NIGGYNOO Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 On ASN somebody did a chrome wingmirror conversion and another poster was going to attempt to get standard covers chromed - what were the results and price. Also were there any problems encountered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foggy Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 IIRC the conversion was a no go and in the end he bought a genuine set off of Ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 Think it may have been me,I tried doing the following: 1.Bought some "in-pro" vw chrome plated (plastic) covers but couldnt get them to retrofit properly...the audi ones in-pro make have a small passenger side mirror cover (vw didnt!?) price £50. NO GOOD. 2.Enquired about getting the original audi mirror cover plated with chrome...it was a no go due to the temperature the covers would be subjected to.NO GOOD 3.Ended up buying and importing an original audi s3 set from ebay (germany) for around £250 (incl p/p) a hell of alot cheaper than audi ! (£800) Had to slightly adapt screw holes etc to get them to fit properly but wasnt to bigger a job.... Overall am glad i went for the original s3 covers,they are solid aluminium (very heavy!!) and the finish is lovely and look expensive ,the in-pro ones i had where plastic (no where near same quality) and the chrome finish on them was more shiney /mirror. In-pro are alot cheaper though...(if they fitted that is) Have seen more sets up for auction recently and they have sold for around the same price as mine. Hope i helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGGYNOO Posted December 14, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 Yeah, cheers mate, shame it cant be done "well" on the cheap though - u have a black A3 don't you (me too)- do they look as good as I imagine? I seem to remember somebody once mentioning some kamei covers - but I think they may have been embossed with "kamei"(probably looks crap)anybody else know owt about this???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rockstar Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 finally got the image up! my spelling it terrible ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 the kamie ones i looked at aswell,they where the worst !! they are just a piece of plastic chrome you glue over the front of the mirror cover.you could still see the colour around the edges of it! rubbish.... Yer mine is a black a3 sport,looks the dogs go-nads!(especially in black which is the best colour for the mirrors IMHO)quite a few heads turn at the lights etc....how many cars do you see with mirrors like these...very few. have also put alu bee-sting ariel on,to match. Still waiting for my new audi updated rear light covers to arrive !told they where sent week ago ! bit worrried!!! next i want to change front lights to xenon upgrade(getting them for nothing hopefully!secondhand) and want to get 18" tt alloys. Will try and take a few pics of the car tomorrow and post them on here/my web page. just need to clean the car first!let you see the way it looks now. is £250 a little expensive still? they are worth it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 web page heres a set for sale now,these arte even better than mine !!they inclde the complete mirror,motor,bracket! I only got the casing! tempting or what! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGGYNOO Posted December 14, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 These are LHD S4 mirrors - will they fit an A3 Can anyone translate the text? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 i think the s4 mirrors would fit the a3(anyone else think so??).the ones i bought where off a german lhd s3...and they are fine. have used my trusty translation site to see what it says (sometimes dont make much sense but better than nothing!) here it is: Here the sinful expensive S4 MIRROR sentence an!!!(bei Audi offers ca. 800Euro!!!!) To preserve around the exclusivity of the S-models the mirrors to are got very very heavily! Raked + left page equally greatly, optimally around the "Stummel" on the right page wegzubekommen! The MIRRORS have are accrued easy falling rocks however in the mounted to recognize scarcely and if one wants, gives one the mirrors for polishing, are it new! (Ca. 20Euro)Allgemeinzustand is good. The MIRRORS are must become kopmlett-it only mounted! I have several mirror variants here: That the autom. Have Abblendbare MIRROR, become I also accordingly mirror dazupacken! Then I have another sentence sounded and a sentence clear glasses! All beheizbar are natural and elektr. adjustable! The mirrors have no scratch at all o.ä.! After the auction, the Höchstbietende gives direct and a sentence becomes me dazugepackt to this! Completely mounted the mirrors are delivered! In questions, emailen asks!! Postage amounts to assures 8Euro and within 24h delivery! NOW MUCH JOKE IN THE OFFERING!! makes some sense i hope, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGGYNOO Posted December 14, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 Doesnt make much more sense than the translator I used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 sometimes its better...are you interested in buying a set? you could always email the person and see if they speak english,lucky my seller was fluent in it! theres another auction for a set to fit an s3 /s4 etc etc but one of the mirrors is smaller so no good ,but s3 mirrors fit s4 by the looks of it. here the auction web page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGGYNOO Posted December 14, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 Definitely thinking about it but i've just fitted a set of S3 Rims and I've got some 18" Kahns in the pipeline. I'm just a bit worried about the attention that all these additions are going to draw to my car!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 I was a bit worried about the mirrors,as people are stealing them,even worse is they just snap them off,nightmare.it does draw attention to your car hen you make changes like these but why shouldnt you,just cos suome muppit might nick them,or damage it. cant live your life like that. personally think the car looks a million times better now.not so ordinary a3...(then again still not an s3 ) maybe next year...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 15, 2002 Report Share Posted December 15, 2002 </font><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /> These are LHD S4 mirrors - will they fit an A3 [/ QUOTE ] NO! do not try to fit lhd mirrors to a rhd car - the internal motors turn through angles suitable for a viewer on the left - you cannot see sod all when you fit these to a rhd car (and the blind spot line is on the worng side too believe me i know to my cost!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGGYNOO Posted December 16, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 Any idea if the S4 casings will fit an A3 mirror body though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 well all i can say is i bought lhd mirror casings and fitted them to my a3 rhd and although having to make very slight alterations to screw holes,look fine (will post a pic one i clean the bloody thing!!) s4 mirror covers are the same??? no difference in size? or just wait for a set of s3 covers like mine and get them.(then you know they fit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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