Last weekend I've decided to clean up the mirror corrosion on my wife's SAAB. The car is fairly new, but winters here are brutal and no normal car can survive it for long. (it was already pointed out to me that this car was made in Sweden, where the winters are about the same and the car should be able to survive that - so no need to mention again). I've followed this guy's instructions and decided to take my own pictures of the process.
Both mirrors were bad, this is the left one:
Tools used:
Painters Tape
Plastic Bag
T-30 torx bit
flat head screwdriver
220 & 320 sandpaper
Black Flat spray paint (Rustoleum)
You should also use a black primer, but you will have to take all of the previous paint off, because it will bubble up (where the layers of previous paint are thin).
The top layer was removed, but its pretty nasty:
Had to take it off the door:
Here it is again, if you missed the first two shots:
Three attempts later:
Final layer:
Final product:
Other side is not as bad, but still an eyesore:
So I didn't take pictures of it. (This time it took me a quarter of the time I've spent on the first one), so no pictures of the process:
Conclusion?
Should have bought an AUDI.
