Good places for parts

[iangrant]

Hey everyone, I'm vaguely looking for a new pair of mirrors for my 944 (secondhand), and wondered if anyone has any advice on good places/dealers , either online or around Bristol?
I never seem to see black ones on eBay, Porscheshop only sell new cup-style mirrors, so so far I have only found a pair in Canada online, which makes for expensive postage (and probably import tax too).

Cheers, Ian.

 

[pae]

Could try here... http://www.porsche-9xx-parts.co.uk/stock.html

No connection etc. etc..

Phil

 

[Guest]

Ian,

if i can find a bit of money, I may be interested in selling mine as i have a pair of cup mirrors waiting to be sprayed up.

They are metallic black, on my '90 turbo, and are heated

Matt

 

[iangrant]

Phil, cheers, I emailed them, see what they have.

Matt, okay, could be good -- but is metallic black noticeably different from normal black, and when you say heated do they have electric adjustment too? (Indeed, were non-electric mirrors ever an option, or are they all electric?)

 

[Helen Goff]

PH Sports Cars of Shardlows Derby. may well be able to help you they are a breakers who specialise in the 924 and 944

Tel: 01332 799298

 

[chrisdenton]

Ian

The mirrors on my turbo (the black one) are up for grabs as I have acquired a pair of 968 cups. I have no idea what they are worth but hopefully someone out there will have an opinion.....

Let me know if your interested

 

[Guest]

They are heated (tied into the heated rear screen switch) and have electrical adjustment. But if yours is flat black you would be better going with Chris. I could be wrong but I reckon about £80-100 for the pair, if they're in good condition.
Matt

 

[chrisdenton]

As mines a cab there is no rear screen heater so i don't know if there heated or not. I'll have a look tonight unless any one knows already.

 

[pae]

Can't say for certain, but would have thought they must be given the age of your car. Wouldn't think you'd have to forego heated mirrors on a cab. Admittedly mine was (obviously) a coupe but on a 1988 924S it had heated mirrors.

And IIRC operated by a separate switch to the rear-screen???

Phil

 

[944cabby]

ORIGINAL: chrisdenton

As mines a cab there is no rear screen heater so i don't know if there heated or not. I'll have a look tonight unless any one knows already.

The ones on my cab are and it's an '89 as well.

 

[Fen]

Cab heated mirrors are on all the time with the ignition. Yes, that's bloody stupid. It cost me a battery at Le Mans when my mate wanted to charge his phone to text his girlfriend.

 

[Paul Fraser]

You could also try Porschapart, Douglas Velley, CMS Porsche, etc., etc., and about another three or four breakers on Ebay (Paul in the Western Islands, Steve Dean, etc.). There are a huge number of places to look for Porsche 944 parts. Pick up a copy of 911 & Porsche World for addresses/numbers of the non-Ebay ones above if you can't find them on the internet.

 

[iangrant]

Just to say, thanks for all the info guys, I [will soon] have a new pair of mirrors, and have a bigger list of places to search next time!


Ian.