Hitch-hiking spiders

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ihadablackdog

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Quite often I will get cobwebs on my wing mirror which I assume is a spider taken refuge in the mirror housing.

When I wash the car I give the mirror a good blasting to try and flush them out, but doesn’t work and I guess I could damage the mirror wiring???

So, what to do?

Can I just spray some insect spray in it?
 
ihadablackdog said:
Can I just spray some insect spray in it?
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That's what I do on our X3 but the wing mirrors always seem to get a new resident a few days later - and this year seems to have been particularly bad as we seem to have experienced a spider population explosion around here...

Luckily, I don't get any on the Alpina as it's garaged with a cover over it so nothing for the spiders to catch
 
I seem to have cobwebs on my door mirrors every time I use my car - and some on the rear light/boot-lid area. :evil:

The only ones that annoy me more are the ones that spin a web at head height across the garden path that I don't see before they are on my face - I hate that! :headbang:
 
Any sprayed foaming product aimed around the door mirror has then making a sharp exit.
I have a spray bottled filled with diluted washing up liquid for this.
A few squirts in there before I start washing the car does the trick.
 
buzyg said:
If that were a Porsche, you would be paying far more for the spider. :wink:
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Especially if you went for the SIPC* and WICF* options
PorscheSpider.jpg


*SIPC - Spider in Porsche Colourings
*WICF - Webs in Carbon Fibre (only available with SIPC)
 
PerryGunn said:
buzyg said:
If that were a Porsche, you would be paying far more for the spider. :wink:
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Especially if you went for the SIPC* and WICF* options
PorscheSpider.jpg


*SIPC - Spider in Porsche Colourings
*WICF - Webs in Carbon Fibre (only available with SIPC)
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Clearly a connoisseur. :thumbsup:
 
I sprayed WD40 into the back of the mirror area. Spiders can't run away fast enough. It makes a mess, so best to do just before a car wash.
 
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