 Repairing My Modified BMW Rear View Mirror, it could have gone another 20 yr's but with this lockdown. |
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| 76-914 |
 Mar 26 2020, 08:40 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist  Group: Members Posts: 13,494 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California 
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This is one of those things that bothered me; just not very much. Took a plague to motivate me to do this. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) So the BMW mirror is an improvement especially if you like to see out the entire rear glass. I like mine but the pin that fit in the drivers side visor would come loose when I moved the visor and usually at a bad time. The psg side was fine and never come loose so maybe no one else has had this problem? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I drilled out the other plastic pin and opened the hole enough to true it. Then I turned down a piece of aluminum, centered it, drilled/countersunk for rivet, set rivet. The visors won't fall off again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif)
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Mar 26 2020, 08:41 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,494 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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Mar 26 2020, 08:42 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,494 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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Mar 26 2020, 08:43 PM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,494 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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Mar 26 2020, 08:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,544 Joined: 8-August 10 From: Claremont, CA Member No.: 12,023 Region Association: Southern California
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Very nice, thank you for sharing! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Another project! First need to find a mirror... |
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Mar 26 2020, 08:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 787 Joined: 16-October 15 From: Riverside Member No.: 19,266 Region Association: Southern California |
I have a BMW mirror to modify and I like how you did this.
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| SO.O.C914er |
Mar 26 2020, 09:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,236 Joined: 18-July 16 From: Mission Viejo Ca Member No.: 20,199 Region Association: Southern California |
I’m looking to get one of those. What year and model BMW is that off of.....thanks Paul
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Mar 27 2020, 06:39 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,437 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Mirror off a 1600/1800/2002 IIRC.
I have one in my 914 and it great, but you do need to modify the pins or they pull out. Zach |
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| SO.O.C914er |
Mar 27 2020, 08:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,236 Joined: 18-July 16 From: Mission Viejo Ca Member No.: 20,199 Region Association: Southern California |
Thanks for that information Zach now I can search one out at pick-a-part. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) cheers
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| 914forme |
Apr 14 2020, 05:37 PM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None
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Nice write up thanks Kent, @76-914
And I spy a tool I do not have, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Them things are expensive, you know it can be TIG welded right (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| gereed75 |
Apr 14 2020, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,241 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 15,674 Region Association: North East States
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So Kent, are you an airplane builder? Or do you just happen to have a hand rivet squeezer?
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| 914forme |
Apr 14 2020, 07:08 PM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None
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I can answer that before Kent, yes he built a plane. I know right, a man of many talents.
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