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Old Apr 17, 2011 | 03:09 PM
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Exclamation SL55 UPGRADE SIDE MIRRORS

HI I HAVE SL55 2006 AND WANT TO UPGRADE MY SIDE MIRRORS TO 2010 SO DO I MUST REPLACE IT ALL WITH GLASS ? OR JUST THE COVER AND KEEP THE ,IRROR AND THE ARM FOR IT ? I WANT TO REPLACE THIS

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CAN I ? ( I DON'T HAVE AUTO FLIP MIRRORS )
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 08:38 AM
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by no-way
HI I HAVE SL55 2006 AND WANT TO UPGRADE MY SIDE MIRRORS TO 2010 SO DO I MUST REPLACE IT ALL WITH GLASS ? OR JUST THE COVER AND KEEP THE ,IRROR AND THE ARM FOR IT ? I WANT TO REPLACE THIS

http://www.dostrix.com/ec_photo/item00029_04.jpg

BY THIS

http://i.ebayimg.com/24/!BlbLMQwBGk~$(KGrHqMH-DEEtm2RJGscBLbrsNV5yQ~~_12.JPG

CAN I ? ( I DON'T HAVE AUTO FLIP MIRRORS )
Check on the w221 S Class forum. Someone on that forum replaced the side view mirrors with a type that you are considering. Do a search on side mirror replacement.
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Old Apr 30, 2011 | 05:52 PM
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Old May 1, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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i canot find it
I posted the question on the W221 forum. Hopefully someone will respond. I'm trying.
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Old May 2, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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HI I HAVE SL55 2006 AND WANT TO UPGRADE MY SIDE MIRRORS TO 2010 SO DO I MUST REPLACE IT ALL WITH GLASS ? OR JUST THE COVER AND KEEP THE ,IRROR AND THE ARM FOR IT ? I WANT TO REPLACE THIS

http://www.dostrix.com/ec_photo/item00029_04.jpg

BY THIS

http://i.ebayimg.com/24/!BlbLMQwBGk~$(KGrHqMH-DEEtm2RJGscBLbrsNV5yQ~~_12.JPG

CAN I ? ( I DON'T HAVE AUTO FLIP MIRRORS )
I did find the posts on the side mirror replacement. Go to www.benzwodld.org under the 221 section. Do a search for side mirrors in that forum. There is one post that gives a good description of the install
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Old May 3, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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NOT THAT I MEAN THANX .. SO ANY IDEAS ?
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Old Jun 6, 2011 | 05:09 PM
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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thanx for that but i don't think that the w221 the same r230 mirror size !!

and i heard that i should replace the full light with mirror also so i canot use mine the old ones for amg and i must replace the mirror arm that connect the cover with the body of car is this right ?
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Old Jun 25, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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