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Hi. I'm new here.

I had an unfortunately collision which left my side-mirror dangling from the drivers-door. I'd certainly rather repair it than buy a replacement if possible.

Here are a couple pics of the mirror, removed from the door. The pieces fit together like a perfect puzzle... I'm just wondering what I should use to do the bonding?

I'm looking for a permanent solution. Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks

(pics - from my '96 civic)

 
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You might be able to get away with gorilla/sumo glue.. Just make sure you clamp the 2 pieces together tight. Gorilla glue expands like a ****, and sumo glue does, too, though not as much. One hell of a bond, those glues provide, though.

edit: in hindsight, that last sentence came off sounding like Yoda... oh well.

 
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Those glues seem good for tasks like fixing furniture. Do you have any experience using those glues with small plastic parts?

Is there maybe a preferred product that is specific to plastic? I don't think there is my room for "expansion", as these pieces seem to be VERY snug when in place....

 
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I'm pretty sure the package says "made for wood, metal, plastic, ceramic, etc" on it.. I don't have a bottle of it anymore, but I'm almost certainly positive it does.

If they're clamped together nicely (i.e. being held very tightly in the position you want them to sit when the glue is finally cured), then the expansion of the glue will just cause it to foam out the sides. Thats why they tell you to use the minimum amount you need, and to clamp it together, so the glue doesn't push the 2 pieces apart.

Sure, this example is from a piece of furniture, a shelf.. thing.. to be exact, but it's made of ABS plastic, much like your mirror. I accidentally snapped the threaded plastic off (and it snapped in a brittle fashion as opposed to a normal ductile plastic manner that deforms the plastic), and I used sumo glue to fix it, and the white foamy-ness is the excess glue that seeped out due to the glue's expansion.

The circular "bottom" base (really the top of the piece) is about 1.5" in diameter, and the threaded portion is about .5" in diameter, and where it made contact with the base is 1/16" to 1/8" thick (as the threaded portion is completely hollow). The whole thing is about 1" tall.

I put a small bit of the glue on, and balanced a 10lb weight on the top of it to clamp the 2 pieces together. The foamed up glue seeping out from the seam doesn't interfere with the functionality of the threads.



Like I said, you just gotta make sure you clamp the pieces together hella tight.

 
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Does this glue happen to go by more than one name? To be honest, I hadn't heard about it before today. I happen to have some (and I'm guessing on the name here) "Apoxee". Apparently it's good to, but I don't have too much.

I'm curious if I can buy some of this sumo glue locally.

 
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You can buy each of them at Home Depot or Sears