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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 02:14 AM
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Long story short, I estimated my distance wrong to another parked car (had to squeeze through, one car was double parked) and I broke off my mirror cover. Other car was fine, but my cover is cracked, besides buying a whole entire passenger side mirror, is there a way to get a mirror cover?

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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 02:17 AM
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I've heard that you can only buy the whole mirror assembly.
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 02:46 AM
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try a junk yard
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by ExpresScion
I've heard that you can only buy the whole mirror assembly.
100% true....
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 03:05 AM
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if the cover is crack then you have to either fix it or replace it then only thing you coould replace would be the glass itself..unless you find a used one at a junk yard
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 03:08 AM
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which side? driver or passenger?

if its the drivers side i have a cover from when someone took my mirror off! lol its painted azure pearl so i dont know how much good it will do you, let me know, its been gathering dust for 2 years, i would let it go for cheap!
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 04:37 AM
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I seriously think you need glasses. Didn't you crunch your exhaust tip? (Can't remember for sure.)
Anyways, you can only get the whole assembly. As stated earlier, try junkyards.
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 06:38 AM
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^ Lol yeah that was me...Im a careful driver, but its the occasional oopsies people do, cept I get a bunch all at once >__<. Ive never had a problem with my car the first year ive had it, second year? Psh...
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 06:55 AM
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I almost crushed my exhaust at school, they have these like 6 inch high borders that go around these grass areas. I backed up and heard a grinding sound, I almost cried but I just made it over it and everything was fine.
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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any body know a good site or place other then the junkyard to get the entire drivers side mirror replaced? My girl swung by my work and showed me what happened to her mirror..someone side swiped her mirror while she was at work. Everything works fine but the assembly just hangs there because the thing that holds it up is broken.
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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^EXACT!! thing that happened to mine, lol

just FYI, when i replaced the mirror, i had to hammer the metal where the mirror is mounted to because the metal was pushed outward, from the force of the mirror being ripped off
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 11:29 PM
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-.- why didnt scion just come out with foldable mirrors for the tC....any ways, chico did you buy a whole new assembly?
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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yeah, unfortunately the base (unpainted black part) was broken in half and i had to buy the whole thing, i paid the full 200 unlike sparks which has it for 150 or so, but this was close to 2 years ago

foldable mirrors would take care of incidents like these, lol
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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lol true that..the new tCs better come with better mirrors and a rear whipper.
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 11:42 PM
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^NOOOOOO dont say that, scion might acctually do ONE thing we want, lol

no rear wiper please! lol i dont think its necessary, but then again i live in sunny florida! lol im sure you wanna use it to wipe off snow!
Old Apr 14, 2009 | 11:48 PM
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yea and it rains like every other day in chicago..like today lol
Old Apr 15, 2009 | 12:00 AM
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lol, if there was a rear wiper on the tc you bet someone would make a killing on wiper plug covers, lol
Old Apr 15, 2009 | 12:07 AM
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haha maybe but this is a tC..the best of the scions, not the xB :D so people would probably keep things that were meant to be on the car..unlike xBs where everything is swapped out.
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^true, lol
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