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2012 X3 F25 wing mirror failure

GAH
in BMW X3 Series Forum

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Afternoon all,

I have a '12 2.0d LHD X3 - we drive to Greece a couple of times a year - so the LHD bit just makes life a bit easier..

The manual fold wing mirror on the drivers side gave up when I folded it out after parking - there was a disappointing 'click' and it feels like the top or bottom fitting of the shaft has given up so it just swings freely (if you will pardon the expression) obviously this had to happen in Greece, on the day before we started the drive back to the UK so there was nothing I could do.

The mirror was taped, cable tied and taped over again to hold in place and apart from some whistling at 75 mph and an odd swirling of water on the side window all went well.

In a panic and unable to access this PC from home for help, I took a massive punt on a reasonably and what appears to be immaculate second hand mirror which should turn up by Friday. It's from a RHD car - my plan is to have the mirror lens taken off the old one and switched to the RHD one and fit the entire wing mirror.

Do we think my plan will work or....

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