Thursday, June 26, 2008

Hey look, an update!

I've been busy. A lot.

Here's one reason:

mirror

Somebody drove by, hit my car to break its mirror glass, and then hit the car in front of me to knock its driver's side mirror assembly clean off. Insurance... is sure insurance, so I went ahead and ordered a piece of glass for it for $25.01 shipped. You'll note this is a full order of magnitude less than the insurance deductible for the repair, $250.

Anyone know what kind of magic grey goop they use to affix mirrors to cars? I have a few days to think about it.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 26, 2008 at 9:12 PM

    Nat,

    I think it is a silicone adhesive, if that helps...

    Btw, is that some sort of lens distortion, or is the front of your car like, 2 inches long?

    - Josh

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  2. AnonymousJune 26, 2008 at 9:35 PM

    josh -

    i think it's a datsun, that explains alot.

    not sure what might be holding that together - it comes as a single piece, not a glue-on, for anything i've worked with. hell, when i had my full size chevy truck, the complete mirror/housing/bracket/whatever, everything from the door sheet metal out, was like $40 for passable generic 3rd party stuff

    so, guys - most of a week in vegas, and i'm onyl taking 2 cameras - what should they be? i'm thinking leica for the 15, and hexar for low light

    -GMT

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  3. NatJune 26, 2008 at 11:16 PM

    Nissan 200SX: hey look a picture link omg

    I was basically pointed right down the hoodline, so that's why it's almost nonexistent.

    I could have gotten a mirror assembly, but I don't have money for two and figured $20 for the glass would be doable. I've seen silicone listed in a couple other places as the adhesive, so I'll give that a whirl...

    For Vegas? Definitely the right choices - wide as possible and it's always dark at night and inside, and that's like 80 percent of the point.

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  4. AnonymousJune 27, 2008 at 8:38 AM

    Nat,

    I'd just go with the "stick is stick" response, because I doubt you are going to need to remove the glass. ;) If you can find some silicone adhesive that seems about right, glue that sucker in there.

    - Josh

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  5. AnonymousJune 27, 2008 at 8:41 AM

    Nat,

    The cabin windows on that car, along with the general mid-section body shape, is suspiciously similar to the MN12-body Thunderbird. That makes about 3 Japanese cars post 1989 that seem to have used that same shape.

    http://images.cars.com/main/DMI/187030/0145.jpg

    - Josh

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