Rearview mirror adhesive

Helen Page · 2005-02-21T22:10:36+00:00

Hi, would like your opinions please... Managed to dislodge my rearview mirror again, and was wondering what is the best way to stick it back on. Last time I used a kit designed for this, which consisted of a tube of superglue and a piece of "activated mesh", and that seemed to work ok, but the glue on its own didn't work this time, I think it needs the mesh. I also tried contact adhesive but it didn't work, though I don't know if the cold temperature had anything to do with it. What do you guys think the best adhesive is for reattaching rearview mirrors? (and what exactly is "activated mesh"? if it's nothing special then £3 seems a lot to pay for 0.5ml of superglue...) If only there was a method of attachment which avoided the need to bond metal to glass in cold weather...

Feb 21, 2005 22 Replies

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Mark 21 years ago

I got mine from Halfrauds, think I paid around a fiver but I did see a similar mirror in Wilkinsons for a couple of quid. It doesn't have the swivel thing that you can flick up if someone behind is blinding you on full beam, but I've never had cause to use that anyway.

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Helen Page 21 years ago

Thanks, I was on their website the other day, looking for anything rearview mirror orientated but didn't see that. Re the flick up thingy, I knew about it (my dad used to have same model of car) but only tried it out for the first time the other day. Took a little getting used to but one thing that really gets on my nerves is glare in the rearview mirror (even with dipped lights) so I will persist. Anyway, I went and bought a rearview mirror bonding kit today - darn thing's gone up 50p but I managed to stick it firmly with half of the mesh so I have enough left to stick the mirror on if I knock it off again (which I probably will, knowing me!). Thanks everyone for your replies!

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