Broken Driver's Side Mirror - 89 Audi 100

Well I finally paid the price for all the freeway construction around here;
a wayward orange barrel snapped my LH side mirror back, cracking the glass,
and possibly damaging the remote control mechanism. It is a heated mirror,
and the glass was left dangling from one wire. I managed to reassemble it,
but the glass is so badly cracked it's not useable. And it doesn't adjust
properly.

Where can I get a new glass, or possibly a used mirror assembly?


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Stephen Clark
89 Audi 100
99 Lexus RX300
Houston, Texas USA

See my Audi in the Registry at www.audiworld.com!

Stephen,
I have visions of that Monty Python skit, where the wayward traffic pylons
(with cast members in them) gang up on a defenseless pedestrian.....
Try checking at www.car-part.com - many folks there will gladly ship to you.
www.blauparts.com had some used glass in their clearance section.
Now don't be cutting too close to those barrels...I might be working on the
other side. ;-)
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ - frequently seen on construction sites
1980 Audi 5k - retired from the construction site visit business
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"Stephen Clark" > wrote in message
...
> Well I finally paid the price for all the freeway construction around
> here; a wayward orange barrel snapped my LH side mirror back, cracking the
> glass, and possibly damaging the remote control mechanism. It is a heated
> mirror, and the glass was left dangling from one wire. I managed to
> reassemble it, but the glass is so badly cracked it's not useable. And it
> doesn't adjust properly.
>
> Where can I get a new glass, or possibly a used mirror assembly?
>
>
> --
> Stephen Clark
> 89 Audi 100
> 99 Lexus RX300
> Houston, Texas USA
>
> See my Audi in the Registry at www.audiworld.com!
>
>
>

<laughing> Yes, Monty is one of my favorites, too. Curiously, I just Tivo'ed "And Now for Something Completely Different' and I am about to watch it. I don't think it contains the skit your referred to, but I remember it. Hilarious!

And thanks for the car-part link. I found two mirrors in Austin, about 150 miles from here. My son lives there, and I'll send him to check them out, or just go there myself in the schelmobile some weekend! Also found one at www.shokan.com but for a higher price. The Blauparts item is a stick-on replacement that goes over the existing mirror. May not work too well in my case. I'll fiddle with it this weekend and figure out what to do.

Cheers!

stc


"Steve Sears" > wrote in message . ..
> Stephen,
> I have visions of that Monty Python skit, where the wayward traffic pylons
> (with cast members in them) gang up on a defenseless pedestrian.....
> Try checking at www.car-part.com - many folks there will gladly ship to you.
> www.blauparts.com had some used glass in their clearance section.
> Now don't be cutting too close to those barrels...I might be working on the
> other side. ;-)
> Cheers!
> Steve Sears
> 1987 Audi 5kTQ - frequently seen on construction sites
> 1980 Audi 5k - retired from the construction site visit business
> 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> (SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)
>
> "Stephen Clark" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Well I finally paid the price for all the freeway construction around
>> here; a wayward orange barrel snapped my LH side mirror back, cracking the
>> glass, and possibly damaging the remote control mechanism. It is a heated
>> mirror, and the glass was left dangling from one wire. I managed to
>> reassemble it, but the glass is so badly cracked it's not useable. And it
>> doesn't adjust properly.
>>
>> Where can I get a new glass, or possibly a used mirror assembly?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Stephen Clark
>> 89 Audi 100
>> 99 Lexus RX300
>> Houston, Texas USA
>>
>> See my Audi in the Registry at www.audiworld.com!
>>
>>
>>
>
>