1986 Turbo Wing Mirror Gasket

[anthony.batt]

Hi All,

Having a slight issue in sourcing the correct wing mirror gaskets.
I've attached an image of the old one (Dirty) against the new one I sourced from Design911, however upon removal they don't match or work.
Can anyone shed some light on what the correct part is and where I can source?

Thanks Anthony

 

[T911UK]

Wrong one, you want 945 731 507 01

 

[anthony.batt]

So the old one is incorrect?, Your PN shows this part below, is that correct. I appreciate it might not need to look the same.

 

[blade7]

Do Porsche call the mirrors mounted on the doors, wing mirrors?

 

[anthony.batt]

I didn’t realise I was asking Porsche and performing a terminology test! Probably not, hopefully your non helpful pedantic comment will help you sleep at night!

 

[blade7]

I didn’t realise I was asking Porsche and performing a terminology test! Probably not, hopefully your non helpful pedantic comment will help you sleep at night!

Post quoted for posterity.

 

[scam75]

Series 1 cars, >85 and series 2 cars, 86> have different mirror bases although the mirror is the same. A turbo should have series 2 mirrors. So it can be a tad confusing.

 

[anthony.batt]

Series 1 cars, >85 and series 2 cars, 86> have different mirror bases although the mirror is the same. A turbo should have series 2 mirrors. So it can be a tad confusing.

Thanks, I’ll grab some series 2 ones and hope that the old ones are wrong somehow.

 

[fire3500]

Hi All,

Having a slight issue in sourcing the correct wing mirror gaskets.
I've attached an image of the old one (Dirty) against the new one I sourced from Design911, however upon removal they don't match or work.
Can anyone shed some light on what the correct part is and where I can source?

Thanks Anthony

Design 911 are almost certain to be more expensive than genuine from an OPC. You get discount as a PCGB member at OPC.

 

[fire3500]

I didn’t realise I was asking Porsche and performing a terminology test! Probably not, hopefully your non helpful pedantic comment will help you sleep at night!

Not endearing. View it this way, it could have been a helpful comment... you bought a mirror gasket that turned out to be not the part that you needed, and as per your thread title you referred to "wing" mirrors. Parts catalogues are going to be specific and a wing mirror gasket could be different to a door mirror gasket... So it might have been a snarky comment (in which case let it go, rise above it, it might have been ill judged / timed humour or, yes, pedantry) or it might have been someone helping you to narrow your search, who might now be feeling that helping you was not a good investment of their time and energy. It's nice to be nice, forums are delicate ecosystems etc.

As I said in my previous comment, your local OPC may be cheaper and can likely source you the correct part by VIN number. I hold D911 in low regard, they're almost always significantly more expensive than Porsche for genuine parts, their repro stuff is generally garbage and on the rare occasions where they are the only option (944 front brake callipers spring to mind) then their service still manages to make me wish someone else could have sold me the parts.

Hope you get sorted,

 

[scam75]

So the old one is incorrect?, Your PN shows this part below, is that correct. I appreciate it might not need to look the same.

That should be the correct gasket for a series 2. It's only the outside perimeter that matters and its the same shape as your old dirty one.

 

[dlknight]

Another vote against D911, I do on occasion use them for things that they can provide significantly cheaper e.g. a non-OE pattern part which is cheaper than Porsche. However their customer service is terrible, if you want to return something, forget it. I purchased some injector rebuild kits which were listed as being the correct type for all 944 injectors. However I sent them with my injectors to Mr Injector and they let me know that the pintle caps and spacers in the rebuild kits were not the correct size and different to the originals. I've contacted D911 four times now, twice by email and twice by phone and been told someone is working on it etc... and then never hear anything (I had the same problem in the past with returns with them). It is only £20 but if they are so difficult with something of little value, imagine the problem when you have something more expensive to return!