Wing mirror falls out!

[C20TOY]

Hi all,

The glass (inc base) of my left wing mirror falls out of the housing because two of 4 clips on the holder have snapped. Previously it was glued on, I learned, I had the mechanic glue it but it's not held. I see you can buy the glass and base, can you buy the holder part? Or is there a particular glue that I can use myself that might hold it?

Thanks for any help,

Lisa

[steve2006]

Hi Lisa and welcome to the LOC.

You don’t display which RX model you have but this info is based on a 2006 RX300.

There are only 3 parts available, the glass, the complete housing and the door mounting. The housing price is as shown !

You best and cheapest solution is to try and buy a secondhand housing from a breaker from the likes of eBay and then use the parts to repair yours.

Or you could get the mirror in the correct position then use a glue gun to secure the mirror to the housing with a blob in each corner...unsightly but does the job.

[steve2006]

I’ve just thought of another possible solution using double sided sticky pads to secure the mirror to the frame.

[C20TOY]

Thanks! Oops, sorry, model is 2005 rx400h. That screenshot is interesting, thank you. I've ordered a mirror with base, actually, ordered two because my partner broke his mirror today. We both have 400h (yeah) so I've ordered a left and a right. His has one clip broken, mine has two so I will try your sticky pad suggestion for sure.

Thanks so much!