Set of 1994-1995 US "Facelift" Front Turn Signals

[gerryvz]

I am looking for a NICE (VG+/EXC) condition set of front turn signal lenses for a facelift W124. These are the plastic housings.

Anyone have a nice set they can let go of?

Cheers,
Gerry

 

[gsxr]

Gerry, are these NLA new?

 

[gerryvz]

No. I thought someone might have a nice set, though. If not, I'll just order a set as spares. I get decent ones occasionally at the yards, but had sold my last set some time back.

They are $112 and $115 each new.

 

[gerryvz]

Does look like I can get them for about half that from AutohauZ.

https://www.autohausaz.com/catalog/c/mercedes/1994/1195635-e500/13-body_trim_lighting

RM Yurropean has them for about the same price, but no shipping or tax.

I'm just going to put in an order for a brand new pair. I don't mind paying the $122 for the set.

 

[Sam SL]

Does look like I can get them for about half that from AutohauZ.

https://www.autohausaz.com/catalog/c/mercedes/1994/1195635-e500/13-body_trim_lighting

RM Yurropean has them for about the same price, but no shipping or tax.

I'm just going to put in an order for a brand new pair. I don't mind paying the $122 for the set.

Gerry, what is your experience with Automotive Lighting brand? How do they compare to Bosch?

 

[speedy300dturbo]

Gerry, what is your experience with Automotive Lighting brand? How do they compare to Bosch?

AL is basically Bosch as of 1999. Source: AL-Automotive Lighting - Wikipedia

FWIW, the AL turn signal lights for the W124 are still made in the Bosch molds (the lenses say Bosch Germany on them) although the unit itself is labelled made in the Czech Republic.

 

[744Brillantsilber]

I installed a set of euro-spec AL turn signals and headlights on my W124 wagon not long ago.
Could not find some Hella units for an ok price and did not want to pay the full MB price too, since it is only the daily-driver....
I can not complain about the AL parts at all!

You can not buy new Bosch lights anymore, just as @speedy300dturbo mentioned.
In case you don´t want AL and don´t want to pay the full MB-price, you can still buy Hella parts...

 

[gerryvz]

The AL brand is essentially the old lighting division of Bosch. So they are equivalent quality.

Bosch sold some years ago its automotive lighting division and together with Magneti Marelli I believe they created a new company called "Automotive Lighting."

 

[744Brillantsilber]

The AL brand is essentially the old lighting division of Bosch. So they are equivalent quality.

Bosch sold some years ago its automotive lighting division and together with Magneti Marelli I believe they created a new company called "Automotive Lighting."

I know that they are about the same part.
Except for two visible differences: The new lenses read "AL" instead of the old Bosch and the parts are made somewhere in Eastern Europe while the old Bosch parts were "Made in Germany"

Edit:
I have an old set of original Bosch laying around and intended to keep them as spare.
But if the price is right, somebody can have them. 5000 USD should be fair for a NLA original part in good condition

 

[gerryvz]

Only €4.200— ???? It seems quite a bargain, as most of the parts have been costing €5.000—

There is zero difference between a Bosch turn signal and an AL turn signal. They are 100% the same. Yes, the earlier ones were made in Germany. The ones today are made in the Czech Republic (and have been actually for many years, even when it was still Bosch making them). They are made in the same (old) factory that Bosch had in CZ.

The old lenses say "Bosch" and the new ones (for at least the past 10 if not 15 years) say "AL"

I have 100% confidence that anything that is made by "Automotive Lighting" is 100% the same quality as the original Bosch part. If anything, Bosch parts quality has really gone downhill in the past 10 years.....