Corroding wing mirror on an Arnage
Discussion
Have exactly the same issue at present on a 2000 car, looked everywhere, breakers will only sell me a pair for £1500 then I have to get them sprayed!!
It looks like it is caused by the heating element behind the mirror, It will fail the MOT on it next time.
If you find a fix please let me know
It looks like it is caused by the heating element behind the mirror, It will fail the MOT on it next time.
If you find a fix please let me know
Birkin1932 said:
Have exactly the same issue at present on a 2000 car, looked everywhere, breakers will only sell me a pair for £1500 then I have to get them sprayed!!
It looks like it is caused by the heating element behind the mirror, It will fail the MOT on it next time.
If you find a fix please let me know
I think you'll find that they are an Audi (possibly A8) unit, so you could try matching one.It looks like it is caused by the heating element behind the mirror, It will fail the MOT on it next time.
If you find a fix please let me know
Big Al. said:
My background = 6 years in the automotive mirror industry as a quality manager.
Questions
Are you saying that the silver on the glass is corroding? (pic would be helpful)
Is the corrosion behind the glass surface i.e can you touch the corrosion?
Whats happening is a colour change running up the mirror, right across, so the mirror is two different colours, smoky and normal, it definately looks like a problem with heat, no flakiness or corrosion, but it makes the mirror very difficult to look through and therefore dangerousQuestions
Are you saying that the silver on the glass is corroding? (pic would be helpful)
Is the corrosion behind the glass surface i.e can you touch the corrosion?
Edited by Birkin1932 on Wednesday 7th November 10:47
Birkin1932 said:
Whats happening is a colour change running up the mirror, right across, so the mirror is two different colours, smoky and normal, it definately looks like a problem with heat, no flakiness or corrosion, but it makes the mirror very difficult to look through and therefore dangerous
Thanks for that.....Edited by Birkin1932 on Wednesday 7th November 10:47
Questions again if I may, as I'm trying to find what "metal" the glass the mirror is coated with and what side of the mirror the coating is on.
To check this hold a ballpoint gentle on the suface of the glass, can you see a gap between the ballpont odn the reflective surface? for example if you hold a ball point against you bathroom mirror you will see a small gap as you cannot touch the coating because it is on the reverse/back of the glass.
Also whether the glass is flat, curved (convex) or aspheric (blind spot).
So to check for flatness, will a small straight edge rock on the mirror surface? if no it's flat glass
if yes it's convex, if it's convex does it have a vertical curved line about 80% of the way across the mirror? it may have text on the mirror i.e Objects may appear etc.
It may sound a lot of faffing about but it will enable to to get the right mirror cut for you car, if you can't buy one off the shelf.
I happen to know a professional automotive mirror cutter, that can cut most mirrors for most cars from stock.
No panic, from what you have described it sounds as though you have aspheric (blind spot) mirror.
It would be very unusual if they were manufactured from anything other than second surface (back of the glass) chrome.
I'll have a chat to my mate during the week to see if he has any existing templates for the Arnage/comparable makes.
Not too sure about your question about posting your pic from and Ipad.
It would be very unusual if they were manufactured from anything other than second surface (back of the glass) chrome.
I'll have a chat to my mate during the week to see if he has any existing templates for the Arnage/comparable makes.
Not too sure about your question about posting your pic from and Ipad.
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