Cost of a new side mirror?

[Deleted User]

An idiot smashed my car's side mirror and didn't stop. My car was parked outside my house at the time and I didn't even notice grrr.

Anyway, I have been quoted £180 for a new one by my Ford dealership. :eek: Sigh. Talk about bad timing, just before Christmas.

Do you think I am being ripped off? I have a Ford Focus.

Cheers!

Shawz

It might be worth looking at trying to get it from a car breakers

Found these online

http://www.breakerlink.com/index.php

&

http://www.1stchoice.co.uk/

any good

[Deleted User]

Thank you, I'll have a look. :cheers

Nile

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Lorian

I'd have guessed about £20 from a local scrapyard, certainly not much more.

Tallymanjohn

Try http://www.panelmatch.co.uk/ - new colour coded door mirror for around £50 - excellent service & very helpful - web site still has problems but there's a contact phone no.

iceman_2

If it's just the mirror glass that's smashed, then go to halfords. They do stick-on replacement mirror glass for less than a tenner.

Cheers

loracan1

Might also be worth having a look on Ebay.

tomstickland

Yellow Pages/Google + Scrap yard

no_debts_no_more

but I recently got a new one for a Rover 200 for £35. It wasn't in a Rover box, but was indistinguishable from the original. Fitting took less than half an hour, although being mechanical and unheated makes it easier.

lil_me

Yep scrap yard worth a try, try searching on https://www.yell.co.uk for ones in your area, also try local body repairs shops http://www.bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk/ or maybe on there.

I used these a lot when I had a Ford

1st for Ford
20, St. Johns Rd, Tilney St Lawrence, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE34 4QL
Tel: 01945 880090
They are long way from me but with postage were cheaper than a local scrap yard.