Re-gluing rear view mirror, '01 A4
07-07-2010, 10:10 PM
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Re-gluing rear view mirror, '01 A4
If you ever find yourself in this odd situation. Yesterday my rear view mirror fell off. Instead of the metal disk, which is glued to the glass and to which the mirror attaches, separating from the glass, glass was fused to the metal disk, so a disk of glass, about half the thickness of the windshield, separated with the metal disk. The outside of the windshield was unaffected. I think the disk is supposed to turn 90 degrees to come out of the mirror? In any case, the disk was covered with glass and I could not get the disk to turn or otherwise release. The glass on the disk fit well into the area of the windshield it tore from, but how to re-attach it with the whole mirror, holding it in place long enough for glue or cement to set? A plastic storage container with sofa pillows worked to hold the mirror tightly up against the windshield. I used epoxy and let it set overnight. It's made it through about 75 miles of driving so far, and the windshield looks solid.
12-02-2010, 12:05 AM
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Re: Re-gluing rear view mirror, '01 A4
I have an 2005 A4 - Can the rear view mirror be removed? How? I would like to install a new one with auto dim and compass, etc. Can this be a do-it-yourself project?
Thanks! Any help appreciated!
Loo
Thanks! Any help appreciated!
Loo
12-02-2010, 12:26 AM
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Re: Re-gluing rear view mirror, '01 A4
This happened to me on Vancouver - Nanaimo Ferry. The ferry was an old junker and it was shaking bad all the way through the voyage. My mirror fell off and I was regluing this in front of the Napa store in Nanaimo, BC. I wish I knew the trick with the pillows since I was holding this in my hand with my legs on the rear window and my head under the steering wheel so I could have my hand straight holding the mirror. It took me 1 hour to do it but my hands were shaking whole day after.
The secret to the job is - to scrape the brown substance from the windshield and the mirror itself completely before gluing.
The secret to the job is - to scrape the brown substance from the windshield and the mirror itself completely before gluing.
Last edited by adamstasiak; 12-02-2010 at 12:28 AM.
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