grasshopper645

Cracked the glass on my driver side wing mirror while replacing the motor that wasn't working properly.

I see on ebay you can get replacement glass pretty cheap but my understanding is these cheap knockoffs don't have the heated mirror feature.

I can only find one GM part number for the driver side wing mirror glass - 12530715

Is it safe to assume that this part number comes with the heated mirror function? Was this a standard feature on the 99 C5's or an option?

TIA!

CactusCat

You can remove the heat pad from the back of the glass and transfer it to the new mirror glass. I cracked my mirror glass when reinstalling as well when I repaired the floppy mirror problem. I removed the heating pad by using a single sided razor blade to get started, then I SLOWLY pulled the heating pad off, only using the razor when needed. Go slow. It would also be beneficial to heat the whole thing up with a hair dryer before removal. I ended up getting a replacement mirror from here (don't worry about which year, all the mirrors are the same but you might need to change for driver or passenger sides) for $20 shipped. http://www.wheelskin.com/burcomirror...ETTE&year=1998 You can just put the heating pad back on with small amount of super glue. Reassemble and away you go. Don't break the new mirror, another 7 years of bad luck...

Just for funnies, I looked at fleabay and you're right, the mirrors are cheap there. About $12 or so. Nice!!

grasshopper645

haha thanks mate, will give that a go

Vetteman Jack

Thanks for sharing your glass replacement procedure. Don't need it right now, but am saving it just in case.