CHROME STRIP ON H2 MIRROR REMOVAL?

[Bimmer9938]

Me too! The whole fromt of my mirrors is like a chrome cap. I would like them to just be black. I am wondering if they come off, and if there are black ones for it, or would one have to paint/coat the chrome ones.

On the old style mirrors they make a black out overlay that can be purchased.

[Quijy]

I can only offer advice here and I am not 100% sure. I changed the mirror glass in my 2005 mirrors to the Muth signal glass. Which I highly recommend. Anyway, in the 2005 mirrors the glass just clips to ring behind the mirror glass. It just pops off. The ring is on the motor assemly. Then the motor assembly is mounted with a coupled of screws. The outside back of the mirror is screwed from the inside. You could also download the instruction sheet to install the Muth glass for you year H2. That would give you the instructions to get the glass out.

[Bimmer9938]

Yep, I could see some Philips head screws in there.

[timgco]

Originally Posted by Bimmer9938

Yep, I could see some Philips head screws in there.

BTT, did you have to remove the glass than?

[Bimmer9938]

I actually sanded and painted mine on the truck. I used Por15, it's super sticky... so much in fact it takes over a week to get off your hands.

[Humdingah]

Originally Posted by timgco

BTT, did you have to remove the glass than?

Tim,

You do have to remove the mirror glass to get to the screws in order to get the chrome insert off.

[tyler1bo]

So the glass is NOT epoxied to the inside of the mirror? I'm talking about the new mirror style, not the old ones. Because I would like to pop those out myself and do some custom work with them. Just pull out of the clips?