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.
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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
Last edited by mannyo; 19th January 2016 at 06:46 AM.
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