Both of my W210's have some sort of film/tinting over the driver's side mirror. On the 98 it's starting to peel.

Was this standard or is it some sort of aftermarket thing? I don't know that I need/want it but thought I'd ask before attempting to remove it.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 142k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

over the mirror? I have the auto darkening side view mirror on my 2000, its tied to the interior rear view mirror to detect light difference back to front.

I dont think the tinting material is pasted onto the glass

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

Maybe that's what's going on. Upon closer inspection, there's nothing really to peel off...even thought it looks like there is. Most of the mirror is brownish but there are parts of the top that are silver. Something has clearly deteriorated over the years.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 142k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

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The driver's outside mirror has an auto-self-dimming feature. It is driven by the sensor in the interior rear view mirror.

Apparently after years of environmental exposure the self-dimming layer fails and stays a permanent bronze color. I have this issue too.

The mirror glass is pretty easy to replace. Crank the housing all the way backwards and look in the gap. There is a wire clip slipped over a peg. Using a screwdriver lift that wire clip over the peg and pull off the exterior housing.

The mirror glass sits on the motor pedestal retained with a spring clip either at the top or the bottom, can't remember at the moment.

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2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)

both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)

1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech