bad boxer day :(

So last weekend I had to pull the car out of the garage to switch some cars around and as I backed it out I rubbed the right bumper side against the door frame of the garage. The way the hoist is positioned it leaves little room for error and its always been a close call but this time it was too close. No big deal I wanted to repaint the bumpers anyway since the front one is faded a bit and the freshly repainted rear one got a scratch shortly after re-installing it.

The big problem came when I pulled the car back in and found I was too close to the door frame again but this time the rear wheels were on packed snow and ice. The car shifted sideways and the right mirror gave its life so that the door skin wouldnt suffer a similar fate thank god! So, I need a new right mirror if I cant fix the one thats there. I think I can drill and tap the small mounting nub that broke off and run a small fastener through the now open hole in the broken base plate to resecure the mirror mount. The rest of the mirror is fine, just the white metal/aluminum base plate is damaged. (anyone have damaged mirror with a good base for sale?) Looks easy to do but for now it will hang sadly from the side of the door until warmer weather returns.
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Thanks for the help, I was considering aproduct called JB Weld as well whcih works well on repairing holes in metal. The strangest thing was I didnt get mad. I guess if I kinked the door skin that would have been a different story. Ill look into the muggy weld as well.

Not sure on the brand of mirror Sam, the 308 has the vitaloni mirrors but these are different. Ill check them out.

 

Yes it will be a distant memory soon and not too tough to fix. I was surprised by how easily it just snapped off. Guess its a good thing since the skin would kink if the mirror was too strong.