So, a bloody telegraph pole leapt out at me as I was reversing and damaged the driver's wing mirror!

Everything is working - the mirror assembly folds back when locked, the mirror moves using the joystick, the indicator and other lights in it all function, etc -  but the indicator lens and the frame(?) are broken. My big questions are, a) am I able to tackle a fix myself using the fewest parts possible (to reduce cost) and, b) is the weatherproof-ness  compromised in the meantime that will leave me stuck on the motorway in the rain?

I've seen there are bits and pieces on AliExpress, official parts from Skoda and guides for changing indicator indicator lenses, but because the frame(?) is broken is this something altogether different? If possible can someone help me with parts identification? Ta.

 

At a guess, you need - but please check!

- 5E0949102

- 5E0857532

 

Probably around £30-35 for both

 

It's certainly not a hard task to replace them. Water ingress might fry the indicator electronics but the wing mirror is designed to have water coming in.

10 minutes ago, langers2k said:

At a guess, you need - but please check!

- 5E0949102

- 5E0857532

Probably around £30-35 for both

It's certainly not a hard task to replace them. Water ingress might fry the indicator electronics but the wing mirror is designed to have water coming in.

 

You're a star. Thanks. They certainly look like the correct parts. Would you (or anyone else) be getting them from anywhere in particular? There seems to be a place called skoda-parts.com, or Ebay...? Is the Skoda main dealer the same price?

Those parts are fairly inexpensive, but your mirror glass is not. Just use some caution when you pry it out, because you don't want to end up like this:

 

I've used https://www.lllparts.co.uk/ previously, just depends where has stock and the price

Its an easy process to replace all the parts.

 

You will need some plastic spludgers:

 

1) move the mirror (manually if the electronics are struggling) and move it to the far right on the horizontal plane.

2) Get the spudgers in and gently tease it out.  If you get the spudgers on the plastic backing it makes it much easier and will make sure you will lessen the chance of breaking the glass.

3) Depending on the glass, you may have no connection (no heating), two connections (heating) or three (if you have heating and lights assist sensing auto-dipping on the mirror).  Gently remove these.  Make a note of where the two metal ended connectors go onto which pin as in theory they are polorised.  Recommend that you put some different coloured insulation tape around each connector.

4) Use the plastic spludgers to flip out the top lid.  Be careful for the tabs as they can be brittle.  There are two - a top left and a bottom right.

5) Remove the mirror mount back plate (two screws)

6) Now remove the bottom part of the mirror.  Two tabs - one left hand side, one right hand side.

7) You should now have access to any puddle light and the indicator repeater.  You might want to take this time to upgrade your puddle and repeaters to Audi style and improved LED version (option - not on all cars).  You can find the parts at kopacek.com

8 ) You can now reassemble - start with puddle light, repeater, put the bottom of the mirror back onto the frame.  Then the front surround.  Remember to route the cables properly for the heated mirrors and use some copper slip for the heater pins.

9) Last thing should be the mirror cap.  Make sure that all electronic mirror movements work.

 

Hope that helps.

On 19/12/2024 at 13:35, varaderoguy said:

.. puddle light and the indicator repeater... 

 

Puddle light is the light that illuminates the pavement beneath the mirror - part of the 'coming home' feature, yeah? 

 

And the indicator repeater just means the plain old 'indicator' in the wing mirror?

 

When you used the word spludger I thought it was going to be some slang I didn't know, but lo and behold, a quick search later there they are. You learn something new every day. Thanks

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