Cover on Ducato left wing mirror needs replacing. I see the cover alone is available for sale on line. This implies it can be installed by bolting or clipping or whatever I guess. Can someone kindly confirm this is right? the rest of the unit is fine and working
General wing mirror
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General wing mirror
Hi. More helpful if you confirm the year and if standard van or not.
lycopersicum
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I was in your situation, bought a cover, and followed a YouTube video which instructed me to basically pop the mirror out.
When I did that it just broke in half and I had to buy the whole unit. Not sure what I did wrong.
When I did that it just broke in half and I had to buy the whole unit. Not sure what I did wrong.
I'm no help anymore.
More knowing on here, but you may get more from a motorhome site?
More knowing on here, but you may get more from a motorhome site?
Yes it can - I have done that after busting just the mirror cover on branches sticking out at the side of the road. I got a very cheap pair of covers off ebay - it isn't a very good fit so I had to use a bit of black gaffa tape to cover a gap and hold it on. No good being a perfectionist here. I could have far spent more money and time on getting it looking perfect, and then busted it again given so few councils seem to be doing their job in cutting off the tree branches sticking out into the road.
Like many things on vehicles these days, the glass is held in by plastic clips, the only way to get it out is by force and hope it doesn't break. I use a thin strip of steel bent at right angle at the end so I can just get it right behind the mirror glass and pull it out. The force is spread over a couple of centimetres to reduce risk of cracking the glass. I had to use so much force I thought it would break, but even though its thin glass its tougher than it looks because the silvering and plastic frame makes it strong. Using this method rather than a screwdriver or something putting all the force in one spot like a chisel going into a brick, I haven't broken one yet, but there is always a first time and there were times I thought it would break. Once the glass is out you can see the screws holding the cover in.
PS: I stick the strip of metal in at the side, not the top or bottom of the glass (as that is further away from the clip holding it in which is in the centre of the glass)
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