The other day I was getting out of the Z and shut my door and right as the door shut the driver side side view mirror popped out of its seat and fell to the concrete then shattered into a million pieces. I have a new mirror, but I have to solve the problem of why it fell out in the first place. It looks like it is just held in place with a sort of plastic "seat" that has a lip around the edge. The old one is damaged and missing part of that lip. It looks like someone in the past was prying on it for whatever reason and damaged the lip on the seat that holds the mirror glass. I've checked black dragon, zcarsource, zcarparts.... where in the heck can I buy that silly little seat?

 

Fyi, I don't want to be a jerry rigger and just eboxy the new mirror in place. Any tips?

 

Oh, this is for an 83 280zx, left side.

Edited October 6, 201511 yr by jmw_man

Epoxy is a proper repair

 

I think I have that for you 12 bucks shipped .

use some rubber glue.. it is normally used to repair shoes..  With that glue you can always get it off when needed. I used it to glue the edge-ring of a 280zx 1979 left side mirror.