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  1. #1
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    The dangers of street parking...

    Some wang busted my passenger mirror off last night. I live in a pretty quiet end of my neighborhood, so it's a bit of a shocker.



    Trying to weigh my options... Does anyone know if it's possible to separate the base cover from a mirror assembly? I'm hoping I can find a matching mirror from a wrecked non ZHP coupe, and swap the gloss black cover, since it didn't get damaged. Otherwise I'm stuck dishing out a lot of cash for OE parts :-(

    | 2004 ZHP Coupe| 6MT | Silbergrau Metallic | Gray Leather Interior | Cold Weather Package | Black Cube Trim | Hamann Motorsport PG1 18x8/18x9 + Michelin PSS | Koni Yellows |

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    Dam! :eye twitch

    Let me guess they didn't even leave a note or anything. Did the door get hit also?
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    This was passenger side, there's a grass boulevard between the road and sidewalk, so some a-hole intentionally broke it off. I found the broken pieces around the corner. Luckily no damage to the door, just a black scuff mark that needs buffed out.

    | 2004 ZHP Coupe| 6MT | Silbergrau Metallic | Gray Leather Interior | Cold Weather Package | Black Cube Trim | Hamann Motorsport PG1 18x8/18x9 + Michelin PSS | Koni Yellows |

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    Geez some people! I would love to catch them in the act.
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    There are some idiots in this world... Both of my roommates had their gas caps broken off a few weeks apart by some degenerate(s) trying to siphon gas. Luckily I've been spared but who knows? Now cops patrol the area.
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    Theoretically they should come apart, by I have not yet figured out how to do so. I took apart the M3 ones easy enough, but couldn't figure out how to take apart the non-M

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    Same thing happened to my driver side a while ago :/ The mirror glass comes out easily if you pull gently from the edges. There is a ribbon connector to that for heating. Once that's off there are 4 sliding plastic pins that you have to carefully push up on while pulling the painted mirror cover back. Be very careful with removing the mirror cover as the plastic seems very easy to break.

    If the mirror glass and cover are fine you should just need the assembly: http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E46-330...embly/ES84333/

    Only $280 from ECS but lengthy shipping delay. I ended up picking up the part from BMW Plano because I was in a rush to replace it and drive back to Austin so it totaled to $370 :/

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    Sorry to hear. same thing happened to me.
    --Wes--

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    I took an assembly apart a couple weeks ago to swap the motors and didn't figure out how to swap the gloss black plate. Best bet is to find a ZHP one... Hit up car-part.com and get on the phone!
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    Aamerh90: unfortunately mine is the later style with memory and the ribbon connector, I haven't been able to find one sub $300 yet. My glass was salvageable, but the rear cap got super jacked up, so I'll have to find a new one of those too.

    Been looking around for a used one, but they don't seem to come up super often :-p

    | 2004 ZHP Coupe| 6MT | Silbergrau Metallic | Gray Leather Interior | Cold Weather Package | Black Cube Trim | Hamann Motorsport PG1 18x8/18x9 + Michelin PSS | Koni Yellows |

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