Had my MOT done, question for you all

JBell

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Last week my car had it's MOT, it passed as on the Thursday it had the following done:

New front near side lower suspension arm (Lemforder part fitted from ECP £69 plus fitting)
Front Xenon self leveller replaced (only OEM available for £141)
Coil Pack 2 replaced (ECP £11)

So that relieved me of £350 at my local specialist.

The MOT was done at Halfords, booked online for £27.50, no problems and they replaced the rear indicator lamps (for free) as the orange film had come off them and adjusted the off side xenon as it was a little high after changing the sensor.

Now, here's the rub - The drivers side wing mirror glass is knackered and could do with replacing (not an MOT fail) so I called MB in Exeter for a price for just the glass and the mounting bracket which come as 1 part.

How much do you think the glass with bracket is?
 
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£325 so replace it with a plain glass for £10 take car that the liquid there in does not get on the paint work
 

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Is it self dimming ? If so £300 at a guess.
 

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Free if you take the mirror apart yourself and remove the outer layer of glass...assuming it's the self dimming which is knackered.
 
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Was it £369.60?

I'll give you that but Exeter MB wanted £374.79 plus £10 delivery.

They had none in stock as had sold the 2 they had and one of the "cheap" ones at £80
 
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Assuming it's the self dimming which is knackered.

It is, not leaking but blew apart at the top last winter during the cold spell
 

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drivers door mirror glass, if broken SHOULD be an MOT failure. when I was testing 12 years ago, you had to have both the drivers door/wing mirror in tact and EITHER the passengers side door/wing mirror OR the interior RVM to be present and in tact.
 

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