Hi Eric if you are patient, I have a brown rear view mirror to send along to you but not likely for another 2 or 3 months. It will be either from an 85 or 86 Westy. Bruce.
On Thursday, March 28, 2024, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > Sometime being blind is a pain in the butt. > > I had some mirror bits and wanted to to try to create a healthy brown rear > view mirror. > > I took a stem and froze it to make the ball smaller. I took a brown > mirror with no stem and warmed it in the house over night. I put a bit of > WD 40 on the ball and with a little effort popped it in. Once the temps > equalized it worked perfectly. > > I proudly presented my mirror to my wife, who said, nice work, only it’s > black! > > Ugh. > > So, between a worn out damaged brown one and my working nice black one, I > sadly install the black one. > > And, I am still a bit proud that I was able to repair the interior mirror > even if I did get the color’s wrong. > > Still on a quest for a brown one. > > Eric Caron, > 84 looking a bit nicer lately even with the black rear view mirror. > |
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