Door mirror glass replacement

[MikeyH]

yes

Thank you. It seems to be impossible to to remove without breaking it. Is there a correct way or just brute force?

 

[javis20]

I think you bought the wrong mirror. Is doesn't look to be BMW. They always have their part numbers and logo molded in the plastic. Just send it back you either ordered the wrong one or they sent the wrong part.

 

[Chris_D]

yes

Thank you. It seems to be impossible to to remove without breaking it. Is there a correct way or just brute force?

Look at the retaining tabs on your new mirror piece. This should give an indication of where the fastening points on the broken mirror are located. You just need to go careful and work on the first tab til you feel something come loose. Work carefully on the 2nd tab around, then it should come loose.

 

[MikeyH]

It’s totally different as it has circle that needs turning to clip it into the housing.

 

[MikeyH]

Wife to the rescue. She managed, with a lot of care, pulled the mirror away from the new backing and with some silicone from Halfords I have glued the new mirror onto the old backing. Now drying in the house overnight for me to refit in the morning. Yay! I have kept the numbers of the old backing and will look for a genuine BMW part in case it falls off again. Thank you all for your help.

 

[MikeyH]

And today came home from a nice afternoon drive with the wife, I shut the drivers door, guess what, yep now got the drivers door mirror to replace. Wife says it’s an old car, what do I expect, I say it’s a crappy, badly made piece of German junk. My wife’s Ford Focus is better made than this.