Exactly one year ago, we merged Peach Parts with Pelican Parts. We were working extensively on our new Mercedes catalog and tech sections, but we were quite a bit off from releasing them. I thought it would happen sooner, but I hope that you guys will be happy with the results.
First off, we have a brand new Mercedes catalog on our site which now the most comprehensive one available on the Internet. We analyzed all of our competitors and decided that if it was out there for Mercedes, then we should list it in the catalog. We're still working on adding more product, but we think you'll see that we now have a very comprehensive offering. It may have taken us a year to get it done, but we feel that doing things right the first time is very important.
We've also lowered our pricing on thousands of items. We're now officially off of the old "Fast Lane" and "AllPartsExpress" systems, and are currently offering very good pricing on all of the parts in our catalog. In the past, we were locked into using "legacy" systems, but now we're tapped into the Pelican Parts' catalog system, along with our network of 400+ suppliers. I'm still working out some of the free shipping bugs in our shopping cart, but those should be fixed in day or two. Take a look at our new catalog here:
http://www.pelicanparts.com/Mercedes-Benz/index.htm
Finally, we've been working on a bunch of new Mercedes articles for you guys (with a *ton* more in the works right now as well). I have them all listed in our new Mercedes Tech section here: Pelican Parts - Mercedes Benz Technical Articles
We've also added all of the Genuine Mercedes parts into our search engine, so that you can simply type any current MBZ part number in, and then you will be able to order it online. This feature is very popular with our Porsche and BMW customers.
You've noticed that the top navigation bar has changed on the forums here. This is to highlight the transition to the new catalog. I apologize if you don't like it, but it's needed as the revenue generated from parts sales is needed to support the Peach Parts forums.
The catalog and these other changes are still in "beta testing", and there will bound to be some issues and bugs. Feel free to drop me a line if there are any issues you wish to discuss - we're going to be still working out all of the bugs and problems over the next few weeks. But, I felt that it was important to launch the new catalog / tech articles at least on the 1-year anniversary of merging Pelican and Peach.
Thank you all again for your continued patience and support!
-Wayne