New US assembly and new Euro assembly are about the same price if you get Hella or Bosch (which I would recommend). Past about 95, only the Euro style was used, even in the US.

Stay with the Euro style, the DOT ones are about the equivalent of using a two cell flashlight to drive by.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!