Side mirror arm?

[mikool]

So I was pelted with rocks driving to work due to a pick up truck wanting to blow stacks of black smoke out in a construction zone. Needless to say I got a couple chips, but the one noticeable damage was a hole in the passenger side mirror "arm". The part that connects the mirror to the body of the car. I will post a picture tomorrow if people still don't know what I'm talking about. Anyway this piece is plastic, is there a way to patch it? Or should be replaced? Second question, would I have to replace the whole side mirror or is there a part number for the arm itself?

[humfrz]

Well, @mikool, the redneck way would be to put a piece of electrical tape over it.

Next step up, would be to use black duct tape.

More better, would be to fill the hole with a plastic patching stuff and touch up paint it.

Maybe get one from a wrecking yard.

First class would be to install a new mirror (parts person at the dealership could tell you whether or not you would have to order the whole mirror).

I'd go with the fill & paint method.


humfrz

[Turbo95eg6]

Originally Posted by mikool

So I was pelted with rocks driving to work due to a pick up truck wanting to blow stacks of black smoke out in a construction zone. Needless to say I got a couple chips, but the one noticeable damage was a hole in the passenger side mirror "arm". The part that connects the mirror to the body of the car. I will post a picture tomorrow if people still don't know what I'm talking about. Anyway this piece is plastic, is there a way to patch it? Or should be replaced? Second question, would I have to replace the whole side mirror or is there a part number for the arm itself?

Have you even searched?

http://parts.subaru.com/showAssembly...=0&modelYear=0

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, @mikool, the redneck way would be to put a piece of electrical tape over it.

Next step up, would be to use black duct tape.

More better, would be to fill the hole with a plastic patching stuff and touch up paint it.

Maybe get one from a wrecking yard.

First class would be to install a new mirror (parts person at the dealership could tell you whether or not you would have to order the whole mirror).

I'd go with the fill & paint method.


humfrz

Or just leave it as is and...

"and look at this dude. I was driving down the road and these rocks came flying at me. This is all that happened."

Or if truly adventurous

"and look at this dude. I was driving down the road and this ninja pops up out of the bushes and flings this throwing star at me. Look how close he came to hitting me"

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6

Have you even searched?

http://parts.subaru.com/showAssembly...=0&modelYear=0

For $12 I wouldn't even bother trying to patch it.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6

Have you even searched?

http://parts.subaru.com/showAssembly...=0&modelYear=0

Why search when others can do it for you?
Probably took you less time to check then he took with the original question.

[mikool]

Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6

Have you even searched?

http://parts.subaru.com/showAssembly...=0&modelYear=0

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Why search when others can do it for you?
Probably took you less time to check then he took with the original question.

I probably should have phrased it differently, I wasn't intending on buying a new side mirror unless I wasn't able to fix it considering it was plastic.

But you're right I should have looked it up anyway, which I usually do. Just happened not to for this one since I forgot to even take a picture lol.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by mikool

I probably should have phrased it differently, I wasn't intending on buying a new side mirror unless I wasn't able to fix it considering it was plastic.

But you're right I should have looked it up anyway, which I usually do. Just happened not to for this one since I forgot to even take a picture lol.

Thanks for the reply and sorry for being snarky. Too many are just to lazy to look.
I was serious about leaving it as a battle scar but for such little money it might as well get fixed right.

[mikool]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Thanks for the reply and sorry for being snarky. Too many are just to lazy to look.
I was serious about leaving it as a battle scar but for such little money it might as well get fixed right.

No no, I am actually the same way when it comes to looking things up before asking a question that frequently pops up on the forum. I just sort of flowed into asking about the replacement part after typing if it should be replaced lol

And as for leaving it as a battle scar, I was just worried about water getting inside and causing worse damage later on.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by mikool

No no, I am actually the same way when it comes to looking things up before asking a question that frequently pops up on the forum. I just sort of flowed into asking about the replacement part after typing if it should be replaced lol

And as for leaving it as a battle scar, I was just worried about water getting inside and causing worse damage later on.

True there is that aspect.

[go_a_way1]

Hahaha, those trucks spitting rocks are all over calgary! I hate it!

[mikool]

Originally Posted by go_a_way1

Hahaha, those trucks spitting rocks are all over calgary! I hate it!

Yeah specially on Peigan Trail coming off Stoney Trail... whenever I'm the first car at the red light, 80% of the time the pick-truck beside me wants to have a go.