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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:18 pm
by adam_0612
ah wel
i have managed to get a wing mirror in my car colour for £30 inc p&p, i get it wednesday so im happy with that
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:21 pm
by mwarner87
thats what i would do if you cant get a scrapyard one
i didn realise that drivers side stubby mirrors were as cheap as that tim..
i thought they were about £80
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:06 pm
by Tim_GTi
Ahh thats a good price Adam.
mwarner87 wrote:
i didn realise that drivers side stubby mirrors were as cheap as that tim..
i thought they were about £80
Yeh from a dealers or vagparts they are,
But from German eBay (eBay.de), you can fidn them for about £35 delivered, thats where I got mine from!
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:02 am
by mwarner87
just had a quick look on ebay.co.uk and ebay.de but no luck
only 9N3 GTi mirrors i could find
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:12 am
by Tim_GTi
Here you go mate, just found the shop that connects to the eBay auction I got mine from, go on this site:
http://www.aussenspiegel-scheinwerfer.d ... _7865.html
Scroll down and you'll find the mirror your looking for, the German word for mirror is - Aussenspiegel (in case you want to know)
To contact them scroll down, and on the left hand side find the icon that says 'Kontakt', thats to contact them,
Email them in basic English, explaining your situation. They'll have no problem understanding you and will sort it all out very quickly!
Just make sure you make it clear which mirror you want!! (they sent me a large passenger side the first time!)
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:55 am
by mwarner87
thanks Tim
Aussenspiegel VOLKSWAGEN POLO IV (99-01)
Aussenspiegel VOLKSWAGEN POLO IV (99-01) Links, elektrisch, beheizbar, asphärisch
thats the one that i want yeah?
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:36 pm
by Tim_GTi
Yep thats the one
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:34 pm
by mwarner87
winner think i will have that as well
did you spray yours yourself tim? or you get it done pro?
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:57 pm
by Tim_GTi
I tried to spray mine myself, but I couldnt get the Laquer coats right, so got it done professionally in the end. Who in turn sanded it right down and started again lol.
It cost me more in paint and sandpaper than it did to actually get it sprayed by them, which was about £16.
Definatley take it to a specialist
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:07 pm
by adam_0612
yeh i would recomend a specialist!
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:16 pm
by adam_0612
can anyone confirm for me if a mk4 wing mirror will fit a mk5?
i am looking on ebay and they only really seem to have mk4 wing mirrors
thanks
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:30 am
by Tim_GTi
Check eBay.de Adam, you can get a drivers stubby of there for about £35 delivered, well worth it IMO
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:42 pm
by adam_0612
the wing mirror actaully arrived today so i managed to fit it
here it is when it arrived this morning :
the broken wing mirror :
the replacement wing mirror :
Also i took the door card n stuff apart to traighten the dints out a bit which went ok, obviously there are still dints but not as bad as it was before.
Also the door wouldnt open before because the front wing was bent in a way which stopped it opening past 2 inches, so i managed to sort that out and now the door actaully opens again
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:47 pm
by Tim_GTi
ahh it was the passengers side, sorry mate my bad.
You got the front wing sorted now too then?
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:30 pm
by adam_0612
no there is still a dint in the middle of the arch, but i managed to like put the rest of it back into place becuase it was pushed in so the door would open. i literally just wedged a screwdriver in the gap between the door and the wing and woth a bit of force it popped back into place.
As for te door i managed to push out some of the more major dints so it looks alot better than before