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Old 02-25-2008, 03:54 PM
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Default Peeling side-view mirror

my driver's side mirror seems to be losing the yellowish tint to it from the top down(like its peeling off). every day the tint seems to recede more while the passenger side mirror is fine. is there a way to correct this or is the only solution to replace the whole mirror?
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iirc you can get just the glass
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Default great. is it an easy DIY? any suggestion on where to get the mirror?

thanks.
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I know PureMS has just the glass, or you might give Carson a try....I'm sure there is a part number
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Default looks like a 1 of 10 for difficulty step one in this tech

<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/ext62.shtml">https://www.audiworld.com/tech/ext62.shtml</a</li></ul>
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thanks all.
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Default My passenger side did that. At one point I couldn't see out of it, now it's just 'regular' ...

IIRC (been way too long), just the glass is a couple of hundred! That's because of the heater/autoDim
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