Removing glass from mirror surround

[centercore]

I want to take the glass out of one and put into another. How can I do this with as little bad luck as possible?. Can't find anything on the net.

[bogan]

tried this myself once on my van mirrors, little tabs of plastic welded together round the outside, so broke them with a screwdriver, pulled out the mirror, then when i put it back together just melted the plastic again with a soldering iron. Its worth noting that i broke one of the mirrors when breaking the tabs though. Also the whole shebang probly depends on what sorta mirror you have anyways.

[Disco Dan]

Some have rubber beads around holding the glass in - some types use a round bead all around the outside applying pressure against glass while others will extend as a sheet behind the mirror as well. Usually pressed in and not really designed to come out without a fight.

If your worried and/or it is a decent mirror surround it would be very cost effective to nip down to your local glassy and get them to do it.

[Finn]

I did this with my MV. Would you believe the glass was held in place with double sided tape?

[puddytat]

As a glazier...you'll be lucky to get it out in one piece, it'll either be glued, or taped in, or you'll munt the rim trying to get it out. Take it to a glazier & he'll cut you one the right diameter , if youre lucky it shouldnt cost you more than 10-15 bucks....

[vifferman]

I've successfully removed a mirror glass from a VFR750 mirror and put it into a VFR400 (same shape). All I did was heat up the pastic surround with a hot air gun, and carefully levered the glass out. The only tricky bit was the 400's mirror housing was a tad muntered from a crash, so I had to use some silicon to make it secure.

[centercore]

As a glazier...you'll be lucky to get it out in one piece, it'll either be glued, or taped in, or you'll munt the rim trying to get it out. Take it to a glazier & he'll cut you one the right diameter , if youre lucky it shouldnt cost you more than 10-15 bucks....

Will have to do this. The mirror is a bit munted now thanks to my effort. I can't imagine getting it out without shattering with how thick the rim is.