MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: RedRobin on May 06, 2013, 10:40:00 am
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Hi guys,
As some of you will already know from my Facebook Page, I had a large piece of debris fall off (or thrown up by) a caravan I was overtaking on fast dual carriageway (A34) and which was heading straight through my windscreen and into my face - A Felipe Massa moment which went, as they do, into slo-mo. I took avoiding action and it smashed into my expensive carbonfibre wing mirror casing instead.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FRedRobin_05%2FCarbonfibre%2Ffile.jpg&hash=c368210d9e4ac329261d1c9dcc0c7b4313e8f2c5)
I found a local guy who does carbonfibre anything (mostly marine and based in Portland, Dorset) and he can repair it fortunately. However, he needs it for a period of about 4 days because he will resin layer by layer and then there's time for lacquering to add. So, I need to either borrow or buy a driver's side (offside) Mk5 Golf (any Mk5 version) mirror casing and as it's temporary I'm not fussed about colour although the ideal would be black if I was buying it. A friend of mine who runs an accident repair centre is looking out for one but it could be awhile.
Does anyone know the part # please?
And does anyone happen to have a spare I can borrow (I would pay postage of course) please? Or even buy if not expensive?
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FRedRobin_05%2FCarbonfibre%2Ffile-1.jpg&hash=4e6e264f8f00d9fb12cbed395116355a43745827)
^ How it's running meanwhile.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MK-5-golf-door-mirror-drivers-side-/151036215136?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item232a75bf60
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This any good for you RR though it's only in primer?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Driver-side-RHS-primed-wing-mirror-cover-for-VW-Golf-mk5-2004-2008-cap-casing-/271064123610?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3AVW%7CModel%3AGolf%7CPlat_Gen%3AMK+V&hash=item3f1cae48da
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Both very helpful! - Cheers :drinking: to both of you :drinking:
Just the cover (in primer doesn't matter) for £9.99 and the price not subject to being increased by bidding is ideal. :happy2:
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-GTi-EDITION-30-DRIVERS-DOOR-ELECTRIC-MIRROR-08-MODEL-/190833887115?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c6e96078b
Hope this helps out :happy2:
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF-GTi-EDITION-30-DRIVERS-DOOR-ELECTRIC-MIRROR-08-MODEL-/190833887115?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2c6e96078b
Hope this helps out :happy2:
....Thanks but my mirror mechanism hasn't been broken - It was just the carbonfibre which took the damage. So I don't need a complete wing mirror unit for around £60. The carbon repair will cost me £30 and I just need a skin to protect the existing mechanism while the carbon skin is away being repaired.