Buying Mercedes Parts for your Mercedes retrofit project You have various choices, of course. (a) Ebay, (b) New from a German dealer (often cheaper than your local dealer) (c) Used from Mercedes in German (d) Used from reputable sellers and (e) New from your local dealer.
A Both new and used parts are available on Ebay. The normal ebay rules apply though - so ensure whoever you are purchasing from has good feedback.
Here are some useful ebay searches, just click on the links below. They search worldwide and use both English and German keywords because lots of stuff is available from Germany. They also search for the common mis-spellings to pick up items most people wont see and are often cheaper as a result. Mercedes COMAND Mercedes Phone Stuff Mercedes CD Changer Comand-APS Map DVDs (Europe) COMAND map CDs (Teleatlas - Europe) COMAND Video Adapter If using EBAY then I stronly advise you to purchase COMAND units from UK, Europe, USA and Australia only - always check if the seller is selling lots of sat-nav units, and if so, review their feedback and makesure that they have positive feedback for similar items. Never purchase units from China. There seems to be a couple of reasonable sellers in Lithuania, although it is up to you if you want to take such a risk! There are many broken, and potentially dodgily sourced units on EBAY
B As buying from local dealers (especially in the UK and outside of mainland Europe) can be considerably more expensive than buying direct from Germany, including shipping, its often worth considering talking to a German MB dealer.
I have used Mercedes-Benz Leipzig for new parts - who also trade on Ebay. Click Here (MB Leipzig) for their ebay shop and email contact details.
C Mercedes Benz's own vehicle dismantling centre also sells stuff on ebay. Their ebay shop is Here - or see their main web-site MBGTC (Germany). They often sell almost complete kits for adding COMAND to the W210 E class - all with a warranty.
D - used equipment from reputable sellers There are a number of reputable sellers of used equipment: -
Mark at www.comand.co.uk supplies used COMAND units with a warranty, and new Teleatlas disks. He is in the UK.
Miro, at BenzModz.com supplies all sorts of retrofit stuff in Australia. He also recommeds mercdocs as a good supplier for the USA.
Steve at MBenzNL supplies new parts and will fit them for you (he seems to travel all over the world, so ask him!)