Driver's side wing mirror began dripping brown, oily liquid. The rubber seal around the mirror was cracked in multiple places. The liquid dripped and ran onto both doors, but fortunately I was able to remove it before it hardened. From what little I could find about this problem, the liquid is from the self-darkening mirror and it is caustic. One area on the mirror casing did harden and removed a small area of paint.

I was able to remove the top layer of glass and clean the chemical liquid from the inside layer. And I can replace some of the rubber seal, though it will no longer serve it's purpose. The top layer of glass is worthless now. The seal also has a couple of wires connected to it. I'm assuming those are to heat the liquid in order to activate it.

I looked into replacing the mirror at the auto shop, but the cost is too steep for me, and I've read about others getting mirrors cut to fit from auto glass shops and attaching them with adhesive. My question is this: What do I do about those wires? Will they generate enough heat to melt the adhesive attaching the overlay mirror? ANyone have any ideas? Thanks, Paul

 

The wires are for the heated mirror, let me check I may have a used one.

 

Thanks for the reply, but I don't really want to replace the mirror if I can help it. I just want to know if the heated mirror will melt an adhesive attaching an overlay mirror from an autoglass shop. If so, is there any way to disengage or disconnect those wires that is simple? Can I just cut them and cap them?

 

Ahhh.
Yes there are alot of high temp adhesives that will work for your application. DEVCON comes to mind straight away. Any good hardware stores will have two part epoxy, some for high temp (what I would get, even though it's still relatively low heat).

 

Thanks so much! Will give it a whirl.