Renault Megane II (2002 - 2008) - Broken door mirror - cost

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Thu 22 Nov 2007 18:12
Broken door mirror - cost - tack
My son had his Megane driver-side door mirror smashed off. Has been quoted £300 or thereabouts for part and fitting. Is there any way in which this could be made less painful?

I assume you meant door not wing mirror, amended accordingly before some other pedant comes along.....not mentioning any names...

Edited by Pugugly {P} on 22/11/2007 at 18:14

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Thu 22 Nov 2007 18:15
Broken wing mirror - cost - doctorchris
Scrapyard or search of on-line car breakers. If the mirror is body-coloured then painting it adds to the cost but for such a small item I would imagine DIY spraying from a can would produce a satisfactory result if you can't find a mirror in the right colour.
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Thu 22 Nov 2007 18:42
Broken wing mirror - cost - bell boy
you make helping you hard work because reno made about 5 million different megane models but try this
www.crashrepairparts.com/
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Thu 22 Nov 2007 19:24
Broken wing mirror - cost - hillman1 {p}
Would definately be worth trying a motor factors. I replaced the one on my old Mondeo recently and had to paint the casing as well and with a little persistence got a finish on it that I was quite proud of. By doing it that way it brought the cost down from about £200 to under £100. Give it a go!
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Thu 22 Nov 2007 19:56
Broken wing mirror - cost - Falkirk Bairn
My Honda Civic one needed replacing 2 years ago

Local Honda garage quoted £90 painted new mirror (IIRC) + VAT + fitting.

It was worth watching it - door card off, wing mirror off, new one on, door card back - 8 minutes - the girl on reception was new - she looked at 8 mins and charged me 1/6th of the hourly rate - about £10 inc VAT.

I was out the door before the msitake was noticed as their rules are 1 hour minimum labour charge for any work - Under £120 in total
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Thu 22 Nov 2007 22:21
Broken wing mirror - cost - blue_haddock
SEL Imperial aren't too bad on price for aftermarket parts but there are cheaper suppliers, possibly ones here on the backroom ;-)
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Thu 22 Nov 2007 22:41
Broken wing mirror - cost - bell boy
that was my link b-h but your comment has gone woosh over my head?
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