Right side mirror broken -any suggestions?

What's your car's "frame number", this, on the driver's door decal:



Amayama "may" have it. If price/shipping is prohibitive, at least it's good to know the part number(s).

Amayama's in Japan and UAE, ships to Canada without a lot of rigamarole, and (so far for me) charges nothing other than price/shipping. They'll often undercut North American retailers, both resellers and dealerships.

 

Which parts of the mirror got busted?

I don't know gen 5 specifically, but other Prius mirrors I've known have an inexpensive color shell that matches your body color and is separately replaceable, and mirror glass in a small frame that's separately replaceable, and then the kind of big black plastic skeleton itself.

 

Assuming that there's absolutely no damage to the door where the mirror connects to it, it's actually really easy to replace. I think three screws and a couple wiring connectors to remove the inner door trim panel(find a video for that). Then another wiring connector and three more screws to detach the mirror from the door. I believe those screws are Torx, but I could be wrong - it's been over a year since I had my mirrors off. Doing it the first time and being extra careful, it might take between one and two hours for the full job. For someone that's done it a few times, it's maybe a 15-30 minute job. That's not an exaggeration - I bet I could still do it in under 30min even after a year.

Parts - You only need to order two parts. If your profile is accurate, you don't have the 360 camera option(Panoramic View Monitor). That reduces your cost by a lot. The first part number is the entire mirror assembly except for the top cover. It sounds like yours is damaged enough that you need it all. The second part is just the top cover piece.

87910-47680 - RH mirror assembly - w/o panoramic view monitor (MSRP $316.11 CAD)
87910-47690 - RH mirror assembly - w/ panoramic view monitor (MSRP $1145.77 CAD)

87915-47110-C0 - RH mirror cover - black (MSRP $58.48CAD)

I found this place that sells Toyota parts in Canada at a 20-25% discount: http://www.toyotatownpartsdirect.com

I don't know if there are other places that are even cheaper or if the above place ever has sales. I'd say you're looking at about $350 to $400 CAD in total parts with the 20-25% discount plus shipping and any taxes.

 

^ Amayama has neither of those, fyi. They tend to stock older model parts.

A bit of an eye-opener, the price for regular vs panoramic.

 

Do you understand the concept of MSRP?

 

No sh!t. But if MSRP is a constant price across all dealerships and parts suppliers, then doesn't using the amount of the discount work to choose who to buy from?

Toyota sets a price of $100 for a certain part(MSRP). Dealership #1 has a 10% discount. Dealership #2 has a 20% discount. Doesn't this mean the part HAS to be cheaper at Dealership #2? Both dealerships started with the same base MSRP of $100. Do you see how this works?


Your view on discounts is only valid if the retailer in question sets both the original and the discounted price. If they control both the before and after price, then the discounted price is meaningless. But if the original price was set by a third party(the manufacturer), then the discount can be used to choose where to buy from because all retailers have to start from the same starting point.

 

Yeah, my local dealer kind of used the COVID excitement to start printing price quotes where the "your discount" column has the part's MSRP and for the "list price" column they sort of not-quite-double that. Too bad, I used to buy more parts from them.

 

Agreed. Both my local dealers mark up a few percent over MSRP, so now I only buy from them if it's really cheap(clips, bolts, etc.) or if it's something I need immediately(they can have most parts by the next afternoon). Everything else I buy from a dealership that has a substantial discount under MSRP. And if I can wait for a 15% or 20% sale on top of that, all the better.

I've also tracked Toyota MSRP prices a little bit, so I know they don't alter them around sales(which wouldn't make sense anyway since Toyota MSRP applies to everything while the sales only apply to autoparts.toyota.com. The MSRP prices do go up slightly over time, but that's just simple inflation/tariffs and not price manipulation to make sales look better(which is what Paul is being paranoid about).

 

In my case, someone broke my mirror cover once and, in another occasion, the whole mirror.

In Gen 4, the color-matched mirror covers are an owner-replaceable part—they just snap on and off.

I replaced the whole mirror myself as well. It does require some tech skills plus body mobility (a lot of kneeling and bending). I did a very good job at the end, probably better than what they would have done at the dealer. The mirror was hard to get, as it was out of stock and backordered. There is no need to order it from Amayama. You can get it from the dealer, but shop and negotiate. Here are the instructions. I am guessing Gen 5 is virtually the same.

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