Annoying wide-angle stick on mirrors

[NotHockey Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close NotHockey]

Howdy All,

Has anyone ever had any success with removing those small (approx 1 inch diameter) wide-angle mirrors that you somtimes find stuck on the side mirrors?? They came already fixed to the mirrors of our new rocket (read 05 V6 prado) and I REALLY want to get rid of them, just a bit worried about scratching/breaking the mirror surface behind them.

Any thoughts would be awesome.

Cheers,

Tom.

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Re: Annoying wide-angle stick on mirrors

My complaint is that they fall off! To remove them try some gentle heat from a hair dryer to soften the doulbe sided tape glue and then gently lift the edges. Use turps etc. to get rid of the rest.Neil

[nika Member Find all posts View Profile Close nika]

Re: Annoying wide-angle stick on mirrors

If you can get your hands on some 3M adhesive remover it works great.
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Re: Annoying wide-angle stick on mirrors

You can try using a razor blade, just slice behind the 2 sided tape, to get the rest of the tape and adhesive off use eucaliptus oil.

[Fozzy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fozzy]

Re: Annoying wide-angle stick on mirrors

Length of 1 or 2 kg fishing line gently sawed backed and forth between the object and backing will usually do the trick, then use turps or ti-tree oil as 404Pug suggested to get the rest of the adhesive off.

Cheers,

Dave

[FlyNdrive Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close FlyNdrive]

Re: Annoying wide-angle stick on mirrors

What is it with those little wide angle mirrors and Aussies? I loaned my truck to 3 Queenslanders to take a trip for 4-days and across an 80 mile desert and I got it back with those little mirrors.

I'm in favor of removing mine too. :x :x

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Re: Annoying wide-angle stick on mirrors

What is it with those little wide angle mirrors and Aussies? I loaned my truck to 3 Queenslanders to take a trip for 4-days and across an 80 mile desert and I got it back with those little mirrors.

I'm in favor of removing mine too. :x :x

It was so we could see when we were scratching the sides... err, um... I mean so we didn't scratch the sides ops:

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Re: Annoying wide-angle stick on mirrors

Cheers everyone - thanks for the tips.