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.