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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: randomspam on 29 September 2006, 18:05:55
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Some person took my wing mirror off this afternoon and I didn't see it happen, only my mirror on the ground, was fine an hour previously. No doubt some half baked mother on the local school pickup. No note left of course (am I the only person who would do that these days????).
The mirror casing has taken some scratches and dents but it's in one piece, the wires are still together and the plastic clips all work. The glass is smashed into smithereenes and needs replacing.
Anyone got an idea of cost? Can I just replace the glass or do I need to do the whole thing.
I'm fuming >:(
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You can get the glass on its own.....it starts cheap and goes up in price as you add heaters and split sections......
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Is the glass smashed completely off the backing plate. A similar thing happened to me and I got a new glass with a really heavy duty peel-and-stick back on it. As long as there is enough of the original left, it works a treat.
I bought it from my local factors and it wasn't a one-size-fits-all jobbie, it was a perfect match for the old one.
Motormania I think the place was called
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Drivers or passengers side?
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Is the glass smashed completely off the backing plate. A similar thing happened to me and I got a new glass with a really heavy duty peel-and-stick back on it. As long as there is enough of the original left, it works a treat.
I bought it from my local factors and it wasn't a one-size-fits-all jobbie, it was a perfect match for the old one.
Motormania I think the place was called
I had to do the same, when some **** punched mine when England went out of the world cup, blood everywhere!
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thanks for the replies chaps, i'm beginning to calm down now at least.
The glass is complete, no shards on the ground but it's hugely cracked, spider web style. It's the drivers side and as it's police MV6 it's only electric movement, no heating or folding.
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thanks for the replies chaps, i'm beginning to calm down now at least.
The glass is complete, no shards on the ground but it's hugely cracked, spider web style. It's the drivers side and as it's police MV6 it's only electric movement, no heating or folding.
Stick on should work a treat then, although I guess theres a reason why laidback was asking which side? (ie, he may have one in his boot ;D)
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same happened to me on my Facelift i think if i remember right its was not mega expensive to replace the mirror glass about £45 i think which is expensive when you think its just a small mirror.
I checked scrappies for a new piece of mirror glass but was told by most of them that they only sell the whole wing mirror not just the glass, I can see the sence in that.
One did say to me its easy to pop the glass on a meega why dont you just find a car the same as yours and swap over your glass for theirs and they will think they were bashed but i could never do that i would feel to guilty.
I was not happy when it happened to me as my wing mirrors were flipped in and it still got bashed by some blind plonker.
I still have not got around to replacing my Glass I can just see five of the same car in the passangers wing mirror :)
Craig
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I replaced mine last year - glass only from Vauxhall stick & go. Easy job & cost about £20. :'(
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What colour is the mirror? I have a pair of silver Mv6 electric mirrors available. Slight crack in one of the plastics, but otherwise fine and working.
otherwise new glass. BUT, do NOT remove the old glass!!!!! Stick new one straight on top always.
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I replaced mine last year - glass only from Vauxhall stick & go. Easy job & cost about £20. :'(
I thought these were available at Halfords, and for less than £20 too? Even stock the smoked glass variety. Or at least they used to. :-?