RE: [DMCForum] Re: Rearview mirror mounting

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I visited the car today.  My windshield / windscreen has the black patch and
the mirror base looks plastic.  The crack hasn't moved a bit.

I planned to take a picture but forgot.  I will next time.

Greg


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Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Re: Rearview mirror mounting

I will check the next time I am at my car.  That is, if I can see through
the splooge of JB Weld.

Greg


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Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 12:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Re: Rearview mirror mounting

Thanks for the replies Marc & Greg.

Do either of you remember what the mirror base is made of? It's a
plastic mirror, but is there a piece of metal on the base of the
mirror?

Or, is there a "patch" of non-glass material built into the windshield
where the mirror mounts? Or is the entire windshield plain glass
without any real way to tell where the mirror should mount?

-Ryan

On 4/5/06, timnagin <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I haven't but a local owner did and there was nothing interesting to
report.
> I think a lot of people blow things about of proportion when working on
the
> De lorean.
>
> I don't buy the windshield cracking theory too much.  One the rocket
> scientists who owned my car previously used JB Weld, or something very
> similar, to hold the mirror on the windshield.
>
> Since then, the car has been in an accident, towed who knows how, sat in a
> hot parking lot in direct sun, cooled, loaded on another truck, shipped to
> me and off loaded.
>
> Before I heard any of the rumors about windshields breaking I used a floor
> jack to lift each corner of the car as I damned well pleased.  Guess what?
> Nothing happened.  To add to this, there is even a chip in the glass right
> near this spot so it would take even less stress to cause something to
> happen.
>
> When I put a new windshield in will I be careful about all those rumors?
> Sure.
>
> Greg
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Ryan Wright
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 6:16 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Rearview mirror mounting
>
> Wow, nobody here has mounted a stock mirror on a DeLorean?
>
> -Ryan
>
> On 4/3/06, Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is brought over from the discussion on the DML.
> >
> > Can someone tell me the proper "layers" of the rearview mirror
> > mounting system? Here's what I had when I bought my car:
> >
> > 1. Mirror with a plastic base.
> > 2. Black "patch" that looks as if it's built into the windshield.
> >
> > Is this correct?
> >
> > Reading this message on the DML - "The reason the windshield cracks is
> > because of the expansion and contraction of the BLACK aluminum base
> > when it is glued directly to the glass" - makes me think the makeup is
> > actually:
> >
> > 1. Mirror with a plastic base.
> > 2. Black aluminum thing that's supposed to stay attached to (be a part
> > of) the mirror's base.
> > 3. Plain glass windshield.
> >
> > In which case I can safely conclude that my black "patch" that seems
> > to be part of the windshield is really the aluminum base of the
> > mirror, simply detached from the mirror itself; meaning my supergluing
> > of the mirror to that black piece is OK and I don't have to worry
> > about cracking the windshield...
> >
> > Can someone clear this up for me?
> >
> > -Ryan



 
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