RE: [alfa] Rear view mirror caution

["John Katos" <john_katos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If my memory serves me correctly, I believe that rearview mirror adheasive
for windshields is just a high viscosity cyanoacrilate. I seriously doubt
that it would affect laminated windshields. You can tell if your windshield
is laminated (in the US) by 1. look for the US DOT label 2. I believe that
all vehicles imported to the US since the early 60's must have DOT spec
laminated windshields.

John Katos

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
Alex Rodriguez
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 1:12 PM
To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject: Re: [alfa] Rear view mirror caution


At 6/2/2004 04:12 AM, you wrote:
>A word of caution, though not necessary on this occasion, never use
>cyanoacrilate adhesive (superglue) on laminated windshields, it can cause
>the inner layer to crack. I have seen several sad cases, all folks trying
to
>re-attach mirrors .

How can you tell if you windshield is laminated?  I had an Omni that lost
it's
mirror.  I was in a hurry, read lazy, and just used superglue.  It never
caused my windshield to crack, but it would only last for a short time,
about a week.  I would hit a bump and it would fall off.  I would then
repeat the process.  I did this for quite some time before I went out and
bought the windshield mirror specific glue.


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