Has anyone replaced the rubber side mirror gaiters?

[lotos]

Mine are letting down the car a bit - has anyone replaced these or refurbed them?

[Jeemy]

If they are just greyed, gtechniq c4 is worth its weight in gold, and costs as much. But its the single best detailing product for returning black trim to black, permanently and somewhat miraculously. Its £25 or so for 15ml which does go a long way. Poorboys trim restorer is half the price for a giant bottle and good for larger trim.

I plan to clean mine with a toothbrush and apc, then use gummi-pflege on them for a few weeks to supple up the rubber, then finish with c4 rubbed in with a cotton bud. After that they will literally be good for 3-5 years just washed with shampoo or foam.

[alan e]

To get the rubbers off you have to remove the mirror from the holder and then remove both springs and wiring to the motor and mirror heater getting the springs back is a pain after that you have to refit the mirror which you then find the pegs that adjust the mirror are broken and are N.L.A cleaning them is a better way of going about this job i had to remove the mirrors for a respray not a job i want to do again.

[rip]

A surprising product for turning greyed black plastic back to black is a hair wax called Dax. It takes a bit of rubbing in but is cheap & lasts a lot longer than any spray-on product I have used.

As a hair product it does not wash out very easily. For plastic, that's exactly the point: It does not wash off readily.

[lotos]

I don't know if they can be refurbished, they're sort of dry and cracked and don't fill the entire gap as I imagine they did when new.

[Specky]

It also depends on which ones you have, early cars had plastic bellows, later cars had rubber. They're real easy to replace, the trick is to assemble the mirror end first, then utilise some fine wire or para chord to pull the spring hooks over the inner mount.

TTFN

[alan e]

If you take the springs off via the inner mount you will have to remove the mirror from the door to do this remove the door card to unplug the mirror heater and motor remove 3 screws which hold the mirror housing inplace if you do it this way you will not have to remove the mirror glass but i found refitting the springs very hard they are very tight to pull back over the inner mount i had no para cord but i did try some wire also the springs are held inplace at the mirror end by a washer which you will need to replace if you remove it hope this helps.