Replacement wing mirror glass

[familymangreg]

Hi all,

Visiting friends in London this weekend and parked on street, unfortunately had both our wing mirror glasses pinched. There doesn't appear to be any other damage to the internals, other than a mark to the case where they've slid something in to prise it out, hopefully this will polish out. The wires were disconnected not cut.

Its from a MY21 XC90, and the mirrors are heated, auto dimming and have the blind spot lights integrated (I can't remember how many variants there are on MY21).

Our local dealer needs a week to get the new glasses into stock, but we were hoping to get the car back on the road sooner. I have ordered, but was going to look around and see if I can get some sooner.

To cut to the chase, any recommendations for online parts suppliers for genuine Volvo parts?

I seem to recall a Volvo dealer in South Wales who has been mentioned previously for a very good parts department?

TIA

[MK09]

Originally Posted by familymangreg

Hi all,

Visiting friends in London this weekend and parked on street, unfortunately had both our wing mirror glasses pinched. There doesn't appear to be any other damage to the internals, other than a mark to the case where they've slid something in to prise it out, hopefully this will polish out. The wires were disconnected not cut.

Its from a MY21 XC90, and the mirrors are heated, auto dimming and have the blind spot lights integrated (I can't remember how many variants there are on MY21).

Our local dealer needs a week to get the new glasses into stock, but we were hoping to get the car back on the road sooner. I have ordered, but was going to look around and see if I can get some sooner.

To cut to the chase, any recommendations for online parts suppliers for genuine Volvo parts?

I seem to recall a Volvo dealer in South Wales who has been mentioned previously for a very good parts department?

TIA

I also had both wing mirror glasses stolen on my XC90, unfortunately in my case they cut through the wiring so the repair cost was eye-watering. My supplying dealer is TMS Coventry. They were able, in my case, to have the glasses in stock for the next working day. Cost for the glass was £160 each, but unfortunately I needed 2 whole new mirror units too (which they also got hold of really quickly).

Might be worth giving TMS a call. My experiences with them have always been positive.

[Kev0607]

Originally Posted by familymangreg

Hi all,

Visiting friends in London this weekend and parked on street, unfortunately had both our wing mirror glasses pinched. There doesn't appear to be any other damage to the internals, other than a mark to the case where they've slid something in to prise it out, hopefully this will polish out. The wires were disconnected not cut.

Its from a MY21 XC90, and the mirrors are heated, auto dimming and have the blind spot lights integrated (I can't remember how many variants there are on MY21).

Our local dealer needs a week to get the new glasses into stock, but we were hoping to get the car back on the road sooner. I have ordered, but was going to look around and see if I can get some sooner.

To cut to the chase, any recommendations for online parts suppliers for genuine Volvo parts?

I seem to recall a Volvo dealer in South Wales who has been mentioned previously for a very good parts department?

TIA

FRF Volvo in Swansea. Quote code "C3" for a discount.

[wynnj]

Originally Posted by Kev0607

FRF Volvo in Swansea. Quote code "C3" for a discount.

tel 01792 310999. They're my go to first and always found them very helpful and competitively priced

[familymangreg]

Thanks all.

Tried TMS in Coventry who put me onto their Hinkley branch who did the online/mail order parts who could get them to me by the end of the week, maybe early next week, so not much quicker than my local dealer unfortunately (thanks MK09 and wynnj). Then the message from Kev0607 suggesting FRF in Swansea, who are able to get the parts to me by Wednesday, at a cost of about £150 per glass, compared to about 180 from my local dealer and TMS.

Thanks again for the help, just hope I can get them fitted myself now!

Thanks!

[MK09]

Originally Posted by familymangreg

Thanks all.

Tried TMS in Coventry who put me onto their Hinkley branch who did the online/mail order parts who could get them to me by the end of the week, maybe early next week, so not much quicker than my local dealer unfortunately (thanks MK09 and wynnj). Then the message from Kev0607 suggesting FRF in Swansea, who are able to get the parts to me by Wednesday, at a cost of about £150 per glass, compared to about 180 from my local dealer and TMS.

Thanks again for the help, just hope I can get them fitted myself now!

Thanks!

That’s good. Hopefully you can fit them yourself quite easily - TMS weren’t going to charge me any labour for fitting if it was just a case of reattaching new mirrors and clipping them back in as they said it would only take them a couple of minutes. Unfortunately as the wiring had been cut, that wasn’t the case. Good luck.

[familymangreg]

Hi all,

Fingers crossed, it looks like FRF Volvo in Swansea have come good and Parcel Force are delivering the replacement mirror glasses this afternoon.

I'm hoping to get them fitted as soon as they arrive so my wife can use the car this evening.

I'm hoping they are just going to pop straight in with some obvious lugs, but the only thing I'm not sure of is the wiring.

There are three wires, one with a different plug which I'm guessing is for the blind spot lamp, and two with identical plugs which I'm guessing create the heating circuit? Or is one heating circuit and the other to do with auto dimming? Not sure which way around to connect these identical plugs.

Can anyone give me any tips or point me in the direction of online instructions?

If all else fails, I was going to try and connect them up which ever way looked most obvious and switch on the heated mirrors to see if I could feel any heat build up before clipping in. If it get them the wrong way around, could I cause any issues?

Cheers
Greg

[Lexman8]

Originally Posted by familymangreg

There are three wires, one with a different plug which I'm guessing is for the blind spot lamp, and two with identical plugs which I'm guessing create the heating circuit? Or is one heating circuit and the other to do with auto dimming? Not sure which way around to connect these identical plugs.

Can anyone give me any tips or point me in the direction of online instructions?

It's a long shot but are the wires the same diameter on the plugs? The heating circuit might use a thicker wire as that would carry more current than the dimming and BLIS circuits.

[familymangreg]

Originally Posted by Lexman8

It's a long shot but are the wires the same diameter on the plugs? The heating circuit might use a thicker wire as that would carry more current than the dimming and BLIS circuits.

Thanks, will look out for a difference in the wire diameters.

[familymangreg]

Thanks again for the help all. FRF Swansea was a great recommendation and have come good, not only were they cheeper than my local dealer, and a few other dealers I called around in my area (£291 inc delivery compared to £180+ per mirror), they were the only ones to be able to get them in stock this week. They arrived less than 48 hours after calling.

In terms of fitting, one wire had a different plug so obvious, and the other two, although close together, you could see from the angle and position they hung which way round they needed to be connected. Then just a case of lining up the lugs and pushing on (I angled the mirror all the way in to be able to see easier to lineup). Checked blind spot flash on startup and heating between connecting and pushing on.

The wires are very short and not that easy to access behind the mirror, so very surprised the thieves went to the effort of carefully disconnecting each, rather than snipping.

Cheers
Greg.