plastic. No replacements, just buy a

[MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Rusty Cullens
These aftermarket W126 European style headlights are manufactured by DJ in Taiwan. Sorry Mr. Hurst, not made in China. Again, $125.00 per side. Very limited quantities. Rusty Cullens BuyMBparts, Inc. www.buyMBparts.biz Tel/ 1-800-741-5252 Fax/ 770-454-9745 ICQ 427542441 AIM BuyMBparts

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Rich Thomas
That's our China isn't it? But I get your point. Be nice. --R Rusty Cullens wrote: These aftermarket W126 European style headlights are manufactured by DJ in Taiwan. Sorry Mr. Hurst, not made in China. Again, $125.00 per side. Very limited quantities. Rusty Cullens BuyMBparts, Inc.

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Rusty Cullens
: Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update That's our China isn't it? But I get your point. Be nice. --R Rusty Cullens wrote: These aftermarket W126 European style headlights are manufactured by DJ in Taiwan. Sorry Mr. Hurst, not made in China. Again

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Rich Thomas
-9745 ICQ 427542441 AIM BuyMBparts - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update That's our China isn't it? But I get

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Thomas Savage
Rusty Cullens wrote: These aftermarket W126 European style headlights are manufactured by DJ in Taiwan. Sorry Mr. Hurst, not made in China. Again, $125.00 per side. Very limited quantities. There aren't really any Pacific Rim products I'd want to put on my car, but I've been really impressed

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Gary Hurst
i tend to have a preference for taiwan oolong myself. actually, Taiwan used to be our china (ROC - Republic of China) before we sold them out for big china (PRC-- People's Republic of China). today, the usa does not recognize ROC. i remember that they have to compete in the atlanta olympics not

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Gary Hurst
i'll ask stern when i next see him online. he knows this stuff and once, back in teh day when we still had standards and a sense of history, he was singularly the guru on all matters of lighting. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Thomas Savage tesav...@gmail.com wrote: Rusty Cullens wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Rich Thomas
Hella probably gets them from the same Chinese (or Taiwanese or whatever they are called) supplier and has their name stamped on them to give them that certain Euro cachet. --R Gary Hurst wrote: i'll ask stern when i next see him online. he knows this stuff and once, back in teh day when we

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Gary Hurst
sadly, this might actually be true and would be worth investigating On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Hella probably gets them from the same Chinese (or Taiwanese or whatever they are called) supplier and has their name stamped on them to

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Mitch Haley
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Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Mitch Haley
Mitch Haley wrote: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... Curses, foiled again! What about this, Gary, is it cheap Chinese garbage? Cost me almost as much as four gallons of gasoline. Lost a second every day or two in the summer, gained 2 1/2 seconds over the last 54 hours, I think it runs

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Rich Thomas
A buddy who was looking to outsource production of some all-bidness components told me about visiting a brand new Taiwan factory. It was a huge facility, full of state-of-the-art computer-driven machine tools, few humans involved, ready to start cranking out parts for whatever. Very

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Gary Hurst
yeah, but probably better than a real one just get a cheap malaysian seiko. you get good quality and design for under 100 bucks. best value there is in a mechanical watch. tons of guys out of singapore and hong kong on ebay more than happy to sell you one very robust movement built to quite

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Peter Frederick
Modern Seiko's are the best value in mechanical watches going. The movements aren't that pretty to look at, but they run forever, are very easy to service, and use state of the art lubricants. Unless you drop it from a great height or a truck runs over it, it should give decades of

Re: [MBZ] Euro Headlight Update

2009-12-17 Thread Jim Cathey
These aftermarket W126 European style headlights are manufactured by DJ in Taiwan. So, are these glass faced? Are replacement lenses available? Or are they all-in-wonder plastic eggs? We up in winter rock territory want to know! -- Jim ___