Originally Posted by
onehundred80
Lots of parts were not available from Chrysler from day one, they ordered the part from the local Mercedes dealership, stuck a Chrysler label on it which carried the Chrysler part number on it and then sold it to you at a greatly increased price.
These days you go to the Mercedes dealer for your part, it has their part number on it most likely. You may have to convince them you have SLK32/320.
No no no. You just can't let this discussion about parts go. Parts were very available and super cheap at first, especially the Mercedes parts. People who owned Mercedes would even buy the transmission connector from Chrysler dealerships because they were so cheap compared to Mercedes. They didn't just stick a Chrysler label on them, they were the same company for a while. After Mercedes got rid of Chrysler the prices of parts increased. Any parts they have in stock which is not very much are higher than ever.
Some day you will have to show me this imaginary shelf where all these Crossfire parts are that fit all these others cars. You don't have to convince the Mercedes dealership that you have a SLK320, you just have to give them the part number and pay. Some of the parts were used on other Mercedes cars not just the SLK320. I am starting to see some Mercedes parts that fit Crossfires are being discontinued so it is going to be harder in the future to get parts.