I bought some power mirrors off of an '87 and both mirrors have that
discoloration on the edges.

The mechanic who sold them to me said that it happens because of leaving the
heating element on in the mirrors over extended periods...The heat causes
the adhesive on the back of the mirrors to bleed into the front part.

I realize that this in no way helps fix it, but it sounds plausible as the
cause of the discoloration!

Joe T.
Denver
'85 Wolfsburg Westfalia Subie 2.2

>From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Mirror glass for fiberglass mirrors
>Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 04:11:10 -0500
>
>I have the heated mirrors. I wonder how the overlay replacements would
>work in that case.
>
>John Rodgers
>88 GL Driver
>
>robertmstewart wrote:
>>Recently I had 2 replacement mirrors made for power mirrors. My existing
>>ones had this weird discoloring going on where the edges of the mirror
>>were
>>so I went to custom glass shop, provided them with a tracing of my mirror
>>and they cut it to size.
>>
>>When I got them back in 1 hr they looked great, they were not wide angled
>>(none of the "objects may be closer than they appear mirror glass"), they
>>provided me with several adhesive circles to apply the mirror over the
>>existing mirror and it worked great. It was far clearer to the eye and
>>works
>>well. Little bit tricky getting aligned though. Total cost $40.00
>>
>>
>>--
>>Rob
>>NYC/Long Beach, NY
>>88 Wolfsburg, Silver
>>
>>
>>on 5/2/06 2:44 PM, River Clan at ri@RIVERCLAN.ORG wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Is the $78 option for mirror glass from bus depot the only way to go?
>>>Can one just go to a glass company and have one cut to fit?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Ri
>>>
>>
>>
>>

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