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Mk5 GTI Wing Mirror Help Please....
« 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.



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?



^ How it's running meanwhile.
« Last Edit: May 06, 2013, 10:49:11 am by RedRobin »


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Re: Mk5 GTI Wing Mirror Help Please....
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2013, 01:21:54 pm »
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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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Re: Mk5 GTI Wing Mirror Help Please....
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2013, 04:39:46 pm »
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.


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