Mirrors

[362104]

For some reason the passenger and driver side mirrors were not painted green like the car. There just a dull black and the glass has a blue tint as well. I am guessing they were replaced at some point. Sounds like a weekend project (painting the mirrors)

 

[lithy]

If you have a gen 2 or a gen 1 plus that's how they should be I believe.

 

[SuperHO]

Ummm.....to the best of my knowledge, very few gen IIs had painted mirrors.....I think some of the later 95s had em, but that's about it.

 

[HoustinoJillian]

yeah g2s have black mirrors.

they look quite sexy with g1 painted to match mirrors though

 

[SuperHO]

dammit, now I gotta go to the junkyard tommorrow.....

 

[Sho Amo]

all slo's were painted body color(second gen). all sho's were painted black(also second). plus's were painted black for gen1 all minuses were body colored.

 

[362104]

If they were painted even flat black it would be an improvement over what they look like now. Yuck

 

[ritmusic2k]

They match the rest of the chrome-delete trim that way...

Funny though, mine are that same grey crap color... but I just assumed it was age showing on the plastic and that the mirrors were the same color as the rest of the black detailing when the car was new. Now that you mention it, that'd be a really easy fix, and I bet it'd sharpen the car up nicely if I refreshed all the stuff that's supposed to be black.

EDIT: My memory sucks. I think they're only crap grey when I'm looking very closely. From a distance, they seem to match the trim just fine:

That pic's from a post about three weeks ago, right after I washed her.

 

[SHO Continental]

I've seen many many regular gen2 Tauruses and Sables in the jyard with painted mirrors.

 

[SHOsFAST]

I've seen many many regular gen2 Tauruses and Sables in the jyard with painted mirrors.

Do they have the Blue glass? I like the blue tint makes me feel like I'm driving a mercedes untill I look around the car and think to myself oh, I'm still in this old biotch.

 

[SHO2NV]

yeah g2s have black mirrors.

they look quite sexy with g1 painted to match mirrors though

w3rd.

BTW, a little bit of elbow grease and some wax will make your trim nice and black again.

 

[362104]

What's with the blue glass? I don't get it.

 

[SHO2NV]

It's a tint put on from the factory to ease the glare of lights behind you. GenI mirrors do not have it. Not sure about GenIII's.

 

[LJRuddy]

Gen 3s dont but they are heated hhh ahhhhh:

 

[DDakRT]

I personally aren't too big on the gen I mirrors, they're just too darn long... looks kinda odd to me.

 

[98TRSHO]

check this tread.... This was from back in Sep about the blue mirrors.

http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=66276&highlight=blue+glass+mirrors

 

[362104]

Well.......painted the mirrors yesterday. Was skeptical as how to approach this job. I found some adhesion promoter and sprayed a couple coats on. I left the mirrors on the car. Found some spray paint that was about as close as I could find to the color and applied 6 coats to each.

Long term should be interesting. The new look rocks. I am glad I did it.

 

[mosho89]

I would like to paint my mirrors too because they look like crap right now.Where did you find the adhesion promoter.

 

[noSHO4u]

Here is what the tinted blue glass looks like compared to the non-tinted glass.

 

[362104]

I found it at Walmart. I used rubbing alcohol first before applying the promoter. I used Deep Jewel Green paint. They didn't carry the Metallic, oh well.