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W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: mbpaul on August 11, 2016, 19:33:56

Title: Amazing delivery time from Germany!
Post by: mbpaul on August 11, 2016, 19:33:56
The only place I could find the blue rubber ribbed material for the door sill of my 230SL was from SLS in Germany.  Everybody else had it in black but not blue.  I ordered from SLS and included a few more miscellaneous parts as well but nothing that weighed very much, total weight was under 1 kg.  They received the order on Monday, August 8 and gave it to UPS on Tuesday, August 9.  I just received it at noon on Thursday, August 11.  Almost unbelievable!  UPS usually takes longer than that for a shipment within the USA.  It must have hit all the UPS places in between at just the right time.

I am always apprehensive about ordering from overseas.  Too many things can happen.  But I guess occasionally, things can work out OK.
Title: Re: Amazing delivery time from Germany!
Post by: Tyler S on August 11, 2016, 22:20:25
That's awesome. Wish I could find someone that reproduces the sill mats in the original anthracite grey. The black ones look too obtrusive against the 180G Silver paint.
Title: Re: Amazing delivery time from Germany!
Post by: waqas on August 12, 2016, 03:37:15
Tyler,

I'm not sure if this is the colour you're looking for, but SLS does sell a version of the mats in blue-gray:
Matte-dkl-graublau-1200x130-Riefengummi-Matte-dkl-graublau-1200x130-Riefengummi.html (http://www.sls-hh-shop.de/230-280SL-R113/68-c-Einstiege-mit-Verkleidung/Matte-dkl-graublau-1200x130-Riefengummi-Matte-dkl-graublau-1200x130-Riefengummi.html)
Title: Re: Amazing delivery time from Germany!
Post by: Anthony on August 12, 2016, 10:05:02
Tyler, this company might have the mats you're looking for at decent prices: http://cabrio.de/khm/en

You shouldn't be afraid to order overseas. When shipped with a trusted shipping company your package will be insured and traceable, if anything would go wrong you'll be refunded. I use TNT for all packages and I'm also very impressed with the shipping times, USA/Mexico takes 2 days, most places in Asia about 2-4 days.
Title: Re: Amazing delivery time from Germany!
Post by: mbpaul on August 12, 2016, 14:04:10
The SLS blue-gray is the one that I ordered.  Looks completely blue to me.  Don't know where the gray in the descriptions comes from.
Title: Re: Amazing delivery time from Germany!
Post by: Tyler S on August 12, 2016, 19:25:00
Anthony, I've seen their mats before. The one they have is a light grey. The original anthracite color ones match more closely to the trunk mat and rubber floor mats (no carpet).