bigherm00

So this past summer it got in the 100s like any other day but for some reason my mirror decided to relocate from my windshield to my floorboard. I couldn't get the existing one reconditioned the way I wanted to remount that one, so I bought a new one at an auto parts store.

Get everything prepared and glue the metal anchor to the windshield. Just need to let it set a day and then attach the mirror and wah lah! New mirror! Well... it turns out my eager self attached the metal anchor backwards, and my mirror can't grip the anchor to stay affixed to be used. It just slides away. The beveled edges of the anchor are angled the wrong way so it's useless.

I've been trying for months to remove the thing with random tools, but I can't seem to break that seal and pry it off. Anyone here know a technique to try to maybe get that little rascal off my windshield so I can actually have a rear view mirror again?

06elnr

LOL...sounds like something I would do...LOL. I would go to a glass company and see what they say....

5SPD07GT

yah, i always do that kinda stuff. you try to cut through it with thin wire or fishing line? spray it with some adhesive remover maybe? Can you install another one beside it? the mirror should cover it so it wont look to bad. i donno bro

Lethaldosage423

Yeah try the fishing line other than that, im clueless...

But i couldnt help but laugh lol i would have done that too

bigherm00

Fishing line won't fit behind it.

Razor blade from a box knife won't get in, even with a hammer hitting it trying to force it in.

I thought about trying a soldering iron on the metal plate to melt the adhesive, but I was afraid it might melt the black sticker thing that's on the windshield. It's not the factory ford windshield. I guess that's my best bet, I just for some reason haven't decided to try it. That thing would get hella hot and probably fall and burn something up in the car.

JA66

Propane torch! That might actually work but I would never try it. You know that really thin wire that sculptors use to cut clay? If you heated one of those up, you might be able to get it off, I dont know. But yes, best solution would probably be to take it in.
Oh you beat me to the heat it up thing.

Shadow7874

heat gun on the outside of the window facing it?
or a couple thousand watts of bass might shake it loose

bigherm00

It really sucks too because this thing is in the perfect spot. It's straight. It's centered. It's damn secure so it won't fall off again. And I'll be danged if it ain't just flat out wrong.

mlcrycc

Huh....Looks like it is not that uncommon......

http://www.bobvila.com/wwwboard/messages/229028.html

vistablue2007

I read somewhere that if you put a crescent wrench on it and use a twisting motion it will come off. Haven't had to try it myself, but it sounds like it's worth a try. Best of luck man.