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Fixed it myself, saved $$$ (self.dull_mens_club)

submitted 2 days ago by baggachipz to c/[email protected]

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This might be too exciting for this community, so trigger warning.

Last weekend I backed out of my garage haphazardly, and hit the side mirror on the garage frame. It bent the whole mirror forward and, even with my full body weight, would not go back into place. I took my car to a body shop and they said they would have to take the whole door apart and install a new mirror. Total estimate: $3900.

Figuring I had nothing to lose, I watched a YouTube video on how to take the mirror unit apart, which I did. I found the impingement that was blocking its movement, and pounded it with a flathead screwdriver and hammer until it popped back. Put the mirror housing back together, works good as new! Only one extra screw when I was done. I think I’ll get the large fries to reward myself.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Not sure if your car but taking a door apart and putting a new mirror on mine when I did the exact same thing was pretty easy.

Got a used mirror off of eBay for $60 and swapped it out in under a half hour. Hardest part was trusting that I wasn’t destroying the clips for the door card.

If I charged $3900 for it I’d be making almost eight grand an hour

[–] baggachipz 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s an Audi, meaning all parts are needlessly complex and legendarily expensive to fix. Part of their justification for the cost (and corroborated by another shop) is that the whole mirror unit would have to be replaced and calibrated for the ADAS functions. Sure, whatever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Yeah, if it’s got cameras or sensors that makes sense. Mine didn’t have any of those, just some motors and a turn signal, and they still wanted $500 for a new one