Wing Mirrors
 

Hi There,

Had a long drive over the weekend at night and the drivers side mirror is great. I don't get dazzled and it has a dark but clear look. Passengers side however is obviously a replacement and i'm guessing a cheap one as it's very bright and dazzling at night.

On looking at them in the daylight, the drivers has a plastic surround arround the actual mirror glass. The passenger one you can see the mirror edges. I'm guessing a cheap aftermarket glass.

Anyone got a source / recomendation for getting hold of a decent one ???

BTW my build code are

6XL = Exterior mirrors: with memory function, automatically dimming, electrically foldable/adjustable/heated
5SJ = Left exterior mirror: convex
6TS = Right exterior mirror: aspherical, large viewing field

Oh and I always wonder if the mirrors dip or not anyway as the rear has privacy black out on it, but there's a world of difference between the two i've got!

Lee

Don't have a source or recommendation, but the part is 4E0857535D. Maybe try TPS.

You tried a8 parts I see they have many mirror parts for sale on eBay

A8 does have an ebay listing. No mention of dipping or the letter on the end

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1719475145...623&rmvSB=true

£60 new!

We searching seems to bring up lots of different end letters, which I guess are varients?

That will not be autodimming at that price, autodimming is around £250 mark new and second hand are over £100 and very rare. I don't think dipping is related to glass at all, it's just a function in controller to turn it a bit down in reverse so that you can see kerb.

Dipping as in auto dimming...It's the same thing!

The tilt down to the curb is part of the motorised house and personally something I find rather irritating so tend to leave my swivel position knob in the centre.....Also stops you accidentally knocking a switch and messing up that "perfect" mirror setting ;)

No. Totally different.

Dipping, the mirror mechanically moves down when in reverse.

Dimming, stops headlight glare by using electrochromic glass.

Should be stored as part of your "memory seat" system I think...

Two too many "Lee's" on this thread. Very confusing. :p
I think that one was meaning that when the mirror switch is set to the left so that the nearside mirror electrically "dips" (motor in mirror housing) when reverse is engaged leaves the mirror open to be moved accidentally whilst driving.
OK easy enough to reset, but you only spot the problem when you need the mirror in a rush and you do not have time to adjust, or press the memory recall button. :D

I know what I mean, I only hope you do too.

The auto dimming part of the mirrors mirrors covers all but a 2mm band round the edge of the mirror surface. You can see this clearly (like a picture frame) when they dim and less clearly, but its visible, in non dimmed setting.
Compare your mirrors and you'll be able to tell if they'r different

When I got my D3 both my external dimming mirrors were completely gone, and they were the horrid bronze colour and the chemicals were leaking out.

After looking for months, I managed to get a pair of late D3 Pre Facelift dimming mirrors. They are genuine Audi, but do not have the black plastic surround but instead there is a thin border which does not dim, and the rest of the mirror dims.
Got the pair for about £130, which was a bargain at the time from a generic breakers and from a casual glance they look just like normal mirrors. Only when a car is behind with lights on do you realise they dim, and see the thin undimmed border.

Sorry I don't have the part numbers, but they are on the back of the mirror glass but I am reluctant to remove them but I'll take a picture of the glass later so you can see what I mean.

edit. no need for picture of mine.

These are what I have, this A8 parts one (Sold on Ebay) for more than what I paid for the pair.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A8-D3...p2047675.l2557

Remember Pre Facelift and the Facelift D3 use different mirrors.

Hi There,

My drivers is the old style, but i'd be happy to upgrade to a trimless pair or even have different style ones in each side, I'd just like not to get blinded!!!

Interestingly it looks like there are lots of varients, I had a search through this

http://www.partsbase.org/audi/audi-a...aud-4e0857536m

and the last letter code seems to change according to quite what it does, though some codes can be left and right, so it's probably an ocasional search and run through on ebay every once in a while as the mirror works to a fashion, just not quite what I want!

Shame the old D2 S8 ones don't fit as I have a dead one still and the mirrors were reasonable IIRC!