Hi, have set of classic mirrors that I want to disassemble prior to colour coding, but there seems no obvious way to remove the mirror glass.

Have used the search and found references to it not being obvious, but that it can be done, bit not the answer as to how.

So anyone able to help and tell me how tyo get the glass out and in one piece.

Thanks in advance.

 

Boiling water.
Its the only way withou breaking them. I'm serious.

 

OK, please elaborate. Presumably the glass comes out of the black surround and it is that that needs heating up to release it, yes?

 

Why do you want to remove the glass? Why not mask off the glass instead?

I masked mine off before respraying and it worked a charm.

 

Yes.

Its a combination of a stick pad, and the edge of the black plastic holding the glass in.
Pour the hot water directly over the glass, this heats up the black plastic, then you should be able to wedge something like a credit card, gently between the glass and black plastic, and thats it.
Then there is a bout 3 screws holding the plastic on.

 

Cheers, that's a big help.

@simog - they are currently blue and I am painting them red, the blue wraps round down the side of the glass and hence I want the whole mirror red even if you are unlikely to see it.... yes I am like that LOL!

 

Oh ok! I didn't pay as much attention to detail as I was just covering with the same colour, but I can see why you want to now.

Hope it goes well.

 

Thanks

 

Update us on how the boiling water works mate, i got to get mine out to try and sort out a doggy electric one

 

When I've had this done before by a dealer and another bodyshop, they just break the glass and reglue in new, they don't cost much.

 

OK forget boiling water, this was way easier than I expected.

Heated up the plastic round the mirror with a hairdryer and on the long edge at the top slid an old credit card in between the glass and the plastic surround. Carried on heating it and moved the card around until half the mirror was out of the surround. Slid the card behind the mirror and levered the glass from one of the two sticky pads and was then able to easily pull it out with no damage to glass or plastic surround.

Stripped rest of mirrors including removing pins from coinnector block (noting orientation first of course). Now have mirrors in pieces with the mount and mirror body ready for spraying.

Will post again when I reassemble - maybe that is where I will come unstuck

 

Will have to try this soon, my electric mirror thinks its a birds wing and flaps all over the place lol

 

Pah, real men don't have a hairdryer
At least you got it sorted

 

i tryed the boiling water today it worked a treat

 

LOL, the biggest joke is I haven't got much hair left so what am I doing with a hairdryer