Mat Mc

As I have got money to burn these days i thought I would reverse out of my garage and smash my passenger side wing mirror against the wall. Luckily my wife was watching as well so I will never be able to make a comment about any marks appearing on the car again.

Now it's only the plastic outer casing that is broken. Does the wingmirror come as a complete unit or can I just order the outer casing and transplant the internals. It's WR Blue.

Any ideas on price?

mart360

From Tier one to oem..

peanuts...

from oem to customer

megabucks.....

mart

Taff107

Thanks to one of Eddie Stobarts drivers using my mirror as an ****-brake when jumping out of his truck, I had to get a new one for my Bugeye. The mirror comes complete and painted. Can't remember exactly how much it was but it wasn't cheap.........

Mat Mc

£100, £150, £200?

Nak

It only comes as a complete unit and ready painted. Bought 1 about a month ago for MY03 £169.06 thats with 10% discount.

urban

iTrader: (1)

My drivers mirror got broken, and my dealer gave me another mirror which had broken internals and said good luck!

So off I went to transplant my good internals into the good casing - bloody hell, it must have taken me 2 hours.

Anyway, the dealer gave me a price of £150 for a new mirror.

When you start taking these things apart, you can't help but think that there must be an easier way to make components sometimes.

Save yourself hassle and buy a second hand one, or if you're feeling flush, a new unit from your dealer.

Shaun

vindaloo

Scooby breakers...

There's a thread somewhere with names, addresses, URLs etc.

corradoboy

Happy to help

mart360

Urban,

the reason the mirrors are constructed in a certain way is due to certain factors in place at the design stage.

the oem wants the mirror at the cheapest price, but conforming to his visual and quality standards. the tier one supplier aims to give this, but is also bound by any applicable legislation..

the reason they are difficult to dissasemble, is precisley for that reason.
its to meet is design intent.

I can dissasemble most of the european oem mirrors, but thats because i am trianed to do so..

another factor to consider, should you have an accident, and the rebuilt mirror causes an injury, it would be examined, and on occasion we have examined parts for this reason.. we can tell when a mirror has been apart and rebuilt. if proven that the mirror has been modded ...

Mart

corradoboy

And they have to make 'em in such a way that the same internals can be used on everything from an Aston DB9 to a Peroudia Wheeliebin. Same £8 part, different box