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beemeerr11
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 Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 8:56 am Post subject: Paint Question "How do you" |
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Pull the mirrors apart to get them painted without cracking them, I have pulled them off the fairing?
Lou
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tmarshall57
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:20 am Post subject: |
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They normally fall apart quite easily when they get knocked off the bike 
They appear to be glued together - I assume you mean the front half and the back half of the mirror pod?
I glued mine back after a minor spill with epoxy glue.
Why not just mask off the glass and repaint as is - I assume they are similar to K1100RS mirrors
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Mystic Red
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:37 am Post subject: |
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If you just want the glass out, fold a towel, put it on your bench and then smack the mirror glass side down on the towel. Mirror will pop out. Really.
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 11:14 am Post subject: |
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You have to smack them down pretty hard to get the mirror to pop out. SOMETIMES you can pry them out but it's risky so I always use the slam technique.
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old guy old bike
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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I was able to get one out using the slam but could not get the other to budge. Of course I broke the mirror trying to pry it out.
It was actually quite a bugger to get the new glass in. I used one of those rubber sanding blocks wrapped in a shop towel to put the new glass in. The sanding block conforms to the mirror shape and cuts down on point loading.
Jeff
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blue95lt
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 7:04 pm Post subject: add weight |
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If u put plumbers putty on the glass ,it helps add weight
to it and pull it out of the socket hope it helps keith
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Mystic Red
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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That's a great tip, Keith!
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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You just need to slam it down harder.
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beemeerr11
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| Flying Duck wrote: | | You just need to slam it down harder. |
Are you serious about this method? I'm not joking? Is it like a clip in system?
Lou
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Jim
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| beemeerr11 wrote: | | Flying Duck wrote: | | You just need to slam it down harder. |
Are you serious about this method? I'm not joking? Is it like a clip in system?
Lou
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Yeah, he's serious. That's how you get the glass out. Put a folded towel on a hard surface and slam it down hard - the glass will pop out. As the OP pointed out - if you try to pry the glass out, it will crack.
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| beemeerr11 wrote: | | Flying Duck wrote: | | You just need to slam it down harder. |
Are you serious about this method? I'm not joking? Is it like a clip in system?
Lou
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Yes, as Jim pointed out, I'm very serous. It does take a lot of courage to take a $400 BMW part and smash the living f*** out of it but it DOES work and has a much better chance of success than prying it out. I've got the parts receipts to prove it. 
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beemeerr11
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| Flying Duck wrote: | | beemeerr11 wrote: | | Flying Duck wrote: | | You just need to slam it down harder. |
Are you serious about this method? I'm not joking? Is it like a clip in system?
Lou
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Yes, as Jim pointed out, I'm very serous. It does take a lot of courage to take a $400 BMW part and smash the living f*** out of it but it DOES work and has a much better chance of success than prying it out. I've got the parts receipts to prove it. |
Well I'm about to get a parts receipt aswell, the right mirror came out after the first 6 hits, the left mirror, no way was it going to move, so I did the cardinal sin and you guessed it, broke the mirror, "That's Life" but in the right mirror there were tubular sponges, 4 of them, in the left none.
I'll try a glass place for the replacement first.
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old guy old bike
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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You can buy replacement glass from BMW. I think they are around $35.
Jeff
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John Clauss
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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Speaking of mirrors. Has anyone noticed that the left and right sides seem to have different shapes? On my bike it really seems like my right side mirror gets the "Objects in this mirror are closer" thing, while the left appears normal.
Just curious if I am the only one getting this?
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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They're the same part so maybe someone modified one of yours.
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