Leewolf,

If you are going to buy more than a few aprts from the local MB dealer try to register yourself there as a restoration company or some such. I did this at my local MB dealer in Corpus Christi, Tx. and they matched the aftermarket people's prices very closely. Granted I had a very cooporative partsman, but all I did was show him the prices I could get my parts for from the cataloges and he said that with a dealer's discount he could match or beat them-and he did in most cases. It never hurts to ask.