This weekend I took the time and painted my mirrors. The original paint had start to clip on the driver's side and completely chip off on the passenger side. So despite the heat, I followed the below DIY for removing the mirrors.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?&id=4099628
The pulling of the clip to release the mirror went smooth on the passenger, but it took me some time on the driver side to release it.
Once they were off, I went ahead and cleaned them off. I removed as much dirt, grease, bugs, or anything that had caked the mirrors. The next step was sanding them. That went quicker that I had thought.
The paint I used was for truck bed liners. It is a rubber like paint that helps stop scratches and bugs from embedding themselves into the paint.
I did about 3 coats of the paint on the mirrors. The paint is a fast drying paint. So I only had to wait 5 minutes in between coats.
I reinstalled, took a break to eat, and then I preceded to pat myself on the back.
(picture coming of finished project)
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