Dent in Door Mirror Housing

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• Sep 20, 2012

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Driving home today when a stone few up from passing car putting a small dent in the mirror housing. Rang dealer thinking £30 or £40 should get me a new one. QUOTED £267. Where the hell do these people get the prices from ?

Looks like the dent will have to stay, although I am now thinking if I can remove the housing I may be able to massage the dent out which will look a lot better than it does now.
Anyone know how easy it is to strip down the mirror to get the housing off, any help would be appreciated.

 

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• Sep 20, 2012

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Cheaper to replace with Ali mirror housings, around £70 a pair

 

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That price was for the housing.

 

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• Sep 20, 2012

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Stones really annoy me !
Dent Repairs are sometimes cheap depending on what panel they are on, on Doors they are about £50 for a good job of dent removal, Get a couple more quotes from your local Paintwork garages.

 

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• Sep 20, 2012

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Trev241 said:

That price was for the housing.

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Sod that mate, get on eBay

 

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• Sep 21, 2012

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Thats price is wrong mate, completely show me the damage, I may have one available for you here

B8 changed from dumbo to the now current on A5 aswell so could be either.

 

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• Sep 21, 2012

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a mirror cap for a dumbo on a 09 plate is £70 in primer from audi

 

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• Sep 21, 2012

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It's the Ali housing for B8 S4 not the painted one.

 

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• Sep 21, 2012

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That seems extremely steep though! The best part of £160 difference?! Wow... Why not just buy a pair of the normal ones and paint them in matt silver to match the Ali versions?

 

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Ah just seen your sig says S4, lol.

Show me the damage mate, I maybe able to get one for you cheaper.

 

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• Sep 21, 2012

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Ah just seen your sig says S4, lol.

Show me the damage mate, I maybe able to get one for you cheaper.

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Just had another look and and dent is not as bad as I first thought, if it could be touched up with something of a similar colour maybe I could live with it.
I have been told that Ali mirrors are nicked regularly even from dealer forecourts no wonder they are so expensive.