Euro E500E Headlights - NLA as of August 2017

[JC220]

I have unopened & sealed Lamin-x Clear Lighting Covers (both headlights & fogs) for 94 E500 (fits 94-95 E-Class) that I no longer need.
Purchased from Lamin-x website several years ago. Not sure what their sealed shelf-life is, but I assume all adhesives are still good.
If interested, I am willing to pass on to a member here at a very reasonable price. $35 shipped sounds fair?

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If you can ship to me I'll take em! I'll send a PM now.

Thanks

Joe

 

[spkalka]

Just purchased a set of pre-face lift Euro headlight lenses from MBCC. $194 each plus tax and shipping, but looks like plenty in stock. Around 180 available each.

 

[gerryvz]

Yes, MBCC has plenty of stock of the Euro lenses, just not the complete headlights.

 

[gsxr]

Yes, MBCC has plenty of stock of the Euro lenses, just not the complete headlights.

Correct. Lenses are not an issue (yet!), but if you want a right side headlamp assembly, or a pair... you're currently outta luck.

 

[RicardoD]

My 1994 USA left assembly just shipped, so those are down by one!

 

[Stevester 500E]

It sure would be nice if AL (Automotive Lighting) would be able to make some .036 headlights for both sides of the pond.

Cheers,
Captain Obvious

 

[gerryvz]

Captain Obvious

 

[Swe500E]

Last week I went to my local Mercedes-Benz dealer here in Sweden to order new euro pre facelift lenses 0008 12 66/13 66, the answer I got was that they are no longer available.

But after some e-mails whit the German classic center they are coming in stock again!

 

[sheward]

Nice work and good news!

drew

 

[TerryA]

Hope they have a decent price on them. It would be nice to hoard an insurance set.

 

[gerryvz]

When they do become available, you folks had best buy a spare set. I'm going to buy a few sets myself on speculation, because down the road they will be a good investment when they are again NLA and folks are clamoring for a proper set.

 

[JC220]

When they do become available, you folks had best buy a spare set. I'm going to buy a few sets myself on speculation, because down the road they will be a good investment when they are again NLA and folks are clamoring for a proper set.

This sounds like targeted 036 headlamp flipping to me.... just sayin

 

[gerryvz]

This sounds like targeted 036 headlamp flipping to me.... just sayin

There is a difference between hoarding and flipping.

Hoarding is insurance/availability oriented, and generally a long-term activity.
Flipping is monetary/profit oriented, and generally a very short-term activity.

When they do become available, you folks had best buy a spare set. I'm going to buy a few sets myself on speculation, because down the road they will be a good investment when they are again NLA and folks are clamoring for a proper set.

This is a case of targeted 036 headlamp speculation. I do not have the lenses in hand; I have not advertised the lenses for sale; and I have not advertised a price for the lenses.

Headlight flipping is a case of buying headlight lenses for say $100 each, and then immediately turning around and selling them for $300 apiece.

That is different from buying them for $100 each, storing them in one's deep-parts stash for 5-10 years, and then selling them to some desperate owner at that time for $300.

Very little I have ever done has been short-term oriented. Not to mention the fact that my parts prices are generally very reasonable, and often deliberately under-cutting others who have sold similar parts. For example, transmission valve bodies or cam oiler tubes. I typically sell oiler tubes, cleaned and with new o-rings, for $125-140 shipped. Others are offering them at $160-200. Valve bodies? Many folks are advertising them at $250-300+. I will sell them for $150-180, shipped.

Just yesterday I sent a member a fuel pump relay that he purchased from me. And just to be nice, I threw another (different) 124 E500E relay into the box, gratis. I have always provided refunds, near-instantly, for any issue someone has with a part I've sold them. Or I will ship them another one at my expense, via Priority Mail.

No one can accuse me of being a flipper, cheater, or charging exorbitant (and I mean out-of-line) prices for my parts. I've done over 1,000 parts transactions over the past 10-12 years.

 

[Jlaa]

This sounds like targeted 036 headlamp flipping to me.... just sayin

 

[JC220]

Correct! 100% chain yank

 

[Jlaa]

MB Classic Center seems to have these on some kind of weird spotty basis. This was as of this morning (prefacelift lenses). I'm not really sure when/how/what the reasoning is that dictates when these lenses are in stock, but there were 2 pairs in stock this morning, and for WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY less ($332 / pair) than the EUR800 / pair I saw the lenses going for in a separate thread on this board.

 

[195910]

Hi Jlaa,

These are US spec facelift lenses, I don't know how much these really differ from the Euro spec lenses. BTW these are not showing up in the classic center in Europe.. must be in enviromental thing :/

 

[Jlaa]

Hi Jlaa,

These are US spec facelift lenses, I don't know how much these really differ from the Euro spec lenses. BTW these are not showing up in the classic center in Europe.. must be in enviromental thing :/

Hello,
These part numbers from the above MB Classic Center USA screenshot are actually European spec prefacelift 500E lenses(!) .... not US spec E500 lenses.

000-820-12-66 pre-facelift 500E Euro lenses, left
000-820-13-66 pre-facelift 500E Euro lenses, right