shaving mirror caps

HackMcMaster

HackMcMaster

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Just got my puddle lamp mirrors yesterday. I'd like to shave the mirror caps since I'm going to paint them. I was going to fiberglass and bondo it but I'm worried it's not going to bond well to the plastic
 
Why not just buy wt model mirror housings and swap them on since they have no caps. IIRC the puddle lamps are in the base, correct? So if you find wt housings you should be able to swap all the guts over.
 
Oh right, forgot about that. I'm sure you could use my method with non power fold mirrz. Ah well, worth a shot.

But I'm sure glassing and bondo would hold up. Maybe not here in the winter, but out there I'd imagine you would be fine.
 
Or glass/bondo over mirror caps to fill in the seam maybe? That might be a better option so you don't have the whole thing loaded with bondo.
 
^^ This. Leave said caps on, use plastic epoxy weld(or whatever the fuck it's called) to fill gaps around outside of mirror cap, sand smooth then paint. :shrug:

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This shit.

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Well corny had issues iirc with hid dash when he tried to glass it for iPad iirc, and I don't want to fill the seem because the cap sits taller. Covering the whole thing with epoxy as opposed to bondo might work well though, would use clay to fill the holes and just epoxy over it. Only concern then would be if the heating cooling cycles would cause it to crack.
3m shit looks like it would work good
 
I'm not a fan of the whole mirror painted. It looks kinda cheap to me. Just have the caps painted IMO.
 
I wanted to do this a while back. But not to smooth the cap but to instead make the mirror where it never folded and looked better. But decided against it because someone would hit it or try to fold and break it.

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Cyanoacrylate (super glue) might work. Back when I used to work in a car audio shop, they used to use super glue and chunks of ABS plastic to mold custom dash parts. When it fully cures it sands down well. But that was on the interior, I have no idea how it would stand up to the weather.
Another idea might be to use PVC pipe cement?? Just be sure to get the one that says it works on ABS pipes, because I'm pretty sure the mirrors are ABS plastic.
 
This is just a thought with no info to back it up, but what if you used adhesion promoter before you glass it and fill it, like you would before you paint it. Maybe make the glass/bondo adhere better? Want to know how this turns out always wanted to do it.


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