I feel that if you're looking to save a buck, go dirt cheap because all of the aftermarket lights are made to meet a price point, not to give value. You have to decide how much value you can justify forfeiting.

I mounted a pair of $55 Estonia taillights on my daughter's 240 three years ago and they seem to be doing well enough. I would have paid a bit more for decent used OE lights if I could have found them, but since disaster seems to follow my sweet daughter, a new set of genuine Volvo tail lights would surely have been a gamble with long odds.

On the other hand, I just ordered a new pair of tail lights from TASCA at nearly three times the cost of the Estonia specials. The new lights will go on a very nice '93 5-speed sedan which just clicked over 80K. There was really nothing wrong with the original lights, but we are handing over another '93 to our son which needs new taillights, so, problem solved.

As far as the URO brand, it is the brand which made me stop buying from FCP. A few years ago, I ordered a URO-branded fuel pump from FCP who told me it was made in the USA. When I got the pump, it had a pretty blue paint job, but not an iota of identification on it. No manufacturer's name, no part number, no country of origin - nada. I wondered how URO even knew what it was.

I searched URO and their website proclaimed them to have an international presence but little else. I gave URO a call and after some verbal gymnastics, their customer service guy admitted that the fuel pump I had bought was made in god-forsaken China, not the USA. So much for URO with an umlaut.

Rich