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Dec 15th, 2012, 16:33 | #1 |
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Cold weather and wing mirror glass
Just a word of warning for a slightly bizarre fault I got with the cold weather...
I'd flipped in my wing mirror. As I flipped it out again in the freezing cold, the glass fell out! Probably a combination of age, heated mirrors and the cold weather.
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Dec 15th, 2012, 18:13 | #2 |
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mirror glass
Happend to me in summer,I'd just jumped in the car looked into the passengers mirror to pull away and all i saw was the road!!luckily it fell forward and jammed so used double sided number plate tape to stick it back and has worked a treat. I checked the other one while I was at it and it came away in my fingers!! so that got the same treatment.......that was summer 2010 by the way.
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Dec 15th, 2012, 20:06 | #3 |
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Alas mine fell on the floor at the junction where I was stopped.
Had the guy next to me confused about what caused the sound of smashing glass. Dunno if he could hear my swearing too.
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Dec 16th, 2012, 12:59 | #4 |
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Same happened to me 6 months ago. Bought double-sided trim tape (designed to hold items onto outsides of cars) from eBay, stuck mirror back on, no problems since
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Dec 16th, 2012, 13:28 | #5 |
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I used some double sided strong foam tape from Poundland to stick on a numberplate to my trailer....its not going anywhere lol still got loads left and only cost £1
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Dec 19th, 2012, 10:33 | #6 |
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Both of mine went in the hot weather too - gues sit softens the glue a bit over time. Both mine went within 1hr of each other - thought someone had been messing with them.
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