TLDR version: I am seeking some semi official authorization from strangers on the internet to f*** with my own car using duct tape. Or the same people will warn me off this foolhardy mission.
Suppose that my external mirror - just the mirror surface - is falling off of my Jeep every other trip, dangling by its wires, and in between times it tilts downward randomly. The random downward tilting and correction is probably the ultimate source of the falling out problem, though luckily it can be corrected from inside the car using the standard electronic controls. But the falling out problem requires stopping the vehicle, and there is a fear that it will fall off entirely in the middle of the street of course. The mirror now lacks whatever adhesive had adhered it to the rest of the mirror structure. I have looked into this a little bit and discovered that I can make a half-assed repair job with duct tape, and the powers of my own creativity, or ideally it will be repaired properly by putting the right adhesive back on and stopping the random tilt down problem. I was thinking I could simply purchase some adhesive and make the repair myself, but the problem is I don't know how to solve the tilting mirror problem that underlies this situation, and there are many options for adhesives and application that confuse me and I fear damaging the whole thing in the process.
Since I have no ability to get my car into the shop, I'm wondering if making my own repair with duct tape could damage the structure or otherwise make it more difficult to repair the proper way. Eventually it's going to get repaired the proper way by someone who knows better what he or she is doing. I want to have a temporary patch that doesn't prevent that, you see what I mean?Statistics: Posted by Phoebe — Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:05 pm
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