I did this to my 9-3 Aero 2008 for about 1 year ago. Sandblasted the aluminum part of the mirror, then 2K primer and then 2K 20 shine matt black. About 1 year later and over 4000km still looks like brand new!

@TechCars

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. 2K is the best. 👌👍

Very well done . It's nice to know we can do it for our enjoyment and improve different ways of doing the job.

@TechCars

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It's much easier letting a real paintshop do it. Removing the old black paint is time consuming. With the right tools this should not take long at all. Thanks for watching!

Nice video ill be doing this with my 93 aero asap as mine are faded and corring on the lower edge of the base

Just done mine in rich metallic black - plus spoiler on mine and tonneau - main body colour of car is lime green Parts for Saabs in UK do unpainted casings for £14 each - new

@TechCars

2 жыл бұрын

Nice work!!

I will definitely have to do that on my cars for sure :) any maybe exchange the mirrors between those 2003, 2008 and 2009, as each of those has different functions, which does not match what I want for certain car to have. Very good video with all the details needed. Now noone can be afrad of doing it himself. P.S.: wonder how polished aluminium with maybe some (darkened?) epoxy clearcoat would do instead of black color, let's say on white / silver / grey / black car? Maybe also with that BLC window trim in chrome.

@TechCars

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes it's a good idea to do it. Depending on the level of functionality. A good way of knowing which mirror to look for is to enter the VIN number on this site www.thesaabsite.com/ and see if there's autodimming/memory and so on. Based on that you can go look on the scrapyards for a replacement. Depending on the color of the car it would be interesting to see some other trim configurations. Maybe like the NG9-5 where part of the mirror has a color and the other is black? ;)

saab 9-3 side mirror

Do you have partnr for the new mirrorglas drivers side the new bigger ones? Great video!

@TechCars

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I've added some more information in the description field for you :) Please have a look there.

Perfekt. Just vad jag letat efter. En väl producerad video, tack. En fråga: vad var skälet till att du valde matt färg, istället för blank?

@TechCars

26 күн бұрын

Hej! Bra fråga. Jag funderade på att behålla det någorlunda "original". Blank kan säkert också se riktigt bra ut. Funderar du på blank?

@janmalmstrom7843

26 күн бұрын

Tack för snabbt svar. Nja, nu när jag tittar efter så är ju originalfärgen matt, så det får nog bli det. Jag kommer också gå på din rekommendation om svart färg från Biltema, men ska även laga en del kaross-rost och tänkte där köpa färg från Bilfärg.se istället. Har du några erfarenheter från dem?

@TechCars

25 күн бұрын

@@janmalmstrom7843 Har tyvärr ingen erfarenhet av bilfärg.se. Kollade lite på sidan och de har ett bra sortiment. Tror nog att de är snäppet bättre än biltema. Så här i efterhand hade jag nog även lagt en matt klarlack på det svarta för att få ett dunderbra skydd.

Nice job. But I did without taking the mirror out. Just a plastic bag and masking tape. Easier and faster 👍👍

@-Luksu-

Жыл бұрын

Did with that method and now somehow my mirror doesnt move up or down and the side to side adjustment is very slow

Fan vad fint! Samma bättringsfärg bör väl fungera för listerna som blir gråa med tiden va?

@TechCars

2 жыл бұрын

Tack. Absolut. Det borde det göra! Än idag ser det lika bra ut faktiskt.

@TechCars

2 жыл бұрын

Glömde skriva det! Använd plastprimer istället om du ska köra den matta färgen på listerna!

Hej igen. Har nu skaffat nödvändig spray, men innan jag sätter igång undrar jag om du - när du slipade - endast använda handkraft + sandpapper? Alltså ingen maskin (ex Dremel, slipmaskin etc). Och, var bortmonteringen av båda sidospeglarna gjorda på samma sätt? Jag har sett/hört att det är nån liten skillnad (fästen, skruvar etc).

@TechCars

24 күн бұрын

Körde endast för hand med slippapper med olika grovlek. Det var ganska jobbigt att göra det för hand bara så du vet. 😳 Demonteringen vad jag minns var lika på bägge sidor.

I have a 9- 3 2005 sport sedan model (B 207 ), and on the right side mirror the electric folding is not working although the electrc motor trying to do it ( because i can hear it ) .The rest is just fine . Do i need to buy the whole mirror or a specific part of it ? If you do know the item No it will be very helpful. Happy new year ,stay safe. Your videos are very helpful.

@TechCars

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have heated glass and memory as well? Thanks for watching :)

@georgekolotouros9176

3 жыл бұрын

@@TechCars No just the folding and the adjustments ( up ,down etc...)

@TechCars

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgekolotouros9176 Sorry I meant auto dimming. The connectors are different for the different variants. Electric folding, autodimming? (all have heated glass I believe, my bad)

@georgekolotouros9176

3 жыл бұрын

@@TechCars No auto dimming.

@TechCars

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgekolotouros9176 The part number for RH (LHD Car) is 12798098. And that's with electronic folding (no auto dimming and no memory) BR Markus

Vad hade hänt om man inte tar bort all gammal svart färg? Kommer man få sämre resultat?

@TechCars

4 жыл бұрын

Primern måste få ordentligt fäste. Annars släpper den. Risken är att om man inte gör rent under så släpper det längre fram. Inte säkert men risken finns..

I have two 9-5s, one 2008 and another that's a 2009 and I have also noticed that the glass on the side mirrors are different sizes. The glass on the 2009 are bigger and also seem to hold up better, they still look as new whereas I have already replaced the ones on the 2008.

@TechCars

4 жыл бұрын

Yes model year 2010 have the better glasses. This applies to the og9-5 as well. It can also use the new frame, cap and glass if it's model year 03-09.

@Fiskarhatten

4 жыл бұрын

@@TechCars My 2009 perhaps is a 2010, I actually have always had a hard time making sure which one it is. I know it was manufactured in september -09

@TechCars

4 жыл бұрын

Then it's most likely my 2010 😁👍👍

@Fiskarhatten

4 жыл бұрын

@@TechCars It's a Griffin, I have also noticed that it has a newer design on the buttons for the power windows.

@TechCars

4 жыл бұрын

Cool. The buttons were new for my 2009. 👍