Inside rear view mirror

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:45 pm

This may be something that is common knowledge to long time Spider owners, but I just found it out and thought I would pass it along. My inside rear view mirror was very cloudy so I bought an after market one. In the process of taking the old one off something snapped inside the head and it got loose. While I was waiting for the glue to dry on the mounting pad on the windshield I got curious about what came loose inside the old one. In taking it apart I found that it has a snap on trim piece on the front, took it off and lo and behold it has a glass face over the mirror itself. No wonder I couldn't clean it! The cloudiness was just gunk that had gotten under the glass cover. I cleaned the mirror, fixed what had snapped (the day-night mechanism) and put it back together. I was stoked! I'd rather have a stock unit after all. The mirror head comes apart btw without taking the whole thing off the windshield frame. My car is an '82 2000, don't know if other models are the same mirror.

KillerB · Post by **KillerB** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:37 am

Cool, I never knew. I'll have to take mine apart tomorrow.

It's cloudy as well, I put one of those clip on panoramic mirrors to make up for not having any side view mirrors. But it took up too much of an already small wind screen.

natesky · Post by **natesky** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 1:47 am

As I'm sure most are aware, IAP and the other vendors do sell 'refresh' kits that include the mirror and transparent plastic cover.

When I got my Spider I simply took it apart and cleaned it as you did. Far better now. However it does rattle (maybe indication that my motor isn't running smoothly enough?), anyone inject foam or anything into the chassis (from the back) to quiet it?

-Nathan

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:28 am

Is the front part of your mirror plastic or metal? I need to clean or replace the glass on mine but didn't want to bend it. The new mirrors don't mount the same way as the original.

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:57 am

The front piece on my mirror is plastic. It has 2 tabs each on top and bottom that snap into slots on the main body. It flexes very easily by pulling down on the bottom to clear the slots. KillerB: that's another reason I wanted to stay with the stock mirror, the after market one was really to big for my taste.

ga.spyder · Post by **ga.spyder** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:18 pm

It works. After reading your post I headed for the garage ,and dug out my spare mirror. I had no idea they came apart! It cleaned up relly nice. I had already bought an original off ebay ,so now I have 2 good ones. Craig