First up, did you know the glass or mirror comes out of the back plate with ease, carefully just push out.

 

 

So we end up with the door mirror apart and here we have my newly acquired blue tinted ones amongst my spares, sure you can spot which are which !!

 

 

It became clear a little later in the day but from the pic below notice the left carcass is much thinner, so thin in fact it was weak, there was a tiny bit missing and pretty much crumbling away which led me to doing this 'job'.

 

 

So with the glass out you can polish right up to the edges, I used G3 paste.

 

 

Here they are nice and clean :thumbup:.

 

 

Of course you need a left and a right, wash them in the sink, I did find that using a brillo around the front edges took all the years of grime off the plastic very easily.

 

 

Make sure though they have the full compliment of lugs, these are the heated type with the slot, non heated ones do not have a slot, they have a square cut out.

 

 

I put the r/h glass into the frame without an issue, the l/h one gave me problems and wouldn't go in, it was 3mm too long, this I cannot understand and takes me back to earlier in this thread where I said the walls of the carcass were thin, which did enable the mirror to slip in easy I grant you, it's either they came like this straight from the Maxima or the seller of these to me has 'doctored' them somehow.

 

I pondered for a while what to do but in the end I got out my drill, clamped it to the bench and with a drill attachment I ground them down with 150 course grade paper which I had initially bought years ago for door window polishing, back and forth I was offering back into the frame, took me about 30 mins.

 

 

Finally, it went in and so another colour comparison pic

 

 

So not a straight forward job for me but I got there, something I didn't expect doing but I am incredibly pleased with these :yes:.

 

It's all about the details. Thanks for the writeup Andy.

Nice, at least I know what to expect now when i look at replacing my drivers side mirror back plate. The hunt is on for a UK drivers side unit in good condition :helpsmilie:

Yes I did and looked at this a few years ago. ;)

 

Blue mirror glass was fitted to Maximas with auto-dimming rear view mirrors. Unfortunately that model with that option was only fitted to late spec models in the UK and they're practically non existent. What you have is LHD mirror glass which has opposite convex to RHD, so will give you odd perspective when fitted to RHD cars.

Oh Simon, making me worry, so I went out and fit these on my donor and can report...…………………………I cannot notice any difference thankfully !!!

 

I am not going to pretend to know but it seems the 'logo' is a legal requirement in the USA but on the passenger side for them which is r/h and on the drivers on JDM, so mine.

 

 

 

Edited October 24, 20187 yr by phutumsch

ive installed lhd heated mirrors into my jdm rhd car. it takes a little getting use to but i kinda prefer the wider drivers side view i get with lhd passenger door mirror.

It's all about the details. Thanks for the writeup Andy.

 

Agreed....:thumbup: