Editing Smaller Rear View Mirror (section)

== Golf 2 mirror ==
Addition by Friso:
There is some confusion about which kind of mirror is fitted to which cars, I suppose...
At least my 2004 S2 111S had a GM mirror with the ball joint on top of the mirror. It is a whopping 260mm wide...

Anyway: I've found a Golf 2 mirror (part no. E1 0010012) to fit quite nicely. This mirror is even smaller than a Deawoo Matiz mirror and, more importantly, it fits on cars that have mirrors which have their ball joint on top.

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Image:VW_compare.jpg|GM and VW comparison.
Image:VW_in_situ.jpg|VW mirror in-situ.
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Instructions:

# Remove lotus mirror, by sliding the whole thing (including its stalk) DOWNWARDS. - it just slides down leaving a small mounting plate in place on the windscreen.
# Remove the mirror from the stalk by popping the "ball and socket" joint out of joint. I'd say lubricate it and pull straight out. (I don't know for certain, because my mirror just fell off its stalk.)
# Find a small mirror with it's ball joint on top in a scrappy. In my case I found a Golf 2 with a nice small mirror. I removed the stalk and mirror and separated them at home, using some WD40. I pulled straight out. 
# Push the old stalk in the new mirror using some lubricant like WD40 I checked the size of both joints first. I'd say most of these joints are roughly the same size, but better safe than sorry. 
# Slide the whole thing back onto the windscreen mounting.

Done!

Or, pop out old mirror (mine came out without any bother), then use sandpaper on the ball of the new VW mirror till you have made the ball small enough to pop in without smashing your windscreen. Only took a few minutes of rubbing to get it to fit. Ohhh la.

Added by JohnF

Initially, I couldn't get the Golf mirror to fit, even with a bit of WD40. I wasn't keen on sanding the ball down, in case this left it too loose and I was half way back to where I started (i.e. mirror ending up lopsided after 5 minutes drive). I eventually put a towel round the mirror, put the mirror onto a bench, positioned the ball onto the socket and gave the socket mount a sharp hit with hammer. It popped in first time. Obviously, I can't guarantee that this will work again - I did it having reached a point where I figured if it wouldn't go in I was happy to sacrifice a 2nd hand Golf mirror.