I recently purchased and installed an OEM replacement mirror for the Legacy but unfortunately it has a similar issue to what the old mirror the had.
The mirror vibrates on/with the motor at any rate of speed above 30mph.
The assembly on the car is solid, motor works fine, doesn’t seem to have too excessive play when parked (maybe a minor at best but nothing clearly lose), however it gets quite annoying at speed.
I’d like to figure out a good way to stop the vibration but still give it ability of minor adjustment of play when/if necessary.
At this point in time I’m thinking of using cloth like substance stuck in between housing and mirror or possibly a few strategic spots flexible adhesive to secure it in place.
Wanted to see if any one has ever come across a similar issue or has a better idea on fixing it?
yup, welcome to the world of shitty subaru mirrors. go get yourself a pack of wood window wedges and jamb a few pieces in the mirror as suggested. paint them the color of the car with some rattle can if you want them to blend in a bit.
You can take the mirror apart and tighten the mechanism, but I’ve broken the tabs off more mirror glass that I can shake a stick at doing this.
Well ended up using black shims, courtesy of Lowes and it worked out pretty well.
Sorry for crappy pic, but you can see one on the bottom, and the ones in the left side and top are basically invisible.
Also however decided to look into the old one and see why it had the same issue, seeing as it’s rather common in these Legacies.
Took the entire mirror apart and got down to the source of the problem.
As you can see part of the mount is missing entirely.
I’d debate on fixing it and putting it all back together into the housing, however I’ve had nothing but bad experiences with securing a mirror back on (needs to come off the double sided tape to get to interior housing) The double sided tape never held the mirror right and it would always fall off later on. Don’t want to solve one problem by creating another one.
panel bond the glass back on the mount. I dont have any parts to epoxy with it quite yet, but when i do ill PM you and I can do it.
The stuff is $30-50 a “tube”. Which is actually 2 side by side tubes and uses a $3 throwaway tip to self-mix the 2 materials. Annnnnd uses a special gun to dispense it.
Its used for mounting bed sides, sheet metal and plastic panels on cars, etc Think JB weld on crack.
