Sometimes getting pissed off works
 

i was working on the camaro, getting it ready for it's "inspection" when i closed the door and heard an odd thud inside teh car. i tunred around and didn't see anything so i didn't think much of it.
i tuned the carb a bit more and then went to get in the car to take it for a test drive. that is when i noticed teh rear view mirror sitting in my seat. i am sure it was comfortabel and all, but i liked it up where it was, you know, so i could SEE WHILE I DRIVE!!!!
i had to run to the store anyway for a bulb for my mom's car so i grabbed one of those kits that is supposed to resecure teh mirron to the windshield. after following teh 900 step process on teh instructions i had the mirror support in place and i left it there to dry. i get out of teh car, close teh door, and hear a decidedly smaller thud than last time. i turned around to see the support sitting in my seat. i guess teh support wanted the seat and teh miror was just following along. grrrrr
i tried a second time, same result. so i went in teh garage, grabbed a self tapping screw, ran it through the mirror base and into the lip of teh sheet metal where it is all double layer.
so i finally get around to taking my car out for that test drive only to find out that the mirror is now positioned much better than it originally was. putting it about 1ft higher inside teh car gave a better view out the back window, teh old position you could get a better view of teh back seat than the road behind the car.
i geuss getting pissed off works out from time to time. teh mirror support now live in teh trash can.

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tim

lol


rearview mirrors :bang:

good story :lol:

damn, never fell down on me, what did you do to it!?!?! :lol:

Whatever works man. thats a pretty clever idea too, I bet it'll never fall down again. 8)

did u scrape the old glue off of the support and the windsheild? and next time just go to a parts store and ask for a rear view mirror glue kit its only two things and 4 steps

teh that wsa teh godd teh sotyr teh

:owned:

I still have a '03 Accord rear view mirror if you wanna add the finishing-touche-of-rice :-D

I think I speak for tim when I say "no rice shall touch the camaro!"

scraped it, cleaned windshield, cleaned everything with alcohol, scraped the old glue off the support piece, cleaned that with alcohol................
the instructions mine came with outlined everything step by step like that. so that is how i did it. still didn't work.
oh well, the screw seems to be staying in :)

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tim

WHO TYPED THAT FOR YOU?!?!?!

:funny:...but really guys its a 2nd gen...that glue was probably 25+ years old...thats why it fell off. Oh and for a funny story...I cant remember which one of my cars the same thing happened the mirror came off...i put bought the stuff to put it back on my windshield went and glued it on. Went to put the mirror on, whoops, put it on the windshield backwards lol...struggled with it for a few to get it off & had to reset it...fun **** :roll:

my taurus hasnt had a rearview mirror(on the windshield...it currently resides in the back seat) for about a year and a half now when it fell off...im one hell of a lazy bastard

You know Tim, if you scrap the mirror you'll probably lighten the car by 8 ounces. Thats at least worth a 100th of a second.

I dont know if he'd scrap the mirror but if htey make them in carbon fiber or chromoly im sure he'll buy it :lol:

Cut the glass in half lengthwise, make it thinner, shave some weight off

What is the weight difference between the screw and the original mirror base+glue? :wink:

- Justin

im kinda pissed myself that tim didnt throw the mirror away and hold a womans compact mirror in the air instead for greater weight savings :)

i actually know where to buy carbon fiber rear views like teh ones that get used in race touring cars :D
if they were 800bucks i woudl consider it. as of now it remains one of those" when i hit the lottery....." ideas :)

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tim

then you mean if it weren't $800 bucks i suppose?

the same people make carbon fiber steering wheels for about 1500 :D
they have momentary buttons available, so you could hook up a horn to make it all street legal

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tim