B@stards

[big_treacle]

Some scumbag booted my passenger wingmirror off last night.

Anyone know how much these things cost to get repaired?

From what I can tell the main post is OK, but the cast metal that is fixed inside the mirror has fractured off. The mirror itself seems fine although the wires are mostly knackered so maybe I can just get a part and fix it myself...
Worst bit tho is that the mirror cracked the windscreen which I only had replaced 3 weeks ago!!!!!

Now I'm off to find scum to kill.

Cheers

Stew

[tvrbob]

Hope you weren't parked 'two wheels on the pavement'.

[simpo two]

Luckily I've not had to deal with wing mirror problems, but received wisdom tells me they can be expensive, difficult or both! Bearing that in mind, what about Araldite or is it too far gone?

[Mikej]

When I replaced the aluminium post on my Griffith about 2.5 years ago the part cost about £12 from Mole Valley.

Mike.

[pena]

The wing mirror is off a Citreon BX, so try a breakers yard. Should not be too expensive!

[V8 Archie]

Hope you have better luck than me. I think my damage was much the same and I got a bill for about £175 (and that was split 50/50 with sales and based on an unrealistic 1 hour of labour).

[big_treacle]

pena said:

The wing mirror is off a Citreon BX, so try a breakers yard. Should not be too expensive!

I think I might try this option as the main part of the mirror is OK.

Cheers guys

[Incorrigible]

It's not a BX, I've forgotten the Citreon model

I think it's an XM the huge one anyway

In addition you need the post the has been mentioned before and you'll need to get the door switch out of the old mirror

[Plotloss]

Yep XM.

Rumour has it though that they are getting difficult to find. If you find a breaker who has a few it may be worth buying more than one just in case as they have a habit of facturing by all accounts.

[M@H]

This is easy to fix.. and cheap (£8)

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=50193&f=9&h=0

>> Edited by M@H on Monday 1st December 11:17

[M@H]

pena said:

The wing mirror is off a Citreon BX, so try a breakers yard. Should not be too expensive!

CX actually...

[Incorrigible]

M@H said:

pena said: The wing mirror is off a Citreon BX, so try a breakers yard. Should not be too expensive! CX actually...

XM Actually

[M@H]

Incorrigible said:

M@H said: pena said: The wing mirror is off a Citreon BX, so try a breakers yard. Should not be too expensive! CX actually... XM Actually

McLaren F1 Actually

CX and XM used the same mirrors IIRC.. here is a CX interior and mirror:

www.citroenz.com/CX/Images/rt1.jpg


>> Edited by M@H on Monday 1st December 11:25

>> Edited by M@H on Monday 1st December 11:27

[Plotloss]

XJ220 Actually

[shadowninja]

TVR Griffith, actually?

[kdd]

M@H said:

www.citroenz.com/CX/Images/rt1.jpg

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /CX/Images/rt1.jpg on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request

[M@H]

kdd said:

M@H said: <a href="http://www.citroenz.com/CX/Images/rt1.jpg">www.citroenz.com/CX/Images/rt1.jpg</a> Forbidden You don't have permission to access /CX/Images/rt1.jpg on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request

Hmmph.. ok, second image down on this page..

www.citroenz.com/CX/gal_interior.html

Cheers
Matt.

[Incorrigible]

That's not the same as my Chim mirror

[Heath24]

Sorry to hear about the scumbags.

Might be worth checking with TVR, as the stalk post is so I am told only @£8 which was a lot cheaper than I was expecting ( I repaired mine before finding out cost), normally kept in stock, (well it was at Mole Valley Redhill don't know about the part you need though).

You could try Douglas Valley Breakers
Tel [phone]
or e-mail [e-mail], but they might only want to supply a complete mirror.

[kdd]

M@H said:

Hmmph.. ok, second image down on this page.. <a href="http://www.citroenz.com/CX/gal_interior.html">www.citroenz.com/CX/gal_interior.html</a> Cheers Matt.

ah, that's better

some websites restrict who can link to images on their servers to avoid "bandwidth theft".......

>> Edited by kdd on Monday 1st December 11:43