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Wing mirror 'ripped off' - advice

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 10:13 am
by pappasmurf
This morning I had a knock on my door. It was a bloke who was looking for the owner of a vw scirocco. That would be 'me'. His daughter hadn't closed a door right on his car resulting in the door swinging open and whacking my passenger side wing mirror off. Fair play to him for his honesty [emoji72] Surprisingly the only other damage I can see is a small scratch on the door glass. The mirror still functioned and wires were intact. He went to vw and ordered a new unit. He has to transfer the lense and the white plastic over. I was amazed at the corrosion of the body inside to be honest. Anyhoo.......how difficult is it to replace a wing mirror? Does the door panel have to come off to connect the wiring?

Thanks in advance

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Re: Wing mirror 'ripped off' - advice

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 10:27 am
by Phil
Wow that's very honest, that's brilliant!! Shame about your mirror, sadly i think yes you will have to take the door card off for the wiring, although its not something I have attempted. I'd love to tell you its as easy as it is in a Lupo as thats one bolt and removing a panel.

Re: Wing mirror 'ripped off' - advice

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 2:54 pm
by blower
Yep the interior door card has to be removed....here's the workshop guide for removing the mirror, once the door card is off its simple, just one bolt:

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Re: Wing mirror 'ripped off' - advice

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 3:51 pm
by pappasmurf
Cheers for the info !!

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Re: Wing mirror 'ripped off' - advice

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:47 am
by pappasmurf
On another note.......how do you remove the door card? :?

Re: Wing mirror 'ripped off' - advice

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:10 am
by timc
How to remove the door card

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Re: Wing mirror 'ripped off' - advice

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 10:10 am
by blower
I've pdf'ed the vw workshop guide for you here: http://www.frssystems.co.uk/downloads/c ... r-card.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Wing mirror 'ripped off' - advice

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:01 pm
by pappasmurf
Thanks for the replies [emoji106]

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