Reattaching a Rear View Mirror

When my mirror fell off while racing the Rallye de Parris, I causally said to my co driver, “Whats a behind me is not important.” The video shows me tossing the mirror to the back and it hitting the camera lens. The remainder of the video is much better without the big mirror in the way however.

The mirror was tossed into the tool box and forgotten. Now that the Jeep is used for Off Roading, it is nice to see what is going on behind me. I have mounted a nice big mirror on the fender for when the doors are off. But not having the center mirror makes it hard to see the rig behind me at times.

I found the mirror, but the metal dot that glues to the windshield was missing. I found one at Advance Auto that had glue already on it. I had to rim it a but to fit the Jeep mirror. I just used my grinder to trim it down to fit.

To locate the proper place for the bracket, I measured the location on my street Jeep. I made a small x on the outside of the glass with a marker. I then used brake cleaner to clean the inside of the glass.

I pulled the backing off the adhesive and pressed the dot in place over the mark in the glass. i held it a second or two to make sure it bonded. I then cleaned the mark from the outside of the glass.

I let the glue set for a few minutes before slipping the mirror over metal dot. I tightened the set screw and adjusted the mirror so I could see out the back.

I suspect it will take me a while to get used to it being there again. But it will be really nice one the drive to the trail head and when keeping up with the rig behind me on the trails.