Mirror heater elements

111 · Feb 27th, 2008, 20:40

Has anyone tried to remove the heater element from another mirror of the approx same size or a bit smaller & stick it onto their volvo mirror. I ask this as both my mirror elements are shot & I dont fancy paying £80 or whatever it is to volvo for something that has never broken on any other car I've had, I managed to get the glass out of the holder to try to repair the element but it is covered by plastic & stuck onto the back of the glass hence almost impossible, So I got to wondering if I bought a heated mirror of ebay for a recent mondeo etc, heated it up with a hairdryer or similar to make removing the sticky element easier then re-stick it over the back of the volvo mirror, The pad may not be quite as big but that wouldn't really matter. Or are there replacement elements out there, I did a search on Google but only got one's for bathroom mirrors, Mabey I should fit one of those mirrors instead, then I could have a shave on the way to work

. By the way it's an S60 but I would have thought it would apply to any model with heated mirrors.

The Mad Taff · Feb 28th, 2008, 12:37

Should be easy enough to get one off e-bay of from a scrappy's, cheaper than from a main stealers. I had similar problem with my S40, dealer wanted £35+vat just for mirror glass, got a whole wing mirror for £35 from an independant volvo scrappy.

Feb 27th, 2008, 20:40	#1
111 Darkest Stockton-on-Tees Last Online: Jan 17th, 2024 08:06 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stockton-on-Tees	Mirror heater elements Has anyone tried to remove the heater element from another mirror of the approx same size or a bit smaller & stick it onto their volvo mirror. I ask this as both my mirror elements are shot & I dont fancy paying £80 or whatever it is to volvo for something that has never broken on any other car I've had, I managed to get the glass out of the holder to try to repair the element but it is covered by plastic & stuck onto the back of the glass hence almost impossible, So I got to wondering if I bought a heated mirror of ebay for a recent mondeo etc, heated it up with a hairdryer or similar to make removing the sticky element easier then re-stick it over the back of the volvo mirror, The pad may not be quite as big but that wouldn't really matter. Or are there replacement elements out there, I did a search on Google but only got one's for bathroom mirrors, Mabey I should fit one of those mirrors instead, then I could have a shave on the way to work . By the way it's an S60 but I would have thought it would apply to any model with heated mirrors.

Feb 28th, 2008, 12:37	#2
The Mad Taff VOC Member Last Online: Feb 10th, 2015 09:48 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bishops Waltham	Should be easy enough to get one off e-bay of from a scrappy's, cheaper than from a main stealers. I had similar problem with my S40, dealer wanted £35+vat just for mirror glass, got a whole wing mirror for £35 from an independant volvo scrappy.

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