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[stirx]

Hiya, I've got my original black (but now faded grey) wing mirrors off my car. I want to repsray them silver to match the body work, but I cant seem to get the mirror bit out - you can usually take this stuff apart cant you? theres a little hole in the bottom - which i've tried to lever the mirror bit out with but i dont want to break them! :gasp:

[mattvallins]

Or just try lots of good masking tape and mask off the lens? Must be easier than risking damage to it.

[stirx]

yea, i guess! cheers!

[Purple Tom]

clubmankatiebf did exactly that with my mirrors, and sprayed them black, they look great, took about 10 mins to mask them up!

[stirx]

sounds good, but im not sure if i want to spray the black edging (arond the face of the mirror) too, you see im painting them silver, and i want a bit of contrast i think lol

... here the hole, and you can see what i mean about the black trim around the edge?

[Bungle]

i think the hole is to let water out :smartass:

[Pooky]

mask that off as well then

just make sure that your masking tape is straight and well stuck down and take your time.

i did these in a couple of hours!

[Purple Tom]

you could mask over the mirror glass and the black part, then plastic prime and spray the rest of it, should be a problem, use a sharp knife to get a good edge on the masking where you want it to stop...

(oops, sorry Pooky, had the reply window open for a few minutes before I replied, so didn't see your post!)

Edited by Minis84, 23 August 2005 - 11:27 AM.

[stirx]

i think the hole is to let water out 

oops lol :nugget: