Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:56:40 -0400 From: "Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> Subject: Re: Broken Exterior Electric Heated Mirror on 9000 (UK)
Thank you. I think the solution to my problem is to get a U.K.-specification driver's side mirror, and have it fitted to my car -- assuming, of course, that I can find someone who will fit it, and not make an issue of the fact that it wouldn't be in conformity with U.S. rules! Toby Field wrote: > > I had a look at a trade supplier site and mirror glass for a 9000 is £49.99 > + VAT and a Mirror with glass and housing in 149.99 + VAT. > > Toby Field (UK) > '93 9000 CSE 2.3T Auto > 150,000 Miles > > "Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> wrote in message > news:3CBCE57D.192Cnopsams.com... > > Murphwiz wrote: > > > > > > "Toby Field" <tobyfieldnopsamail.com> wrote in message > > > news:a9h2s8$78v$1nopsam6.svr.pol.co.uk... > > > > No i'ts not just the glass. The connections on the back of the mirror > > > plates > > > > that go into the motor cogs have snapped too. > > > > > > > > Saab 9000's aren't that common in scrapyards, and specialist > scrapyards > > > know > > > > that they can charge big prices. > > > > > > > > Toby Field (UK) > > > > '93 9000 CSE 2.3T Auto > > > > 150,000 Miles > > > > > > > > > > £65 doesn't sound OTT they are starting to become a little difficult to > get > > > hold off.... for my 9-5 they want £80 from a dealer for the glass..... > > > > Can anyone tell me approximately how much the glass for a driver's side > > mirror for a 900SE costs in the UK? I assume that the glass in > > British-specification mirrors is convex, and I would like to substitute > > a convex mirror for my present mirror, which has flat U.S.-specification > > glass. > > > > (On U.S. cars only the passenger-side external mirror is convex. My car > > doesn't have enough adjustment to eliminate the driver's side blind spot > > that exists with a flat-glass mirror.)