Anyone tried changing the glass in a original round wing mirror, is it possible without knackering the case and how do you do it?

Cheers

Rick

not done a round one, did a centre oval one. gently prized the edge up. did not have to go all the way round ,as you can slide the glass out one end. used a thin 2mm thick kitchen mirror, glass cutter to rough size. then finish off the final shape with a belt sander, a bit at a time. the glass will get too hot and splinter if you go to quick. once it is the correct shape slide back in and gently rub the lip back over with a flat blade screwdriver, a bit at a time, as it is aluminium you can smooth it round nicely.

I've done it. Think it was 2mm glass that I used. The local glass shop cut it for me.

The original gasket in the mirror wouldn't fit afterward, but I just folded it up and stuck it in the void behind the mirror.

You won't get a perfect result, but it's good enough. I warmed the mirror with a chef's blow torch (it's the only one we had) and wrapped the end of a screwdriver in masking tape and ran it round and round and round the lip to raise it a little, then used a plastic chop stick to raise it the rest of the way until I could get the new glass in. Kept using the blow torch to warm the metal and keep it supple.

Did the reverse to press the lip back down to fit it.

I pushed a few dents out at the same time, with a piece of wood wraped in masking tape. Just heated the mirror bucket, laid it on a folded tea towel, and rubbed the dents in toward their middle. Worked OK.

I'll try to post some pics of the results tonight.

Cheers guys

I'll have a bash at it later tonight

Rick

This is how mine ended up...





Thought I had some pictures of the process, but I can't find them.