Heh. My brown mirror disintegrated two weeks ago. I have been tempted by
your path. I've been testing this as a replacement. I have it mounted about
10" above the dash. So far so good.

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On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 12:34 PM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote:

> I have found
> https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-7775830-Stops-12-Ounce-Leather/dp/B0009XB30O?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1
> Rust-Oleum
> <https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-7775830-Stops-12-Ounce-Leather/dp/B0009XB30O?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1Rust-Oleum>
> Leather Brown Spray Paint to be a pretty good match!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Eric Caron
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 3:12 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Rear view mirror success almost.
>
> Sometime being blind is a pain in the butt.
>
> I had some mirror bits and wanted to to try to create a healthy brown rear
> view mirror.
>
> I took a stem and froze it to make the ball smaller.  I took a brown
> mirror with no stem and warmed it in the house over night.  I put a bit of
> WD 40 on the ball and with a little effort popped it in.  Once the temps
> equalized it worked perfectly.
>
> I proudly presented my mirror to my wife, who said, nice work, only it’s
> black!
>
> Ugh.
>
> So, between a worn out damaged brown one and my working nice black one, I
> sadly install the black one.
>
> And, I am still a bit proud that I was able to repair the interior mirror
> even if I did get the color’s wrong.
>
> Still on a quest for a brown one.
>
> Eric Caron,
> 84 looking a bit nicer lately even with the black rear view mirror.
>