Maplight Mirror Grub Screw

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JungleGus
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Post Sat Sep 18, 2021 10:48 am

My maplight mirror grub screw (the one that braces against the windscreen to reduce vibration in the heavier mirro) appears to have gone missing - and looking at ETK it doesn't appear to be a separate piece.

Any ideas where I could source a replacement?
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onthames
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Post Sat Sep 18, 2021 11:12 am

I have one in mine I'll measure for you, could make one if none are available
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Post Sat Sep 18, 2021 12:25 pm

That would be most excellent, thank you!
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Post Sat Sep 18, 2021 1:44 pm

onthames wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 18, 2021 11:12 am
 I have one in mine I'll measure for you, could make one if none are available
If you have no luck then I must be able to lay my hands on some at work.

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Post Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:55 pm

It's this part here around the back - more of a hollow plastic "screw"

Wishing I had a workshop to knock something up!

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Post Wed Oct 06, 2021 2:56 pm

Sorry I forgot about this... Turns out mines missing too!
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Post Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:49 pm

I had a look at mine and the part you have circled in your pic doesn't actually exist..... Did they revise the design at some point?
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Post Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:50 am

I would be interested in purchasing one of these screws as mine has cracked mostly all the way through and now fails to do it's job thus rendering the mirror mostly useless at speed. It does however make the car feel like I'm going warp speed.
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Post Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:40 am

Gert_8 wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:49 pm
 I had a look at mine and the part you have circled in your pic doesn't actually exist..... Did they revise the design at some point?
Do you have a convertible?
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Post Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:45 am

onthames wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:40 am
Gert_8 wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:49 pm
 I had a look at mine and the part you have circled in your pic doesn't actually exist..... Did they revise the design at some point?
Do you have a convertible?
Very good! :clap: :clap: Yes. I have got a convertible. When I install the maplight mirror, I simply replaced the mirror part. I will check to see if I kept hold of the hanging bracket tonight.
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