I need a car partFollow

Harnassing my awesome powers of spatial perception, I managed to back into a large concrete and steel bollard today at a gas station. It didn't do the car any favors but I was able to pop the rear panel back in where it came out and cleaned the majority of the paint off my car. It doesn't look good, but it looks a shitload better than it did right after the incident. Good enough to last me until I get it professionally done and/or someone else rear-ends my car yet again. The bollard is still intact

Buuuuttt... the lower rear reflector (shown circled) fell out and when I returned to the crime scene, it was gone. So I need a new one. Technically, I don't know if I need a new one as the other reflectors, lights, etc are all present and working but it'd be nice.

I'll be damned if I can find it online. I can find nifty replacement reflectors with smoked glass and LEDs and other bling but no standard, stock red reflectors. Any ideas? I tried just Googling for it (Mazda 6 rear reflector), AutoZone, Pep Boys, etc. Never needed to find a car body part before.

Edited, Mar 13th 2007 10:51am by Jophiel

Have you tried the dealership? Sometimes, the parts from the dealership are dirt cheap. Worth atleast asking them as the cost from them vs. hassle of getting somewhere else may be so minimal that its no worth saving $5.

Yeah, the zany replacements are about $60 so I'm assuming the stock piece will be a bit cheaper. I'll probably wind up calling them if no one has a better source.

Why are you harassing your powers??

But preferably someone who drives it better than Joph

Because they suck

This has been my first self-inflicted car wound. The previous ones were other people hitting me while I was stopped at traffic lights.

That thing is a magnet for destruction though.

Big bird: i have to take the subway like every one else!

You forget the one time I scraped the mirror against that minivan, but I didn't leave any marks, so perhaps it didn't happen.

You live in Chicago, it's a guarantee that if you own one, someone else has wrecked one.

Call a junk yard. A reflector is like 5 clams.

Are you mad because I'm a better driver? I'm sorry, honey.

We had a similar problem where a part for our old Escort broke but there were no junkyards around that carried them. It was then that we learned that that specific part (and possibly your reflector as well) were only available from the dealer. The individual I spoke with said something about how Ford hadn't released that part to be manufactured by anyone else yet or some such.

I did end up finding a replacement in a salvage yard, but it took some searching to find it.

http://www.pimpmymazda.com/

Dumbest website that I've laughed at in days.

But I did.

I'm getting soft now that I'm in my mid thirties.