Wing mirror stuff

Post Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:15 pm

The paint on my wing mirrors is all flaky-shyte, so I fancy painting them while I'm in the mood having spent all day fixing a dent I was blessed with in a car park.

Does anybody know if the mirror housing can be detached from the base/non-swivelling part? And is there a special knack for removing the glass? I really can't be bothered with breaking that.

A thousand thankyous!

Neil

Post Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:41 pm

TheDutch wrote:The paint on my wing mirrors is all flaky-shyte, so I fancy painting them while I'm in the mood having spent all day fixing a dent I was blessed with in a car park.

Does anybody know if the mirror housing can be detached from the base/non-swivelling part? And is there a special knack for removing the glass? I really can't be bothered with breaking that.

A thousand thankyous!

Neil

Neil,

Unfortunately, there is no way to split the plastic mirror body from the aluminium triangle that bolts to the door. You can remove the motor and the wiring, but that's as far as it goes.

As for removing the glass, have a look here:

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ght=mirror

Cheers,

Ian.

Post Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:24 pm

Thanks Ian, looks like I'll just dunk the whole thing in red then!
Neil