10 replies to this topic

[beardylondon]

I'd like to swap my non dipping rearview mirror for a dipping one.

 

1990 cars have the screw on type, I've seen a new old stock mirror, part no: CTB10002, is it easy to pop the ball bit out the socket and swap it over?  Is there cir clip holding it in, as I can't seem to find anything online and I'm not by the car at the moment.

 

Many thanks.

[Johnmar]

In our car ('93) I just pressed/tilted the mirror while keeping the base stil. The mirror came of from the ball. There was no circlip.

Reinstalled it in the reversed way.
93 is al so a bolt on mirror base. So I guess your mirror would be the same.

Edited by Johnmar, 12 December 2020 - 07:51 PM.

[beardylondon]

many thanks!

[cal844]

My 1993 car has a Pre 1990 mirror with the 3 short machine screws into the window frame. You can just pop the mirror off the ball part of the mount though

[beardylondon]

The new mirror came, trying to pop the ball end out of the old mirror and the metal snapped like butter, very brittle!

Very annoying!

[Quinlan minor]

Annoying, but not all is lost!

You ought to be able to drill a pilot hole in the ball and pull it out with a self-tapper, the bigger the better.

[beardylondon]

Thanks, but I don’t need that mirror, I do need the a complete stem to push into the old mirror.

Am investigating fixing that or fabricating a new one

[GraemeC]

That's just unlucky!

I think I'd be looking for another like that on ebay and then cutting it up to release the stem.

[beardylondon]

Thanks Graeme.

 

I messaged one eBay, to see if they can remove the stem from the mirror successfully, they haven't come back yet.

 

If I can't get the ball out to measure it, anyone know what size it should be?

Edited by beardylondon, 22 December 2020 - 10:45 AM.

[beardylondon]

Someone on eBay has sold me just the stem. And I got them to remove it from the mirror before sending it, to check it wouldn’t break on removal, job done!

Edited by beardylondon, 23 December 2020 - 05:20 PM.

[GraemeC]

Result - I was going to look tomorrow to see if I had one spare