I'm the Brother with the 190 Turbodiesel.


I hope this guy gets shut down one day. I bought some Eurolights from Mercantile Europarts as well and it was nothing but a NIGHTMARE. (TYC brand)

The lights were advertised on Ebay I believe as OEM, I made this purchase back in March of 2001 and to this day am stuck with POS headlamps in my 190 diesel.

Here's how it went down-

The first set of lights showed up, in raggedy, inferior packaging. Included with them was as shotty piece of paper with no useful directions at all. At this point, I did not know that my lights were broken.

It wasn't until I had driven 200 miles to my mechanic's shop in GA when he informed me that he couldn't install the lights because some of the cheap plastic clips that hold the molding to the lights were broken. 200 miles there and 200 miles back for nothing.

I furiously called the guy while I was in GA and he refused to admit that he had sent me broken merchandise. Luckily I was able to return the lights to him, but he would not give me a refund, only an exchange. After this initial experience, I no longer wanted to do business with him.

The second pair he sent me were no better. The packaging was inferior and it looked like big bertha used it for a stepping stool. I checked to make sure the cheap plastic clips were intact and they were, BUT, when i got back to GA to install them, the plastic started breaking on them. We were able to get them in though.

The actual lenses inside the lights were shot, because the plastic clips that hold those in place had snapped off. Because I was blinding 18 wheelers with my fog lights, I could not use them. My mechanic had to go in with superglue and glue the lens in place, and to this day it is still glued that way. (when you closed the hood of the car, you could see and hear the lens rattle inside of the housing.)

Now, as if all that wasn't enough. I am getting haze and condensation in my passenger side light. I am fed up with these lights.

I never filed a complaint with the BBB or Ebay, but I would NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER TO THE ONE HUNDRETH EXPONENTIAL POWER RECOMMEND FOR ANYONE TO BUY FROM MERCANTILE EUROPARTS. I'm still waiting for the police to pull me over one day and inform me that my headlamps are stolen.

Between the lines, that was the short version of the story.

I hope I have saved another Mercedes enthusiast the loss of time and money and the frustration that I endured in dealing with this man.