How to deal with a scratched car rearview mirror?

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LaJeffrey
07/29/25 9:05pm
If the car rearview mirror is scratched, you can purchase a touch-up paint pen. Start spraying the paint from a certain distance from the scratch, and the sprayed paint can make the car body's paint more even to solve the problem. Additional information: 1. The function and regulations of rearview mirrors: Rearview mirrors are tools that allow the driver to directly obtain external information about the rear, sides, and lower parts of the car while sitting in the driver's seat. For the convenience of the driver's operation, to prevent traffic safety accidents, and to ensure personal safety, all countries require that cars must be equipped with rearview mirrors, and all rearview mirrors must be adjustable in direction. Rearview mirrors have a field of view issue, which refers to the range that the mirror surface can reflect. 2. Three elements of the field of view: The industry has proposed three elements of the field of view, namely the distance between the driver's eyes and the rearview mirror; the size of the rearview mirror and the radius of curvature of the rearview mirror. There is a certain relationship between these three elements. When the distance and size of the rearview mirror are the same, the smaller the radius of curvature of the mirror surface, the larger the field of view reflected by the mirror surface. When the radius of curvature of the mirror surface is the same, the larger the size of the mirror surface, the larger the field of view reflected by the mirror surface.
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