# Rearview mirror replacement advice needed' **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** dodge, pickup\ **Created:** [September 2, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rearview-mirror-replacement-advice-needed/179138 "2021-09-02T21:08:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rearview-mirror-replacement-advice-needed/179138/1 "2021-09-02T21:08:32Z")
It has been a few years since I have had this problem I need to glue the rearview mirror back to the windshield I know that adhesives have changed a lot what brands if any would y’all recommend. I don’t have a garage it sets outside under the hot southern sun. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rearview-mirror-replacement-advice-needed/179138/2 "2021-09-02T21:16:37Z")
This is what I use. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/0/20e14e7303609745db9810c50b40304f1aa45d36.jpeg) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rearview-mirror-replacement-advice-needed/179138/3 "2021-09-02T21:21:54Z")
I would not have thought of that one thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rearview-mirror-replacement-advice-needed/179138/4 "2021-09-02T21:33:36Z")
3M makes a specific mirror to glass adhesive.[https://www.amazon.com/3M-08752-Rearview-Mirror-Adhesive/dp/B000U26UKM](https://www.amazon.com/3M-08752-Rearview-Mirror-Adhesive/dp/B000U26UKM) probably available at yiu local parts supplier. Clean the mirror attachment surface, stick it on, it’s lasted me 5+ years ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rearview-mirror-replacement-advice-needed/179138/5 "2021-09-02T21:39:37Z")
Clean the mirror attachment surface, stick it on, I use alcohol to clean both the glass and the button. Unless you know of a better way. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rearview-mirror-replacement-advice-needed/179138/6 "2021-09-02T23:00:29Z")
I always let the button stay on the glass for about a half hour to dry good before I put the mirror back on. but thats just me. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rearview-mirror-replacement-advice-needed/179138/7 "2021-09-03T00:08:02Z")
> [@weekend-warrior](#): > > I always let the button stay on the glass for about a half hour to dry good before I put the mirror back on. but thats just me. I park in the shade glue the button to the glass and tape it as tight as possible for al least an hour or longer before I put the mirror back on. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rearview-mirror-replacement-advice-needed/179138/8 "2021-09-03T00:09:30Z")
I always used the super-glue & accelerator commercial product for that on my truck. The good part of that product, it would stick fast within a minute or so. And it would last 4-5 years; but then the mirror would eventually fall off. I got tired of repeating the job, so the last time I tried something else, JB Weld Original. No signs of the mirror getting loose or falling off yet. I think it’s already been 5 years. The only challenge I had for that job was figuring a way to press that button onto the glass while the JB set for 24 hours. As I recall I rigged up a 2 x 4, with a 4 pound weight. You have to be careful not to press too hard, otherwise you may press the windshield right out. I expect the JB Weld job will never fail, and the main downside to this method is if the mirror ever gets inadvertently whacked the result might be a damaged windshield.