Side View Mirror

The passenger-side side view mirror on my daughter’s Toyota RAV4 was damaged while she parked at her school last Thursday. Don’t know who did it.

I took it to a auto body shop and their estimate is $290 parts + $52 labor. It’s reasonable considering $350 parts + $168 labor at the dealer.

However, when I searched online, there are side view mirror assemblies at about $50 (they are not made by Toyota but fit the specific model).

Does anyone know how important it is to use genuine parts? Can I request the auto shop to replace with parts that I supply? 

Thanks in advance for your input!

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• 那一年的，如果超过5年没有必要 -soccer88- ♂ (343 bytes) () 10/06/2019 postreply 13:10:49

• 2013年的。明天问问body shop能不能给我换OEM parts。谢谢 -yi.wen- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/06/2019 postreply 14:17:31

• Junk yard is the best place to find parts -MoonRiverMe- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/06/2019 postreply 16:26:45

• 只换镜就可以了，20-40吧。除非支撑部分损坏了。 -needtime- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/06/2019 postreply 18:49:09

• 简单的工具和一些时间就可以自己换。即使送修也看看视频至少心里有底。 -hellotom- ♂ (585 bytes) () 10/06/2019 postreply 19:48:08

• ebay上找拆车件，最好同色的 -2ndGear- ♂ (101 bytes) () 10/07/2019 postreply 06:54:12

• 谢谢大家。是只是镜子和镜架坏了。看着好象不难换，自己试试吧。就是买来是黑的，还要自己漆一下。eBay上没有找到同款同色的。 -yi.wen- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2019 postreply 18:16:17

• 一般在driver door frame上有车漆的代码。还有别忘了最后用clear coats -hellotom- ♂ (241 bytes) () 10/07/2019 postreply 18:40:57

• 別忘了Prime,塑膠件的Prime過程有點複雜，但不做的话很容易掉漆 -khyang86- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/08/2019 postreply 09:19:09

• 把你的color code给NAPA,他们会给你配色，20一罐喷漆足够了 -MoonRiverMe- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/08/2019 postreply 09:25:02

• Update一下。看到漆一下要那么多步骤，打退堂鼓了。给body shop打了个电话，他们不能买third party -yi.wen- ♀ (159 bytes) () 10/09/2019 postreply 17:45:41

• 最省钱最理想的修法是去junk yard找同样的 -MoonRiverMe- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2019 postreply 08:59:19