PatrickB

I have electrochromic side mirrors. They are getting darker and the driver side started bubbling. I drained the liquid, but the mirror is not clear and humidity gets between the glasses.

I was thinking I could just change the mirror but the electrochromic option is just too expensive. The dealer told me that you could not replace the glass only and the entire mirror housing needed to be changed.

I took it apart and it seems very easy to just replace the mirror itself. Today I found that getbmwparts.com has a mirror only solution under
BODY HARDWARE / FRONT DOOR / OUTSIDE MIRRORS / Mirror glass
mirror glass W/O ELECTROCHROMIC

Anyone sees a reason why this could not work?

ETNav382

Should work fine, but have you tried eBay for a used set? They go for about $300-$400.

PatrickB

I did, but by changing just the glass only it would cost about $70 for the driver side and $90 for the passenger side.

ETNav382

That is a big difference in price. The other question is how much do you lose the auto dim.I've driven cars without it and it's really annoying, I don't know how much the blue tinted glass will help this tho.