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Jamie-C
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27th Oct 12 at 21:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hit a bump tonight and my mirror fell off

Anyone stuck one back on before? Any idea what the best epoxy resin is to use, don't want it falling off again , or is it best to get a windscreen man out?
andy_mk3
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27th Oct 12 at 21:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I used araldite 30 second stuff when I fitted a bmw self-dimming mirror, it's there for life now
Jamie-C
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27th Oct 12 at 21:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That good then? Had a look on ebay and there's loads of different ones.
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27th Oct 12 at 21:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah, I bought some 'proper' glass glue, it was utterly useless tho. A week after gluing it on, I went to fit the mirror (twist fit on metal base) and it came straight off. The glue was for metal to glass!

This stuff
Jamie-C
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27th Oct 12 at 21:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've heard off loads of people glueing them on and not succeeding so I was just going to get one of them ones with a sucker

With give that stuff a bash though. Cheers
Ian
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27th Oct 12 at 21:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Be careful, its surprisingly easy to break the windscreen faffing about with the mirror.
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27th Oct 12 at 21:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
Hit a bump tonight and my mirror fell off

Anyone stuck one back on before? Any idea what the best epoxy resin is to use, don't want it falling off again , or is it best to get a windscreen man out?


RAC ??
Jamie-C
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27th Oct 12 at 21:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yea I'll put the bracket into the mirror first then glue the whole lot on at once so I'm not putting any big amount of pressure on the windscreen.

I might just pay a window man to do it
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28th Oct 12 at 05:47   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
go into your local windscreen company they will either do it for you or give you a double sided sticky pad for the job. as said its easy to break the screen!
Jamie-C
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28th Oct 12 at 18:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
From what I've been told a sticky pad will only last so long
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28th Oct 12 at 18:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sticky pads are only for fords that stick directly to the window. Wont be any use sticking a mirror boss on with them.
GTM
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28th Oct 12 at 19:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Knocked the one off in my corsa shagging haha. Tried several sticky pads it always still fell off. Took the glue away got the screen really clean and used super glue and it still snapped off!
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28th Oct 12 at 19:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Loctite 319
Jamie-C
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28th Oct 12 at 19:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Already ordered some of that Araldite instant, hopefully that works, if not I'll just get one with a sucker
AndyCorsaSport
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28th Oct 12 at 19:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I stuck mine back on in the puma with cheepo double sided tape back in July and its still on.
big eck
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28th Oct 12 at 19:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just pop into your local windscreen place and they'll put it back on for you for nothing.
andy_mk3
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28th Oct 12 at 20:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Be careful, its surprisingly easy to break the windscreen faffing about with the mirror.


Been there, done that got the.... broken windscreen

Y869 SRA
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28th Oct 12 at 20:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine fell off in the Corsa but was years ago so haven't a clue was was used to stick it back on.
shaned12345
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29th Oct 12 at 18:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Last time i tried this i broke my brand new windscreen on the 3rd attempt with different glues :/
shaned12345
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And that araldite is useless
Jamie-C
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29th Oct 12 at 19:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cost me £10 for a small tube of araldite so it better fucking work!
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29th Oct 12 at 20:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can't you just use mitrebond?

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big eck
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29th Oct 12 at 20:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why didn't you just go to the local windscreen place and ask them to do it???

They probably would have done it for free.
Jamie-C
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29th Oct 12 at 21:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I do everything myself, don't like paying people to do things for me when I know I'm more than capable of sticking a mirror to a window
big eck
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29th Oct 12 at 21:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Who said about paying someone??? They would do it for free and properly the first time round

Andy above shows how easy it is to break.

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