Sticking Rear View Mirror to the Windscreen

[JohnC]

Does anyone have a recommendation on how to glue a standard 924 rv mirror back on to the windscreen ?

There is a cirlce of roughened glass where the mirror used to stick till someone kindly knock it off.

My local body repairer has tried to stick on with a double sided self adhesive pad - but the mirror shakes so much as to be unusable. Any one recommend an adhesive or someone who can do the job ?

(I'm trying to track down a friendly windscreen replacer to see what they use - haven't found one yet)

John C

 

[Guest]

Does the double sided tape detach from the mirror or the glass?
Make sure everything is really clean (use some isopropyl alcohol (if you can get hold of it) or possibly meths.
If this fails then the glue to use will be superglue, but make sure everything is really dry first.

 

[Elliot Davies]

Its been said before on another P car forum that a good glue to use is the acrylic stuff that you find at the professional nail salon for glueing on the false nails []

I dont have any spare or id send you some [][]

 

[Guest]

Halfords sell a glue designed to stick rear-view mirrors to glass - would that be any good ?

 

[Guest]

Got this from my local motor parts shop £2-45 and my mirror is still attatched after adjusting it several times.
Halfords also sell a Loctite version in their stores.

Good Luck Bob

 

[usermjg]

ive always found that if you are going to re-apply your mirror using the doulble sided sticky fixers from halfords or the like the surfaces must be clean and really warm, using a hair dryer i found best for the job, this helps the glue to adhere i guess

Marc

 

[937carrera]

The Loctite version does the job very well, have done this on a couple of different cars now.

I bought it from my regular & very good independant car spares shop. £1.49..............Halfords are really taking the p!55 when they sell at £3 or more.

Make sure the screen is completely clean - use a touch of brake cleaner if you can, to clean the screen and use a file to get the button clean of all the previous attempts to fix it and resin impregnated mesh.

 

[Mikie_gb]

I have used the glue from Halfords twice and it seemed to hold well until bashed by the kids again. Be warned tho that applying exessive pressure to the inside of a windscreen for what ever reason will crack it. This happened on my Audi 500SE when trying to reinstate the press fit ball joint into the holder attached to the screen. Luckily the porsche 944 system slides on, just don't glue the tab on upside down....

And the kids are only allowed in the car now with chinese finger cuffs firmly in place (more to do with aerating the leather work with a pen than wacking the mirror off with their heads on four occasions.