Mirrors coded to car?

[hubrad]

My brother, in a 13 plate Yaris, cracked the housing on his n/s mirror. The glass is fine, and he's improvised a clear cover for the repeater, so ok for now.

His regular garage chap told him not to go to a scrapyard for a replacement, as the mirrors are somehow coded to the car.. does this sound at all plausible? I've not heard of it before, and on my 06 Corolla it's definitely not the case.

 

[Parts-King]

I think he means the painted part is colour CODED to the car, the mirrors are not coded into the car like some sort of programming 

[hubrad]

That makes alot more sense, Parts-King! Thanks. 🙂

Given the collection of scratches and scuffs (active life!), he probably wouldn't be too fussed on an exact colour match anyway.