Mirror; mirror on the floor you should be on my !#$*in' door

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:04 pm

A day of two parts - had an appointment in Plymouth this morning and had to take the Zed (from Norfolk) a round trip of 673 miles.

A soul less motorway and duel carriage way drive down during the early hours to arrive at 8:00am. Then homeward - as traffic was building around dinnertime rather than taking the M4 to London I continued up the M5 to Gloucester then back through the Cotswolds top down on clear rural roads (most likely faster than motorway traffic this afternoon!) then through Bucks and Cambridgeshire to Norfolk.

Fantastic trip - well almost; except that on the outskirts of Chipping Norton my passenger door mirror decided to stay in the locality - I saw it 'flash' as it fell off and heard the sound of it smashing on the road edge. I can't see any marks on the paintwork but will have a good look in the morning.

I'm left with a rubbery layer over the mirror mechanism

[IMG]http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah2 ... lqvxn4.jpg[/IMG]

I think it also has a thin layer of adhesive left and the surface is slightly silvered - possibly from the back of the mirror.

So do I need a new glass and adhesive patch? Does it have to be gen BMW? do I pull the rubber off and clean it? All advice welcomed - thanks in advance.

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:09 pm

Don't pull the rubber off! (sound advice in other scenarios too

)
Buy a replacement mirror with sticky tape and stick it onto the rubber:

https://www.incarshop.co.uk/acatalog/BM ... to_08.html

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:16 pm

Marlon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:09 pm Don't pull the rubber off.
Buy a replacement mirror with sticky tape and stick it onto the rubber

Just been and had another look - I assume I can clean the surface of the rubber, some of the adhesive is flaking off. Have you tried non BMW mirror glasses?

Thanks

metal licker · Post by **metal licker** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:19 pm

Mirror; mirror on the floor you should be on my !#$*in' door
Made me chuckle

Ducklakeview · Post by **Ducklakeview** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:24 pm

Common issue, caused no doubt by the stupid fact that BMW in their "wisdom" chose to have the heaters on all of the time, rather than like ANY other car where they only eat the mirrors when you put the rear screen on! I've contemplated "rewiring" my own to do just that.

Mike

PS, any chance of you upping a vid of the car lift working? How are you finding it, stable?

sw4nny · Post by **sw4nny** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:26 pm

A mate of mine fitted a £10 ebay.jobby about 2 years ago and had no issues

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:34 pm

sw4nny wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:26 pm A mate of mine fitted a £10 ebay.jobby about 2 years ago and had no issues

I think that's the way I'm going to go - just been looking and ebay have them with change from £10

Ducklakeview · Post by **Ducklakeview** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:36 pm

Crazy Harry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:34 pm
sw4nny wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:26 pm A mate of mine fitted a £10 ebay.jobby about 2 years ago and had no issues
I think that's the way I'm going to go - just been looking and ebay have them with change from £10

Just make sure it has the convex bit at the outside edge and isn't just a flat piece of mirror.

Mike

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:43 pm

Ducklakeview wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:36 pm
Crazy Harry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:34 pm
sw4nny wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:26 pm A mate of mine fitted a £10 ebay.jobby about 2 years ago and had no issues
I think that's the way I'm going to go - just been looking and ebay have them with change from £10

Just make sure it has the convex bit at the outside edge and isn't just a flat piece of mirror.

Mike

Thanks Mike. I was looking at this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Left-Passenge ... Sw1DtXGNql

Ducklakeview · Post by **Ducklakeview** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:57 pm

Crazy Harry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:43 pm
Ducklakeview wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:36 pm
Crazy Harry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:34 pm

I think that's the way I'm going to go - just been looking and ebay have them with change from £10

Just make sure it has the convex bit at the outside edge and isn't just a flat piece of mirror.

Mike
Thanks Mike. I was looking at this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Left-Passenge ... Sw1DtXGNql

That looks fine.

Mike

bmwaddict · Post by **bmwaddict** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:57 pm

Happened to me on Friday, PITA. New mirror comes with the rubber backing thing.

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:01 pm

Sorry to hear your news OP.

Looks like a reasonably painless fix thankfully.

But great heading.

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:02 pm

bmwaddict wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:57 pm Happened to me on Friday, PITA. New mirror comes with the rubber backing thing.

I'm going to try the cheap ebay route - will post what they send me and how it goes

brightonbimmer · Post by **brightonbimmer** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:44 pm

Marlon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:09 pm Don't pull the rubber off! (sound advice in other scenarios too )

David

Silverzedtom · Post by **Silverzedtom** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:58 pm

Happened to me the other day as well. Luckily my mirror wasn't damaged when it hit the tarmac.

I used gorilla glue and clamps over night to re attach. Don't touch the black pad as that's your heating element. I used gorilla glue as it's 100% water proof and also isn't affected by extreme temperatures, so should be fine when the cars running and the mirrors heated.

Holds rock solid

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