Wing mirror smashed

[cossy]

Some complete to**er on a country road decided to go past so close and fast wing mirrors touched.

Broken the indicator part.

can you buy spares or is it a new unit at great expense

[bacillus]

Yes you can buy the indicator lens fitting seperately.

btw this may be a good opportunity to switch to the in-pro smoked ones.

[Saint Steve]

£35 odd for a vw version. Replaced one of mine a couple of months ago.

[Nasir]

£17.50 for the glass indicator part. Pretty easy to do yourself

[Saint Steve]

opps sorry was quoting a Pair as i ended up doing both on mine with the gloss mirror casing change

[Nasir]

opps sorry was quoting a Pair as i ended up doing both on mine with the gloss mirror casing change

Easily done

[cossy]

£17.50 for the glass indicator part. Pretty easy to do yourself

is it best to remove the whole unit from the car to replace this item? the indicator almost looks like its glued in place though?

Need to also glue a couple of lugs back to the inside of the cover part. Any ideas on the best glue to use on this hard plastic?

cheers

[MattPoss]

Which side is it?! I have a spare one lying round although I would have to check which side it's off.

Matt

[cossy]

Which side is it?! I have a spare one lying round although I would have to check which side it's off.

Matt

its offside, drivers side.

[Nasir]

£17.50 for the glass indicator part. Pretty easy to do yourself

is it best to remove the whole unit from the car to replace this item? the indicator almost looks like its glued in place though?

Need to also glue a couple of lugs back to the inside of the cover part. Any ideas on the best glue to use on this hard plastic?

cheers

You have to remove the whole mirror, it's not glued. It's held by a couple of torx screws. This is a good guide:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3819890

The most difficult bit is taking the mirror housing off, once this is done it's very easy.

[cossy]

Just back from the stealers, £17.50 plus vat for the indicator part, not too bad I thought. Glad they did parts for it, hate to think how much a whole unit would be.

Did notice they were selling the VW oil for the GTi for £38.00 & at a 5 litre quantitly, thought this was a good price?