Member Since: 27 Sep 2005
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 130
smashed nearside mirror
help, i have trashed my nearside mirror. on inspection i have been able to remove the glass and connectors (HSE so heated). Can i buy just a mirror and if so can i clip it back in to the frame or do i need to dis asemble the whole unit?? any advice on salvage parts also welcomeTDV6 HSE Buckingham Blue and still smiling
Hi Aitchy''
I did my mirror (pass side) in Oct last year. They can just clip in the glass, if the housing is all right. Cost me $108 (Australian) and the dealer I bought it from fitted it for free.
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Member Since: 25 Nov 2005
Location: Kent - England
Posts: 203
£25 - heated/covex glass.
I tried in vain to get my replacement to clip into place, wife returned to the parts dept to collect our christmas raffle prize and told them I couldn't get the glass to fit! Obviously they wanted to prove my mechanical incompetence and spent ten futile minutes trying to fit it themselves. Eventually giving up and swapping the mirror lens for another in stock - hey presto this one fitted instantly!Some say the glass is half full. Others that it is half empty. I say 'Are you drinking that?"
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23rd Jan 2007 10:48 am
aitchy
Member Since: 27 Sep 2005
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 130
thanks gents, looks like a nice low cost error TDV6 HSE Buckingham Blue and still smiling
If you're doing it yourself, be careful clipping the mirror in - it breaks incredibly easily! Press it only in the centre.Now an ex-D3 owner after 7 happy years. Miss the car but not the big bills
23rd Jan 2007 2:29 pm
aitchy
Member Since: 27 Sep 2005
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 130
hmmmmmmm...got the mirror and arranged for dealer to fit during repairs to water leak (blocked drain tube in sunroof). Wife picked up car and complained that the replacement n/s door mirror made her eyes ache and that the view was distorted. When i checked i agreed and there was a huge blindspot. It occured to me that this was a drivers door mirror for left hand drive. after traipsing all the way back to the parts dept today and checking part numbers etc, it was established that we had been supplied with US/Korea markets mirror! replacement one is just fine. I wouldm't mind if it was £5 from flea bay but £30 from a main stealer......... rant oiverTDV6 HSE Buckingham Blue and still smiling
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