By William Turner (Wturner) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 11:09 am: Edit

My rear view mirror (one with the auto button) has a mysterious blob in the upper left(ish) corner. It still reflects, but it looks real bad, and now the whole mirror reflects double.

I don't think that it can be fixed, I was just wondering what went wrong, and has anybody else had this problem.

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 11:46 am: Edit

Chemical inside the mirror starts to leak and screw everything up. Don't let it drip onto your dash because it's caustic and will eat into it.

New mirrors of the same style (Donnelley) don't use the chemical anymore and you can buy replacements that have compasses and thermometers and all kinds of nifty crap.

By Tate (Tate) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 11:54 am: Edit

William,
If you do decide to replace it with another Donnelly, see if you can get the mirror blade-part to use your existing mount. If so, you can avoid having to pull off the mirror button and remount the new one (a large pain, and it doesn't mount in the right spot). The wiring is very easy to do. I recently replaced mine on my 98. Lemme know if you have any questions.

Tate

By William Turner (Wturner) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 12:00 pm: Edit

Does anyone have a link to Donnelly??

By Tate (Tate) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 12:09 pm: Edit

http://www.donnelly.com/shopdonnelly/default.asp

By William Turner (Wturner) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 12:27 pm: Edit

Donnelly is proud of their stuff. That is too expensive, i think I saw it at one of the typical Rover parts places for ~$100.

By Tate (Tate) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 12:35 pm: Edit

If so, see if it's the new style (blue tint) or the old style (amber tint). If it's the old style, you'll be in same situation in a few years...

By Simon E. Arenas (Simon) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 01:40 pm: Edit

mine didn't last a whole year.. i think it was about 10 or 11 months.. what a piece of crap...

like we don't have enough shit to worry about..

Simon

By ken knebusch (Charlotterover) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 02:03 pm: Edit

same prob. here!


william, if you find a substitute let us know!

By gp (Garrett) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 02:13 pm: Edit

mine went ka-pooey just over a year ago and i have yet to replace the thing. makes the passengers in the back look all funny and wierd. kinda cool. but if you are looking for a cheaper alt. check out JC Whitney. they have some for about $100 or so. just have not been motivated to fix it.

is it beer-thirty yet?

By ken knebusch (Charlotterover) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 02:25 pm: Edit

i'll check it out. thanks.

beer-thirty anytime now!

By ken knebusch (Charlotterover) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 02:46 pm: Edit

i emailed these guys for more info.

http://www.autotech.com.hk/ottomann/mirror.htm

looks like it could be a quick temp. fix or more.
i'll keep you posted.

By Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) on Friday, December 14, 2001 - 02:58 pm: Edit

You're stuck with Donnelly, they hold the patent for the mirror technology that is used in rear view mirrors.

That and the fact that there are only about three or four (maybe five) automotive mirror manufacturing companies in the world and nobody else seems to want to get into the business.

Paul
'95 Disco