Red paint peeling
I looked for a picture, but they're all from when I bought the wee car, over 6 years ago now, and the rot hadn't started... anyway, the paint is fading and peeling badly on the wing mirrors and the door handles, and I'm wondering about having a go myself. So two questions:
1. Is it easy to remove the coloured covers from the mirrors without breaking them? I know some things like this become very brittle with age...
2. Do the door handles and surrounds come out, or are they an intrinsic part of the doors?
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I don’t recall any great problem with the handles; as always follow the manual & be methodical. Ensure you have the correct tools before you start, I seem to recall needing a 10mm socket (1/4”drive) on a long extension.
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To remove the painted part you will need to remove the entire mirror assembly.
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There was no intention to mislead, I can’t recall which rear view mirror I was thinking about. I was in both left & right mirrors comparatively recently to attend to a wiring mod & now In light of this & with further consideration it must have been the glass I removed
Having looked at the pictures supplied by David, it is obvious how wrong I was.
Again I apologise.
Maybe I should observe whilst away & I’m not in a position to wander out to look at the car.
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On the positive side your comment made me look at my old 'how to' to confirm my memory, and realise the photos had vanished.
luckily, being a bit of a packrat, I had kept the nightfire red mirror ( never know when that will come in handy!), so I was able to make new 'how to' pics to complete the old 'how to'.
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It’s to be hoped that no one has shot out to the car & made a shit show on the back of my poor memory.
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If you had a left bugger you would have the set!I have, in the past, been critical of the purveyors of duff information & to find I’m involved in the same caper is a right bugger.
It’s to be hoped that no one has shot out to the car & made a shit show on the back of my poor memory.
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