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Old 8th December 2013, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by snapdragon View Post
I saw an S class today with the same problem.
About 20 years ago, I had a non-dipping one on a BMW that smashed.
I bought the stick-on type and with a hot air gun was able to peel the backing plastic and heated elements off the old glass and stick them on the new glass. It was OK - not sure if modern glasses are the same construction. Worth trying on the old one if it's scrap anyway.
This actually sounds like a good idea, you can't do much damage to be honest, will either work or not.
And this way you could save a lot of money because the basic mirror costs few quid only
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