Replacement OEM mirrors

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Just a word of warning when using so called OEM mirrors. My driver’s side mirror was busted by a builder’s truck just before our trip to France, so I booked it in to the garage down the road. I even supplied the replacement mirror bought from ebay, but didn’t fancy doing it myself in case I cracked it. It didn’t fit. Assuming that as the van was not that old, the mirror on the van must be the original, so it must be the OEM part that was wrong. So the garage sourced a replacement from the main Peugeot professional dealership. That didn’t fit. They washed their hands of it, and I had to resort to taping it up for the trip as I had run out of time. I later noticed that whereas the nearside mirror was jet black, the damaged driver’s side was very dark grey. Could it be that the drivers side mirror was a replacement OEM itself? I checked the internal boss clip, which was non-original size. The part had obviously already been replaced with an oem part bought on ebay, the manufacturer of which had adapted to his own standard boss size! In other words, there could be a downside to buying cheaply from eBay. Tempting though it is.
 
This relates to Sevel vans post X250 Fiat Peugeot etc
 
The door may have been changed from a Citroen or a Fiat before you owned the van, they are probably the same in most other ways.
 
I had mine broken by an on-coming HGV, avoiding a pothole, I bought a replacement on fleabay and it didn't fit. However it was made to fit by cutting the studding down to size. Took me a couple of hours.
 
The door may have been changed from a Citroen or a Fiat before you owned the van, they are probably the same in most other ways.
There was an advisory on its 1st service saying broken mirror not replaced so it must have been then, perhaps by the first owner himself.

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I think maybe you mean Aftermarket rather than OEM?

OEM is Original Equipment Manufacturer, i.e. FIAT, Peugeot etc, or whichever supplier they specify and buy the original fit parts from.

But it does sound like you've got a mix of OEM and aftermarket mirrors on your van, a lesson for us all, never take it for granted!
 

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