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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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Broken mirror, what to do?

Okay so I finally got my new mirrors put on. They look a lot better and they have extra surface area too. However I have a couple problems. Problem 1 is that the passenger mirror has a crack in the glass. Don't know if they came that way or if it was my fault,too late for it too matter. Is there anywhere I can buy JUST the glass, cheap? Problem 2 is that I don't know what color/where the driver side blinker wire is. I found the passenger one but not the driver... Any help?
 
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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First thing... you really need to be careful on where you get the glass. There are some places that offer a OEM replacement, but the optics are horrible. I've seen that replacement mirrors and glasses.

I would highly recommend going to a junk yard and finding a beat up NBS F150 and take it from that... or else buy a new mirror, and CAREFULLY remove the glass somehow.

I broke a mirror while being ticked off with my ESCAPE by punching it, and I went online and I could have gotten a Ford mirror for $80... but I went with a generic, not thinking it would really much matter... yah, right. I was fooled. The glass in the generic one was like crap. I don't think it was real glass either. Who knows...

Ahh, all the fun times with the ESCAPE... God did I hate that hideous thing.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 05:20 PM
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yeah that's what I was thinking about.. Does anyone know of a legit place to buy the mirror? I know the glass comes out because you can buy the muth (sp) signal mirrors and swap them out.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 10:58 PM
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You can get just the glass from the dealer
 
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 04:00 PM
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You can get just the glass from the dealer

Does anyone have a part number? I didn't want to have to give them my first born just for the glass..
 
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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 03:46 AM
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Look in the Other Body section for my post just bought a mirror glass today.$24.95 plus tax at the dealer.
 
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