LC Side Mirror Fixed, Burco (1 Viewer)

[AimCOtaco]

I hit a tree branch on a trail a few weeks back going a little fast. The drivers mirror shattered and THEN folded in. Searching around here all I found were references to full assemblies or mirrors with backing plate.

A few web searches later I found Burco brand (USA) stick on replacements on ebay shipped for about $19. I was skeptical but decided to go for it.

I was pleased with what I received, it was a fairly thick cast urethane mirror cut perfectly to fit in place of or on top of the OEM glass. Reflectivity looks like any other. I was half expecting a thick film stick on piece of junk.

They included some foam PSA disks for mounting and suggest mounting over the stock glass. I was not crazy about having mud and water get between the old mirror and the new mirror especially given that the LC has heated mirrors. I ended up using a thin coat of epoxy on top of the old mirror, hoping it will seal out the crap and conduct most of the heat to where it's needed. (urethane adhesive would be even better but I had epoxy on hand and a few minutes of garage time to myself)

All in all I was pretty happy to put the tree slap behind me for <$20 and still have a clear working heated mirror. Hope it saves someone else some headache and $$.

 

[uzj100]

Does the heated function still work? Who did you order from? I need a piece of mirror glass for the driver side. I shot it out with an airsoft pistol attempting to kill a cardinal that has been pecking on my home front door brass kick place for over a year now. You can laugh now! I sure did.

 

[LCHardriver_02]

I too am interested, as I smacked the side of the garage door backing out one early morning.

 

[AimCOtaco]

I would start at the Burco http://www.burcoinc.com/products/online_catalog/ website to find the part number and then put that into e-bay. There was a change is the model years somewhere.

I have not tried the heat yet but I've never used the mirror heat anyway, I'll turn it on and try and compare the temp to the OEM passenger side and let you know.

I was a little pissed when I broke mine but I'm happy now! uzj100 at least you hit the mirror and not the drivers window or windshield, that would be no laughing matter. Did you get the cardinal?

 

[LCHardriver_02]

Sweet. Ordered one. Will look around for a good urethane adhesive to affix it to my original mirror, once it gets here.

 

[AimCOtaco]

I flipped on the mirror heat last night and it definitely still heats up. Not as fast as the glass side does but I think it would still get the job done would probably reach the same temp, just a little more slowly.