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External Rear Mirror
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:37 am
by AndrewJ
How do I fit a new replacement mirror into the plastic housing? The housing has been removed from the vehicle.
P.S. the advice not to take a Bongo through an automatic car wash is really worth following!
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:43 am
by Lovejoy
Surely it just bolts into the tailgate with 4 bolts ?
By plastic housing do you mean the spoiler ? If so, you bolt the mirror on, and then the spoiler just fits back over the top of the mirror mount.
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:55 pm
by bigdaddycain
I thought the "housing" was a rubber seal andrew?
It should just bolt straight up
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:26 am
by AndrewJ
The automatic car wash ripped the glass mirror (lens?) out of its plastic housing. I have removed the four bolts, obtained a replacement mirror. How do I fit the one into the other? One advice is to boil the plastic housing presumably to soften it. Is the correct?
Thanks
Andrew
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:49 am
by David Edwards
Which wash did you go through Andrew, as I have said before I use our local Tesco car wash regularly with no problems ans have done so for the last four years. Happy motoring.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:25 pm
by bigdaddycain
Hi Andrew, this is an interesting one...
I have sourced COMPLETE rear mirror assemblies for forum members in the past (£20) but i have no experience of fitting the actual lens back into the mirror housing/frame.
The soaking in to the hot water sounds a good bet, stick a small amount of wash up liquid in there too as a lubricant...
What comes out, must go back in! (in theory anyway
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Good luck, and keep us posted?