First post on the new server woo!
So I have a pair of EDM (German) LHD folding mirrors, that began to suffer the all to familiar problem of deforming bases. I opted to take care of it early before it progressed much further. Unfortunately the popular replacement covers are only for RHD mirrors so I was out of luck for the easy repair option. First body shop I took it to had done good work for me in the past and felt that I was in good hands despite the expensive quote they gave me. To be fair I didn't care all long as they could indeed repair them, which of course they assured me they could. Fast forward two week and I receive a call informing me that they are impossible to repair and cannot be repaired period. So I went down to go pick up my mirrors and search for a different body shop, upon arriving I was greeted to the sight of this.
No rest assured they were not in this condition when I dropped them off. According to the shop owner, they had attempted to sand the paint off with a grinder :aigo: on plastic no less, err what was left of it anyways.
After contacting two different body shops none of them wanted to touch them, according to another, if they were repaired the wind would rip them apart :ugh2: because "fiberglass wont hold up to the wind".
Finally a local Supra owner and also body man stated he could repair them no problem. Unfortunately some of the damage incurred by the first body shop was going to prove difficult repairing back to 100%, but I was ok as long as it was close.
I was impressed to say the least, considering what he had started with.
I was so excited to get them back on the car, I mounted them while still at the shop.
So I have a pair of EDM (German) LHD folding mirrors, that began to suffer the all to familiar problem of deforming bases. I opted to take care of it early before it progressed much further. Unfortunately the popular replacement covers are only for RHD mirrors so I was out of luck for the easy repair option. First body shop I took it to had done good work for me in the past and felt that I was in good hands despite the expensive quote they gave me. To be fair I didn't care all long as they could indeed repair them, which of course they assured me they could. Fast forward two week and I receive a call informing me that they are impossible to repair and cannot be repaired period. So I went down to go pick up my mirrors and search for a different body shop, upon arriving I was greeted to the sight of this.
No rest assured they were not in this condition when I dropped them off. According to the shop owner, they had attempted to sand the paint off with a grinder :aigo: on plastic no less, err what was left of it anyways.
After contacting two different body shops none of them wanted to touch them, according to another, if they were repaired the wind would rip them apart :ugh2: because "fiberglass wont hold up to the wind".
Finally a local Supra owner and also body man stated he could repair them no problem. Unfortunately some of the damage incurred by the first body shop was going to prove difficult repairing back to 100%, but I was ok as long as it was close.
I was impressed to say the least, considering what he had started with.
I was so excited to get them back on the car, I mounted them while still at the shop.
