Side view mirror woes

[mrcow32]

Long story short, some douche hit my driver side mirror in a parking garage and completely shattered the glass. Nothing like walking out late at night after fun with friends and seeing your mirror splattered all over the ground. I don't think they hit it very hard because ONLY the glass is broken. The entire plastic housing and the mount behind it - the motorized dealy that holds the glass - are perfectly intact. Herein lies my questions.

1) What am I best off replacing? The glass is the only part broken, so should I just get another glass piece and find a way to safely secure it on? Or should I get the glass along with the piece that mounts behind it? Or should I just get the entire side view mirror? And where should I get this from?

2) As for the "where" part, are the side view mirrors from a regular Taurus the same as the SHO? I have a 95 with the black, non-body colored side view mirrors. I'm considering getting a replacement from a junk yard, but around here SHO's are rare enough that no junk yards have any. Plenty of SLO's though.

Thanks in advance for the replies. There's nothing more frustrating than working your ass off to make your car look beautiful, then feeling like a ******* when you drive around with a taped up side view mirror. The ol' girl is my DD so I had to tape the glass from a handmirror onto the mount just to be legal to drive. It's really embarrassing.

 

[jelloslug]

You can buy just the glass.

 

[mrcow32]

You can buy just the glass.

I'm glad to hear that. Any idea where I might be able to find just the glass?

 

[dpsutphin]

Autozone and most other parts stores sell replacement mirrors. Just don't know if they will have the one for a SHO. If all else fails, you should be able to get one from a Ford dealer, or perhaps from someone here who is parting out a car.

Any competent glass shop could custom cut a mirror for you as well. Shouldn't cost a whole lot.

Good luck.

 

[EMB2580]

Not to steal the thread, lol, but, my driver side mirror seems to be loose and I'm not sure where to tighten it. I know on my Cougar you just pop the black plastic cover off and there the bolts are, but there's no black cover on my car.

 

[NJatx]

mrcow32- the mirrors on a SLO are the same i believe. just give it a quick look and they should be the same thing. Thats what i ended up using when my drivers mirror got hit and broke the black plastic.
EMB2580- if you look at the inside of your door right by the mirror adjustor you will see a triangle like piece of plastic with 1 screw running though it. Pull out that screw and you should have access to i believe just one of the 3 bolts that hold in the mirror. After that its just a matter of removing the door panel and tightening the other 2 bolts.

Shane