32wildbilly wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 1:43 pm
gnat wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 12:48 pm
So we've had an issue with our wing mirrors for awhile were they would sometimes shake to the point of being useless and distracting. Have poked and prodded at the mirror and housing, but everything was solid. A few times when it's been in the shop I've asked them to take a look, but didn't want to go as far as disassembling unless they knew what it was. It finally got to the point where they were pretty much always shaking, so on it's latest trip to the shop I told them to just find the issue and fix it.
So they pulled the mirrors apart and couldn't figure out what the issue was, everything was solid inside with no signs of wear. Then it became obvious when they picked the mirror up to reinstall it:
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The glass was delaminating from the frame it was attached to. Probably wasn't gonna be much longer until it just fell out
So if your wing mirrors are shaking but everything feels solid, check the glass itself.
Can that be reattached or is it going to cost you an arm and leg?
Apparently there are two versions of the mirror and somehow we ended up with the cheaper version. I forget the price, but the expensive version was like $340 each.
Gluing may have worked, but I had them replaced. There are certainly glues that could do the job, but in my experience shops rarely have the correct stuff and just use an all purpose glue instead. That then fails in a few months to a year after the car has sat outside in the elements for a year.
I'm more irritated about the lug bolts that had to be replaced (every last one was turning to powder on the backs where they were against the wheel
) as he didn't say anything until after the fact and charged me almost double for them than I could have gotten them through Suncoast
The fresh set of PS2s and checking out the PSM and AWD systems is what really ran the bill up though...
