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OK, so the one that came with my car was knackered and I thought the chance of getting a new one was quite slim. I took a chance and splashed out $30 on ebay -



Autodimming and compass

Slots straight onto the standard mount and wires into the light (just botched for now). Each function has on/off switch so (hopefully) no battery drain.

And if you're thinking it's a bit big - it's not.



There are hundreds of these on ebay as they come standard on many cars - they are made by Gentex and some include temp sensors/display, garage door opening, LED map lights and even LCD displays for reversing cameras!.

fantastic - spot on - how did you get the old one off

Nice mod, really like it.

thebrief_1979 wrote:fantastic - spot on - how did you get the old one off

I can't remember if it's the same with UK cars or not but here there is a metal "wedge" glued to the screen. The base of the original mirror slides over this and is secured by a small allen screw. The new mirror slid into place over the wedge.

Do you have a link mr brown to where you got it from? It looks really good.

Chaps wrote:Do you have a link mr brown to where you got it from? It looks really good.

ebay.com - just search for "Gentex mirror" or "Donelly mirror".

Just ordered a slightly different one so this one will be for sale in a few days.

mr.brown wrote:

thebrief_1979 wrote:fantastic - spot on - how did you get the old one off

I can't remember if it's the same with UK cars or not but here there is a metal "wedge" glued to the screen. The base of the original mirror slides over this and is secured by a small allen screw. The new mirror slid into place over the wedge.

Yeah it's the same for UK ones.

And since you mentioned big mirrors, my surfboard mirror:





It interferes with the visors a bit!