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    Posted: 03-February-2006 at 06:28

I am wanting to have my wing mirrors painted, they are colour coded at the moment but I have caught one on my wall & the other one has been painted before but with a bad colour match.

I was wondering if it is possible to remove the colour coded covers from the main mirrors without removing the complete thing as I would rather have these painted without taking the car to the spray shop? I must addmit I havent looked yet but I thought while I`m here I`ll ask the question before I go in with both thumbs & brake something!!

cheers......DAT.
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Points: 40 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-February-2006 at 14:38
If yours is 635.....then as far I am aware it is the actual casing of the mirror that is painted....I have tried to dismantle one in the past to replace the black plastic surround and it was a world of pain - broke the mirror glass and was better off.  A decent painter should be able mask off the mirror body and make good reasonably cheaply.  Huw
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Points: 40 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-February-2006 at 14:40
re my last post...bad typing, should read I was no better off -  I seem to have dislexic fingers today
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Points: 1365 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-February-2006 at 07:40
Dave, have you tried Chips-Away?  They do repairs at your house or work.  Friend of mine has had both his & his wifes car tidied up. They did a very good job too by all accounts.

Think they're in Yellow Pages & on-line too.
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Points: 744 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-February-2006 at 15:29

you can remove the mirror assemblies complete, but it means taking half the door to bits, and then having to re-adjust everything.... not worth the effort IMO, unless they have to be replaced...

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Points: 39 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-February-2006 at 17:44

Cheers Andy & Brucey,

if it was just the minor damage to the n/s mirror that i am guilty of I would probably touch it up myself, but as I say the o/s has been painted a solid black instead of metalic by the previous owner so I thought I would have them both done together. The main reason for wanting to remove them was to avoid the unavoidable dust that gets everywhere when you leave your car at a spray shop!
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