Can this mirror be refurbished?

Thanks for all the feedback folks. I had a suspicion re-chroming a pot metal mirror might be prohibitively expensive, and apparently that's the case. The wagon isn't some show queen, it's a driver so I'm not spending a fortune to fix this.

I had a back-up plan, to clean up the mirror, smooth out the surface with either bondo or JB, and try painting it with chrome spray paint. I have another junk chrome mirror I can experiment on. The worst it can do is not work, and I'm not out much but some time and effort.

ch1ll said

While I’m not sure body putty is the answer or not, before you fill any blisters, you have to dig out all contamination and oxidation before it is filled in. They make special metal alloy filler rod that is melted in like solder. One brand is called muggyweld.

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Good info, I'll check it out - thanks!

toolmanmike said

Do you have a remote mirror on the drivers side? That isn't a match to it if you do.

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Yes, the driver side is remote. The one I got for the passenger side is manual, but it is the correct mirror.

I'll post more info as I go down this trail to see how this pans out.