:: Aspherical mirror glass for drivers side, left

[Qube]

Replacing driver side glass.

Are the left and right same part number?

I see one local, but no numbers or anything.

Drivers side is left.

Left Glass Diagram:

[ |] front
[: ] back

The heating element connector is in the right position, but I thought the sliver should be on the outside and not on the inside edge?

[repenttokyo]

objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

[Omega]

On the e39 both parts are the same number. Be warned some non-OEM mirror glass has the heater cables in the wrong place and needs a small extension to the main door loom.

You are correct in assuming that the thin section of glass (Silver) goes to the OUTSIDE edge.

[ | ] LEFT RIGHT [ | ]

On the e38 the mirrors are not asymmetric, so rotating the glass by 180 degrees alters between left and right side. From memory the e34 glass is similarly symmetric.

HTH.

[Qube]

Yep. I just said 'screw it' and rotated the mirror. I just pulled the leads around to the other side for heating. Good enough for now.