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Jack
22-01-08, 08:37 PM
...how the funk do you remove the glass without trashing it?

As I now have glass all over my carpet lol
Alex.
22-01-08, 08:38 PM
:(
mikey14sr
22-01-08, 08:40 PM
1 inch wide strips of flat steel bar?, you need to spread the force on the back of the glass out as much as possible.
sport
22-01-08, 11:38 PM
...how the funk do you remove the glass without trashing it?

As I now have glass all over my carpet lol


Thats 7 years bad luck if i remember right.
craig green
23-01-08, 09:59 AM
Pop the glass backing plate (plastic) out of the ball joint it swivels in. Then peel the backing away from the glass.
craig green
23-01-08, 10:00 AM
Oh & there is a steel ring around the ball joint keeping it in tightly. Remove that 1st.
mikey14sr
23-01-08, 01:34 PM
It's easier if you take the cover off the mirror too (should just prise off).
Jack
23-01-08, 02:09 PM
I could see the ring around the ball joint, but damaged the mirror whilst trying to get to it.

The cav mirror I've got has a complete rigid plastic backing behind the entire mirror, where as the nova one just had a small bit in the centre of the mirror that had the ball on it, no backing for the rest of the reflector. Is that right?
mikey14sr
23-01-08, 02:17 PM
On mk3 cav mirrors that cover is removable, tricky to do but it will come off.
Haven't a clue if it's mk2 cav though.
Stoo
23-01-08, 02:25 PM
pwned by a piece o glass

unlucky bud

i removed the glass of my mirror by parking my car as far over to the left as i could on the hard shoulder, with my left wheels on the grass, then a french lorry driver kindly took the mirror off for me and drove off into the night

i shat myself!