Just took the masking tape off my E39 and, while it’s not perfect (first time doing this!) it’s a massive improvement. Thanks so much for your help on this one and your other videos. Headlight lenses next!
@Callum Liddle That's fantastic! Great job buddy! And thank you for the feedback I really appreciate it 😊 👍🏻 The headlight lenses will be fun to do the difference will be night and day 😃
@@TheBimmerFixer something occurred to me while working on my car today: the windscreen wiper arms appear to be a similar plasticoat over aluminium finish. Do you think a similar approach could be taken to refreshing windscreen wiper arms? Any tips?
@Callum Liddle Hi Callum yes absolutely, it would be the exact same process as you and i did with the wingmirror. It's great to hear you're looking at giving that a go too 👍🏻 faded or corroded wiper arms can really make a difference to the look of the car so go for it 👍🏻😃
@George Austers Hey buddy literally just watching your microswitch video. Yeah it definitely did when the paint was fresh luckily after a few days it dulled down and matched much better.
I am planning on doing mine, but they're in worse shape so I am going to just remove entirely. Turns out you don't even need to remove the door card to access the Torx to remove the mirror housing!
Hi, I know its old post but did you removed mirror without removing door card? How you did that? I need to do this diy but don't want to remove door card. Thanks
@ZaKaS Hi there thank you for the question. No I didn't have to remove the mirror or door card I just used masking tape and bags to cover the area I didn't want to paint. Hope this helps🙂
Perfect timing for me this mate. I’ve just got a carbon black E60 and finished a full 3 step paint correction so it’s gleaming but BOTH my wing mirrors are horrendous. Worse than this. Was debating this or just getting a used set but I might just give this a go. How did it looks once it dried out and did it last? Or did you need to coat with some sort of laquer? Ta mate
@jayroberts4900 Hi mate, I'm glad you found the video when you did 👍🏻. I bet she looks amazing after the 3 step correction especially in carbon black in the sun! 👌🏼 Definitely worth a go mate. It dried with a slight matt finish and is still going strong now. 👍🏻
@@TheBimmerFixer ta man! I’ve been waiting for a decent day but the weather over here is just shocking isn’t it. Did you get it done in one day with heat gun? I finish work most days at 12:30 in the day so hoping to have it done by 6-7pm, or am I not being realistic with that? I have a heat gun on stand by
@jayroberts4900 No problem mate. Yeah the weather has been rotten hasn't it! That should be enough time mate especially if you have the heat gun too. You should be all good👍🏻
@chrisdavis5861 No, that paint goes straight on and you don't need to clear coat it. If you wanted a shiny finish you can get a gloss finish, saves you having to clear coat it👍🏻
Sorry again, mine is starting to bubble up at the bottom of the triangle it's a gloss black finish, should I prime it after rubbing down before painting.
@chrisdavis5861 No need to be sorry I'm happy to help. It will depend on the paint you use some paints like the one I used don't need primer but some will need primer, based coat and clear coat. Hope that helps.
