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Wing mirror glass
sandomenico:
Hi all,
Driving down the road today, I glanced at the drivers side wing mirror and thought it looked a bit funny, the next look, it falls off and is in a million pieces on the road behind me! Great!
There's no shortage of options for a replacement but what would anyone recommend?
An el cheapo thing from ebay for £8 or an 'OE Quality' one from Carparts4less for more like £25 or VW.. :scared:
It's a non heated mirror btw
Thanks.
MattC:
This has happened to both of mine. I went OE quality from EuroCarParts for the drivers side when it first happened and last week bought some Chinese crap from eBay which does not fit well at all and am replacing with OE Quality this week!
Hope this helps.
coolhandluke:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-2004-2008-DOOR-MIRROR-GLASS-SILVER-CONVEX-HEATED-BASE-LEFTSIDE-/222591775165
I got this one and it fitted fine, although it's passenger side and heated.
sandomenico:
--- Quote from: MattC on February 28, 2021, 03:34:28 pm ---This has happened to both of mine. I went OE quality from EuroCarParts for the drivers side when it first happened and last week bought some Chinese crap from eBay which does not fit well at all and am replacing with OE Quality this week!
Hope this helps.
--- End quote ---
Ok thanks. You might already know this but in case you don't, Carparts4less are are and online/delivery only off shoot of EuroCarParts. They have exactly the same stuff but it's cheaper as they don't have physical stores.
Dave J:
This is age related i think - both of my wing mirror glasses started separating from their backing plates about a year back. 2008 car... They just started waving around in the wind.
One has been gorrilla glued back and is ok, and then I had an older replacement on the drivers side
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