Help, spares supplier?

Apr 28, 2007 6 Replies

Hi all,



Bit of a random request, but seeing as how there are plenty of you knowledgeable bods out there, I thought I'd ask!



Anyone know a good stockist of Suzuki car spares? Him indoors has managed to damage the o/s wing mirror on my Swift (new style, 05 plate) and has taken a big old lump out of the plastic surround. I'd live with it, but it looks bloomin horrid!



Anyhow, I figure replacing the plastic surround shouldn't be too hard



- and I can probably do it myself, but I need to find somewhere to get the bit from! Our local Suzuki garage couldn't find their arse with both hands, so I'm not convinced they would be able to get the order right, so I'm looking for somewhere else. I'd try the local scrappie, but because it's a pretty new car, and lets face it, mostly driven by pootling old biddies at 20 mph, I don't think a lot will have wound up there yet.



Any suggestions (other than not letting him near my car again of course!)



Spooks



Breakers ads at the back of Autotrader or similar?

Andy

In news: snipped-for-privacy@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com, Spookydel typed: | Hi all, | | Bit of a random request, but seeing as how there are plenty of you | knowledgeable bods out there, I thought I'd ask! | | Anyone know a good stockist of Suzuki car spares? Him indoors has | managed to damage the o/s wing mirror on my Swift (new style, 05 | plate) and has taken a big old lump out of the plastic surround. I'd | live with it, but it looks bloomin horrid! | | Anyhow, I figure replacing the plastic surround shouldn't be too hard | - and I can probably do it myself, but I need to find somewhere to get | the bit from! Our local Suzuki garage couldn't find their arse with | both hands, so I'm not convinced they would be able to get the order | right, so I'm looking for somewhere else. I'd try the local scrappie, | but because it's a pretty new car, and lets face it, mostly driven by | pootling old biddies at 20 mph, I don't think a lot will have wound up | there yet. | | Any suggestions (other than not letting him near my car again of | course!) | | Spooks

The chances are a breakers yard will tell you it is a main dealer part being as it is 05 plate.

Try and order the part online, the mirror should be available which will just stick on.

But where online? That was the whole point of the OP's original post.

By nature, very few specialists have this sort of spares for new cars, so why not just use a different dealer? They should be able to order what you want by phone.

Although just to add that if the surround is body coloured it's unlikely you'll get one in the correct colour from the makers - it will have to be sprayed. So it might be worth asking a local body shop about supplying one and painting it.

In news:0lYYh.8610$ snipped-for-privacy@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk, malc typed: | Baldoni wrote: | || || Try and order the part online, the mirror should be available which || will just stick on. | | But where online? That was the whole point of the OP's original post.

Oh sorry I misunderstood.

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