MINI MINI Cooper and S R56 (2007 - ) - Door Mirrors stolen

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Wed 14 Nov 2007 16:42
Door Mirrors stolen - Pendlebury
A colleague at work has recently had the door mirrors stolen from her Mini Cooper S (BMW want £300 parts only). When she informed the police it was the 11th case that weekend in the area so clearly someone was doing the rounds and no doubt these will appear on ebay or similar.

They were removed suprisingly easily and they left no damage to the doors - they did a real good job.
Apparently all you do is move something to access the securing bolts {wording slightly changed so as not to give away how to remove them - DD} . Then they come clean off.

Her concern is that as soon as she replaces them they will be stolen again.

Does anyone know of any solution - (similar to the old VW door lock black caps that stopped people ramming a screw driver into the body panel) I have suggested loctite or rounding the heads off but then she risks damage when then try again.

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 14/11/2007 at 19:00

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Wed 14 Nov 2007 17:04
Door Mirrors stolen - mjm
Try a local hardware/fastener specialist such as Industrial Fasteners for some security headed screws/bolts. She will probably have to buy the relevant socket to suit. It won't stop the determined thief but will stop them using a simple hex spanner or socket.

Have a look in the RS catalogue for a "preview".

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 14/11/2007 at 18:54

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Thu 15 Nov 2007 11:33
Door Mirrors stolen - normd2
I don't know why MINI ones should be so special - £40 on ebay so it doesn't seem worthwhile to me. As a deterent how about some brown parcel tape wrapped around it to give it that 'damaged' look... :)
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Thu 15 Nov 2007 11:46
Door Mirrors stolen - Blue {P}
My brother's MINI door mirror unit just fell off the other day when he pulled away, we thought it was just shoddy build quality but maybe someone just hadn't finished their job!

I might suggest he checks the other side. Fortunately he claimed on the warranty and managed to get them to cough up a new wing mirror unit as his got scratched when it fell off!

Blue
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Thu 15 Nov 2007 13:25
Door Mirrors stolen - L'escargot
Maybe it's a craze amongst young hooligans, like when they used to steal VW badges. Look out for pop groups with MINI mirrors aroud their necks.
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Thu 15 Nov 2007 13:51
Door Mirrors stolen - Mad Maxy
Solution is probably to buy a new set off ebay for 40 quid...
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Thu 15 Nov 2007 16:04
Door Mirrors stolen - Carse
Not worth while, £440 for 1 nights work!!!

Carse
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Thu 15 Nov 2007 16:51
Door Mirrors stolen - WipeOut
I've heard of a similar thing going on with Porsche 911 wing mirrors. I heard somewhere that some poor motorist bought back his stolen mirror off ebay!
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Thu 15 Nov 2007 16:56
Door Mirrors stolen - bell boy
maybe the thieves want to look over their shoulders when they move on up to bigger heists like nicking old ladies handbags?
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