Wing mirror glass!!!!!

Sign this man up for the England cricket team... :thumbsup:

GregZ4 said:
Ditto. Still heats up nicely to demist too.
I managed to catch mine at 65mph on a dual carriageway, it started wobbling and by the time I got my window open and hand out it dropped out for perfect catch at first slip!

Bought a replacement mirror off EBay yesterday for a tenner and it's waiting for me at home, so at least something good; felt extremely 'naked' this morning driving into work and not being able to see clearly to my driver's rear side.
 
I bought some loctite from a local garage after many visits to various services stations for glue. F me loctite worked wonders. Would recommend it 100%. Just be very very careful. I got the slightest bit on my finger and ended up glueing them together within 10 seconds. The glue is ridiculously strong and you need to be both fast and accurate when glueing. Only a little is needed too but I went to town. The mirror is rock solid stuck. Doesn't even move a fraction of a mm. Spent an hour cleaning my hands though.. Would have spent days if our wasn't for the YouTube video advising use of acetone and deodorant to remove the adhesive from skin! Loctite = 4-6£ for small brush+pot applicator.

Tapatalking from my Nexus 4
 
I had this issue on my drivers side glass last month.
The glass would wobble when driving. Took a look when stopped and ended up pulling the glass out. The sealant sheet had failed from the bottom to pretty much the top of the glass. Only a small bead was fixed at the top. I was careful as the plastic guides in the adjustment motors are fragile, so don't pull the glass to much! I learnt this with my last car. The passenger side seems solid, so I'm not fiddling with it until the reflection looks drunk.

Read of many fixes that all worked. In the end I settled on silicon high temp sealant. Halfrauds had it for £5. Reason for silicon was that it apparently allows heat to dissipate from the heating element (not sure if foam pads do this as effectively but plenty of people have used them without reported issues) and that araldite etc. are permanent ( which was the point surely!) but I read it's easier to remove the glass if it is knocked and broken with silicon, but impossible with proper glue. Who knows if that's the case, as most breakages prob mean the whole glass and backing plastic assembly would need changing.

In any case, getting the glue/ pads or silicon even all across the glass, like the OE glue, is handy to get the heat into the glass. I used a egg box lid and elastic bands to put a bit of pressure on when drying, looked dodgy, but it dried in place.

I've had the silicon seal for a couple of months now, with plenty of rain and bumpy roads. We'll see how the expansion coefficients react to frost...
 
Darn it!; it fell off again this evening and I didn't get so lucky this time. Smashed on impact with the asphalt. Any recommendations on where to get a replacement driverside mirror (some place with a good rep / good quality mirror).. i've seen plenty on Amazon/eBay but not sure on how good they are.

Thanks!
 
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