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Hello All
My first post. I’ve got a 13 F150, it was parked in the yard here in MA a week ago, I noticed melted trim as seen in pictures. I suspect this was from Low angle sun on the mirror, probably the small mirror on the larger side mirror. See the pics. Anyone have a similar story?
I guess anything is possible, but I wouldn't expect a low sun to be able to get that angle off 'your' mirror....and if so, I don't know how it could possibly be that hot. Midday sun in the summer, maybe, but doubtful or we'd probably see more posts.
If it was from a sun reflection, I would expect it to have been from different, larger surface, that was somewhat convex to concentrate the light/heat. Good luck figuring that one out!
For fun, to work out the angle from your mirror to that spot, use a flashlight to see what angle would be required.
First post I've seen like this. I would assume that the inner part of the mirror casing would of melted as well considering they-re made out of the same plastic. Is it possible you were parked close to a larger mirror on a building or something? Try parking in that same spot and check to see if the sun will hit that spot again.
It was in a rural area, no glass buildings around, not vandalism, only thing I can think is trucks mirror or mirror from van parked next to it?
I will check how sun would hit it with a flashlight
Very mysterious
The freaking sun is melting my siding on my house in 2 spots. One side from the sun reflection off my neighbors house a good 200 yards away. You will be surprised how powerful the Suns reflection is on plastic. Google it, it will amaze you.
03-21-2018, 11:31 AM
Trim melted - sun in mirror?
