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 re: chris' heated mirrors
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JB
Mr Quoter-vator

Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 7405

Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:54 pm

i noticed in your report about gettin the heated mirror working again....

how well does everyones work....i find mine are pretty shit to be honest....they hardly do anything....if they are misty/foggy like dew...then they take ages to clear...and i think they clear more due to the car movement/air etc rather than the heater element...i just get the edge around the mirror slowly clearing away...but not worth it in my opinion
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:57 pm

yours aren't working right. Mine is a bit cack but the meganes and the lagunas are great as were my old hatches.

Couple of seconds and they were all clear
JB
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:58 pm

anything i can do that doesnt involve much effort as i am a very lazy man. else ill just leave em.
Chris H
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:00 pm

leave em.
JB
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:01 pm

good answer.....this really wasnt worth the post was it
schakal
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Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 5717

Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 3:47 pm

squeeze a lemon and apply the juice on the mirrors ,this is agood solution for the insides of the windscreen as well .
no i am not joking try it .
SpeedFreak
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Joined: 07 Sep 2004
Posts: 328

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 9:27 pm

you could always just drink some lemon juice let it digest for a day then pee on them????

At least then youd be original in your application.

Laughing
schakal
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:29 am

SpeedFreak wrote:
you could always just drink some lemon juice let it digest for a day then pee on them????

At least then youd be original in your application.

Laughing


i hope you are not using the same method changing your oil,water and spark plugs. you might be fine drinking antifreeze and oil up to some extent but surely the spark plugs will hurt trying to get them out my jolly spammer man Wink
Neal
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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 7432

Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:31 am

i dont think you would be fine drinking antifreeze
huwwatkins
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:32 am

Never realised I has heated mirrors till the other day, drivers side doesnt work, but the passenger one gets nice and warm. Cant get te glass out to investigate.
schakal
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:34 am

all you go to do is to pull it out ,the best way i know is sticking some strong tape on it evenly and pull out that way .
huwwatkins
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:31 am

I tried prising it out....cracked me glass Sad
schakal
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:38 am

thats why i was telling you use strong tape in that way the force would be applied evenly .never mind .the sell those mirrors in motor shops for a couple quid.
huwwatkins
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:43 pm

Yes, but i'd already broken it before I read your post, so you telling me wasn't much help at that point Laughing
schakal
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:49 pm

to be honest with you i broke my drivers side mirror the same way before having the experience ,but then i found out those 2 electric motors were knackard and i would not be able to adjust the mirror at all. so i bought a mirror from factors and stuck it there using silicone,its a non adjustable mirror at the moment but does the job.
i will need the whole drivers side mirror assembly at some point.
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