Wing Mirror - HELP!

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I need to do a long journey today but a couple of days ago I lost a wing mirror! I have bought a new one (electric one with heated glass ... overly complicated) but I am not exactly sure how to fit it. Is there a bolt I access from inside the car?

Any online guides?

Thanks -

Sam
 
laissez-faire said:
I need to do a long journey today but a couple of days ago I lost a wing mirror! I have bought a new one (electric one with heated glass ... overly complicated) but I am not exactly sure how to fit it. Is there a bolt I access from inside the car?

Any online guides?

Thanks -

Sam


Waht car have you got? Do you have somekind of manual? (haynes etc?)
 
well a lot of cars have an interior trim piece that you need to remove first to get to the mirror mounting bolts. Of cours I have no idea whether yours does as you don't say what car it is :)
 
pinkaardvark said:
well a lot of cars have an interior trim piece that you need to remove first to get to the mirror mounting bolts. Of cours I have no idea whether yours does as you don't say what car it is :)

Its a mk4 Golf iirc.
 
Westy - good memory! / are you stalking me? haha

Just finished - had to first remove the whole door trim, then remove the tweeter speaker and then finally it exposed the bolt which was the weirdest looking style bolt ever but amazingly my father had given me a toolkit with the right one in last week!

I put the old silver casing back on the new mirror which is a bit scuffed, but not sure if it is worth paying to get the mirror sprayed. All works though!

Some mofo in a car park did this, didn't leave a note!

First went to VW... they wanted £200 just for a mirror, £450 for the accident damage. I told them to smeg off.

I decided to google it and buy a wing mirror myself, found a brand new one inc heated glass for £39!

On the reccomendation of a cabbie in Edinburgh I went down to a small indy bodyshop who quoted £200 to beat out the door, repair the wing and spray it for £200 all in. Still £240 and a lot of hassle I could have done without!

Camera phone pic: ( I think clicking the thumbnail will bring up full size)
 
laissez-faire said:
no, and it was on-street. No hope.


I had some scummer hit my rear bumper and crack it when I was in a car park a week ago (or so) roughly 2 weeks after I'd just had my bumper repaired! Grr...

I hate it when people (who should know better) shirk their financial responsibility.
 
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