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WANTED: Dimming drivers door mirror glass
My glass has become bronzed and looks like it's lost some kind of fluid from inside between the glass and the reflective coating, it now looks only three quarters full, strange eh!
Can it be fixed maybe?
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1999 A8 2.8 APR EBX Last edited by RGC; 6th September 2014 at 12:49 PM. |
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Mine did that - no it has broken down functionality wise and needs replacing - contact A8 parts and join the waiting list for some second hand ones (mine took nearly 2 years of waiting lol) or bite the bullet and order new from Audi - GULP!
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs |
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100 quid from audi! for a mirror! lol
my passenger side is spot on so i guess that's a bonus
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Same thing with my D3, with both mirrors. Lucked upon a pair of later genuine dimming mirrors on ebay and snapped them up.
They are pretty rare, because eventually they all seem to fail, the later ones do not have the chemical inside from what I can see however I think they are D3 only.
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Manny 2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles Past 2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue 2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles. 2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles |
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Looks great doesn't it😂
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Later ones on our S5 are a completely different design too - think they must work on a different principle and don't have the fluid to break down as I'm sure they're cheaper too....
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===SOLD===2002 Audi S8 D2 Final Edition (yes, really) in Avus Silver with purple extended leather===SOLD=== 2011 S5 Sportback in Phantom Black with black Super Sports leather, 9x20s, tech pack high, adaptive xenon plus, intelligent key, memory seats pack, sunroof, B&O, Audi Drive Select & quattro Sports Diff, DAB, parking system plus 2015 VW Golf GTI Performance Pack in Carbon Grey with black Vienna leather, tech pack (Discovery Pro nav & Dynaudio), DCC, factory towbar and retrofit RVC |
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Funny thing is it still functions apart from the top part, would love to know what's going on inside ☺
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The rubber seal around the glass has failed, and the fluid inside has started to leak out. The dimming works by passing a current through the liquid to alter its properties. Be very careful as the chemical can damage paint, mine stayed at a simillar level for several months and then all of a sudden started leaking loads onto the mirror cover paint.
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Manny 2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles Past 2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue 2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles. 2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles |
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind. |
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So it can be stripped and cleaned? Might just do that for the time being, it's got to be better than what it looks like at the moment ☺
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