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cecil
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Joined: February 23, 2005
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Location: Stockton, CA
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 Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:59 am Post subject: Day - Night mirror |
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Found a day night mirror from a bug with the ball socket same as the Thing.
Any one ever perform a mirror swap without breaking stuff? I was thinking of heating them, say to 150 to male it easier to pop the ball out and insert the other one???
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Ron Domeck
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Joined: August 05, 2007
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Location: louisville Ky
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| I have popped off a few and back on. You think you are breaking something but I have never. I use a rubber hammer to drive the Thing post back on. |
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sxuxrxf
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Location: Oceanside, CA
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I had a tough time getting mine on. I finally set it on the dash inside my wife's modern car with glass moonroof on a hot day until it was hot enough to just pop on. A heat gun or hair dryer may do the same.
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bugman8774
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Location: LaVergne, Tennessee
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I succeeded with this just a few weeks ago. Be patient with it. I stabbed myself in the hand 3 times with a screwdriver at first  .
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citroen
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Location: louisville ky
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:27 am Post subject: |
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here is what a bug day night mirror looks on a thing. This is one of the mirrors that brother Ron changed over.
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cecil
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Location: Stockton, CA
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Peggy is surfing at Half Moon Bay this week. So I decided to try changing the mirrors out. It was too easy, took all of 10 minutes. The best news is I got a great beetle mirror from the classifieds for $10! Suggest this to everyone.
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