slight wing mirror damage

[MetManMark]

Afternoon all

We have just Christened our car with a minor ding. It is the passenger side wing mirror housing. The only thing that is damaged is the clear plastic that shields the indicator light. The rest of the assembly works fine.

Question 1 - is it possible just to buy this small part?

Question 2 - how do you go about replacing  it?

 

I could just take it to the dealership but suspect that they will charge a minimum hourly fees labour and potentially say that the whole thing needs replacing - which seems a bit of overkill. I did look on youtube but didn't see anything obvious

 

Thanks in advance!

Mark

[FROSTYBALLS]

As far as I'm aware the light unit is a complete item. One could send Parts-King a personal message, detailing your car (reg.no as a minimum) and what you want, and he'll confirm what is needed together with a price.

[Countrylad]

Hard to say for sure, but it looks as though these bits are available separately, at least for the 2014 hatchback. And should just slot in. Worth an asking email, certainly. More links at the bottom of the page.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-TOYOTA-AURIS-2014-ON-LEFT-HAND-SIDE-MIRROR-INDICATOR-ASSEMBLY-GENUINE-/182357561414?hash=item2a755b9046:g:dGkAAOSwRgJXkcMV

How do you replace it? Haven't done an Auris, but the usual form would be to pop the mirror glass out carefully, then you should see two or three screws which hold the two halves of the mirror Shell onto the mirror chassis. Undo those and it all comes away. Not difficult.

 

[newsboy]

The parts are available separately.    I had the same problem and decided to fit them myself.    Dealers charge a fortune for fitting but even though DIY saves this the cost of the bits is still pretty high.     The outer Shell, if you need one, comes in a plain finish and you are expected to spray it yourself.     Paint and lacquer in spray cans are available but again not cheap.

[FROSTYBALLS]

30 minutes ago, newsboy said:

The parts are available separately.    I had the same problem and decided to fit them myself.    Dealers charge a fortune for fitting but even though DIY saves this the cost of the bits is still pretty high.     The outer shell, if you need one, comes in a plain finish and you are expected to spray it yourself.     Paint and lacquer in spray cans are available but again not cheap.

The individual parts of the mirrors are available, but that isn't what the OP is asking. The question was whether the lens to the mirror indicator light was available separately. The mirror indicator light comes as one unit.

[Countrylad]

On ‎01‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 4:54 PM, newsboy said:

The outer shell, if you need one, comes in a plain finish and you are expected to spray it yourself.     Paint and lacquer in spray cans are available but again not cheap.

Probably not advisable for a nearly new car, but the pattern parts out there are really pretty good these days. When some eejit smashed the wife's Golf's mirror last year, the whole lot cost me about £38 - that was for both parts of the Shell (including indicator unit) and the mirror glass too. An entire pre--sprayed unit, including the motorised carcase, would have been around £90.

Sprayed it myself out in the garden, using a cardboard box as a spraying booth, and it took a couple of hours to do over two days. (You have to give the paint time to shrink and dry, or the lacquer coat will crack on you.) Finish was perfect, colour likewise, wife happy, and me about £350 in pocket.

 

[MetManMark]

Thanks everyone for your  comments.in the end we went to the dealership.they were competitive on price of parts but they made up for it on labour. They only charged for 15 mins labour but it is £90 per hour.i have never had a new car before so have never used a dealership but are they usually this expensive? I hope to keep the car 10 years plus and can see this could get pricey in time.just hope it is reliable!

Mark

[newsboy]

That does sound a bit pricy.     However I have had a row of Toyota's some from new and some used and they have all proved extremely reliable so I am sure you have made a good choice.    Enjoy the car.

 

 

[FROSTYBALLS]

5 hours ago, MetManMark said:

Thanks everyone for your  comments.in the end we went to the dealership.they were competitive on price of parts but they made up for it on labour. They only charged for 15 mins labour but it is £90 per hour.i have never had a new car before so have never used a dealership but are they usually this expensive?

Back in 2014, according to Warranty Direct their average garage labour rate was £74.33 made up of both franchised and non-franchised dealers. Across the Regions these average labour rates varied from £58.45 to £91.99. Franchised dealers have higher overheads than non-franchised dealers (more costly premises, investment in the manufacturer's standards structure (premises, equipment, training, etc), and so on).

For the majority of servicing and repair work, one can take advantage of schemes such as Toyota's Fixed Price Servicing, Essential Care servicing, and Fixed Price Repairs, which provide the customer with maximum costs foir work undertaken wiuwiuthin those schemes.

Service plans may also provide a discount on labour for work done outside of the service plan - eg. mine provides a 10% discount.

[Countrylad]

15 mins is reasonable for this job - I can think of a few independents who'd have stiffed you for 30 mins! Glad you got it sorted.

 

[MetManMark]

Agree that the time they charged is fine.if is the hourly rate I thought a bit high!

Perry and Prouse are an Saab specialist in Taunton that kept our old Saab going for years and I am sure there hourly rate was more like £50 per hour. Ho hum.

M

[eygo]

£90 per hour is cheap for a main dealer

[Countrylad]

Dealers have horrendous overheads to cover, and that's whey they can't do it for £50 an hour like the bloke under the railway arches. As Frosty says, that towering steel and glass architectural emporium doesn't pay for itself, ya know. And nor do the receptionists and the coffee machines and the courtesy cars......

It'll almost always be the dealer himself who owns the premises and who then has to pay Toyota for the privilege of being the only franchise holder in the area. (Okay, it might be a group of dealerships rather than a singleton operator, but the same thing applies.)

These days a lot of main dealers make surprisingly little money from new car sales - they make more from used cars, actually. And it's the servicing and repairs where they make up the financial shortfall. Hence your £90 an hour.