Ford B-Max Passenger side door (wing) mirror replacement
Driver of white road maintenance pick-up truck registration FJ19YDP- you are a bastard and a coward. You smashed my wing mirror whilst I was stationary in a traffic queue and then mounted the kerb to run away and avoid responsibility. I have no words. Owing to the above events I needed a replacement door mirror on the passenger side. I did try just fitting a new cover, but the forcible fragmentation of the old one also destroyed the mounting lugs so there was no way to fit it. Further the base section had also snapped and this isnt available separately. A new Ford mirror is astronomically expensive - the whole repair being quoted around £800. My excess is £250 and given the lack of witnesses I had no chance of recovering that uninsured loss. Pattern replacement mirrors are available on ebay around £100-150 and although they are not a perfect replacement, its cheaper than stumping up £250 and the bother of a claim. That, dear reader, is how I ended up here- Im not...