Auto-tint / Dimming side mirror staying dark - How to make it lighter again. 

I watched this video more than 10 times to have the necessary information and the courage to do it. and when I decided, I realized that I didn't have the materials (at least the culcking to seal the plastic back as shown in the video), but I didn't stop. I heated and removed the two glasses that contain the liquid, and I have already fixed the two mirrors of my wife's 2008 x5. One of them already had a brown liquid stain on the bottom, and the other had the dark gold tint all along. I wanted to replace the most damaged one, but only one was going to look uneven with the other, so I told myself; I'm going to replace both!!! But when I saw how much they cost (more than 900 dollars for both, and around 300 for the regular ones), I decided to find a way to solve it. and thanks to this video (although it is not specifically for an x5), I had the courage to carry out the process and it turned out to be much easier for me. I only needed to heat the entire mirror enough and carefully remove one glass from the other. This work seems unnecessary, but when you need it, you realize how valuable it is. Thank you very much for your time and desire to share to instruct us, although only a few of us will recognize it and return to express our gratitude. thank you thank you very much.

Great video! Exceptionally well done. Thanks so much for taking the time and effort to take the video and post it! Thanks again, David

Fantastic video. My S class has the same issue. I’m going to give it a try on mine. I guess it’s the same design🙏🏽

Man great video! Applied your trick on my BMW E90 mirror and it worked. Got a three-episode series on the car on my channel!

Awesome Video. I have an Audi A8 both mirrors are faulty. I am going to fix it tomorrow.

the only video showing exactly what to do

Great video but if you’re not going to use the auto-dimmer feature then you can buy a replacement glass w/ defrost connections from auto-zone for under $30.00 so I guess weight what your time is worth doing this.

Thanks, I fixed my car mirror.

Any chance you've had to fix the folding function? It's really hard to find information on it

Hello enjoyed your video but for whatever reason I can't connect my mirror back in. Its as if there were no connections although there was something enabling it to move with ease prior to my disconnecting. There are no connectors. Do you have email where I can show you with pictures? Thanks

Worked like a charm, but now my heater wont work :/ so back to square one.

As the mirror glass is so amazingly easy to remove just using your fingers I wonder if somebody swapped their failing dimming mirror glass with yours in a car park - a five finger discount for a pricey spare part! Odd how non dimming BMW mirror glasses used to all need a latch to be released by rotation using a long slim screwdriver through the access hole but now the pricier the mirror glass the faster and easier it is to remove with zero tools - a strange design decision from BMW. Logically the car park you are most likely to have your mirror glass illicitly swapped over would be one with the most similar cars - like a BMW Dealership etc.

How can I make my side mirror faulty? I like that look lol

There has to be an easy way then pulling mirrors out

I do not find this fix usefull, because, after fixing, mirror looses dimming function.