Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: Jordan on May 12, 2012, 21:15:38
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I did a search but could not find an answer to my question(s). Are the passenger side mirrors removable from the sunvisor and if so are there replacements? My visors are in excellent shape but the mirror is badly faded and has brown spots all over it that do not come off. I think the mirror finish is tarnished.
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I really don't think the mirror will come out/off. Thr mirror is attached to sunvisor by a heat process. By the way, the new MB replacement sunvisor does not come with mirror.
Bob
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Thanks Robert, I suspected as much :( but thought there was a chance that someone might have replaced one at some time in the past. I guess humans aren't the only ones to get age spots.
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Jordan,
you could by some mirror foil with an adhesive back, cut it out and stick it over the the old one.
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Alfred
To do so wouldn't he have to remove the mirror?
Gus
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Would it not be possible to have a mirror cut to the size of the hole in the material and then glue it over the top of the existing mirror?
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..... To do so wouldn't he have to remove the mirror? ....
Why? As long as the mirrored/silvered foil/film is opaque and not translucent it should not matter what is behind. The idea is not different from Eric's except that it should be easier to cut and trim a foil to the correct size than a solid mirror glass.
These foils come in many different materials and sizes. Here is an add for a mirror for the back side of an iPhone (although this one is too translucent since the Apple logo still comes through) :
http://www.strapya-world.com/products/39016.html
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Thanks all for your comments. I like your idea Alfred as it will not raise the mirror surface noticeably. I imagine art supply stores might carry this kind of stuff so I will go in search. Easy enough to make a template from paper first and then cut it out of the mirrored foil.
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Years ago, when I changed the old cracked vinyl interior for a new leather interior, I used some extra leather from the hide to make new sun visors because the foam inside mine had turned to dust, the vinyl was cracked and torn and the mirror was tarnished. At that time, I also made a leather pocket for a new mirror of the same size as the original and sewed it into the visor. The final seam of the visor was at the top edge and was closed (very carefully) with superglue by folding the two edges inside and applying a very small amount of superglue a drop at a time in the joint and pinching it together until it dried. Superglue works as well on leather as it works on fingers. I now have leather sunvisors with new foam and a new mirror that match the dark blue leather interior. So much for originality.
Tom Kizer