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General Category => Parts For Sale & Wanted => Topic started by: Logan on October 04, 2010, 08:50:03 PM

Title: Side View Mirror
Post by: Logan on October 04, 2010, 08:50:03 PM
I need a trim ring, or whatever you might call it, that holds the glass in place in the driver's side mirror.  I was driving and the glass fell out--luckily I had the vent window open, so I caught it.  These two pieces came out

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5053090226_6800c1a8f3.jpg)

Here is the empty housing

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5053090058_344d3e5169.jpg)

Here is the housing with the glass back in it

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5053090160_d35afc30f4.jpg)

You can see that there is nothing to hold the glass in.  That is the piece I lost and the one I need.  Let me know if anyone has one, or knows where to get one.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Side View Mirror
Post by: jsgmpeek on October 15, 2010, 02:04:02 PM
It looks like a snap rig is missing, maybe you could place a small amount of body putty (dum-dum) around the outer edge to hold the glass and gasket in place, until you get the right part. 
Title: Re: Side View Mirror
Post by: Logan on October 16, 2010, 09:44:28 PM
That's worth trying.  Of course, I wouldn't want the mirror to fall out again and break this time.  Maybe someone will have that ring.
Title: Re: Side View Mirror
Post by: jmxkf1 on November 08, 2010, 06:42:11 PM
When I took a side mirror to an auto glass place they used a type of putty to hold the new mirror
Title: Re: Side View Mirror
Post by: Gordie on November 09, 2010, 12:53:50 PM
Take it to any auto glass shop and they will glue it in for you.  I just noticed that the glass is missing from my '40 Ford coupe.  A glass shop will cut a new mirror and glue it back in for me.  They have all of the equipment to cut and grind the glass to the correct diameter.