Hi Eric if you are patient, I have a brown rear view mirror to send along
to you but not likely for another 2 or 3 months.  It will be either from an
85 or 86 Westy.

Bruce.

On Thursday, March 28, 2024, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> Sometime being blind is a pain in the butt.
>
> I had some mirror bits and wanted to to try to create a healthy brown rear
> view mirror.
>
> I took a stem and froze it to make the ball smaller.  I took a brown
> mirror with no stem and warmed it in the house over night.  I put a bit of
> WD 40 on the ball and with a little effort popped it in.  Once the temps
> equalized it worked perfectly.
>
> I proudly presented my mirror to my wife, who said, nice work, only it’s
> black!
>
> Ugh.
>
> So, between a worn out damaged brown one and my working nice black one, I
> sadly install the black one.
>
> And, I am still a bit proud that I was able to repair the interior mirror
> even if I did get the color’s wrong.
>
> Still on a quest for a brown one.
>
> Eric Caron,
> 84 looking a bit nicer lately even with the black rear view mirror.
>