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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: muzzer on March 12, 2007, 10:18:27

Title: mot
Post by: muzzer on March 12, 2007, 10:18:27

Hi, my mot is due on friday, and I have just cliped a truck with my passanger wing mirror and it has cracked the glass,
is this a fail if not replaced .

Title: mot
Post by: hairyasswelder on March 12, 2007, 10:49:20

Trip to Halfords time,buy a cheap stick on, think it can fail cause its broke. better to replace it anyway, cheaper than a retest  :wink:

Steve

Title: mot
Post by: hobbit on March 12, 2007, 16:29:42

Agreed it will fail mot on a cracked mirror, you can either get a stick on over the top of the cracked glass, or a replacement one that will clip in, in place of the original, depends if you have heated mirrors or not

Title: mot
Post by: Range Rover Blues on March 12, 2007, 19:46:46

Or take it off, by law you only need 2 mirrors don't you?

Title: mot
Post by: woody on March 12, 2007, 19:53:43

about £12 from agents :shock:

Title: mot
Post by: mdw1uk on March 12, 2007, 20:18:25

mine was £6 from halfrauds
comes with adhesive on the back but mine required a bit of silicone to make it sit securely :)

Title: mot
Post by: blackbob on March 12, 2007, 20:46:06

mot states os mirror and one other so the passenger dont have to be there also a crack is not a failier if you can still see in it

Title: mot
Post by: hairyasswelder on March 12, 2007, 21:29:21

Quote from: "blackbob"

mot states os mirror and one other so the passenger dont have to be there also a crack is not a failier if you can still see in it

testers discretion as to whether it impairs rear view,
Depends if it is a single crack,multiple crack, whether he argued with SWMBO that morning etc,
Not worth the chance, it needs changing anyway  :wink:

Steve

Title: mot
Post by: beatmasterdave on March 12, 2007, 21:43:07

recently got 2 new manual wing mirrors from cannocks, and they charged me £40 for the pasenger side and £60 for the drivers! :x  :x  :cry:  grrrr. then someone thought it would be funny to nick my drivers side mirror! :x  :x  so i went looking for the inner mirror bits, but i couldnt find it anywhere! so i had a spare from the other side, flipped it, put a screw in it, then pasted a new mirror glass in. finally got it sorted.
good luck sorting it!

Title: mot
Post by: Disco-andy on March 12, 2007, 22:47:57

it wont look as nice but you can pick up 200tdi/rangi mirrors nice and cheep, and iv been told they fit just fine.  its what ill be doing when i start snaping the new ones off, off roading.

Title: mot
Post by: Range Rover Blues on March 12, 2007, 23:11:23

If you were closer I'd lend you one.

Title: mot
Post by: spy on March 14, 2007, 16:20:28

It wont fail will it?  As far as I am aware you need to have the drivers one and then either the rear view or the passsenger one.  A cracked passenger one should be an advisory item.  

I am not 100% sure, only 99% :D

Title: mot
Post by: hairyasswelder on March 14, 2007, 18:43:56

Take it off just to be sure  :wink: