so pics of the mirror swap
here you can see the difference in thickness on the left the new glass on the right the cheap ebay one
the thick glass caused everything to seem larger and closer than they where.
this one shows the difference in magnification just
I decided to remove the frame from the old glass to fit to the new glass - rather than stick the new glass onto the old glass
this resulted in
after slipping with the blade - oops
Bandaged up by Shell (Thank you) and carrying on.
also remembered job three - glue the insert back into jack sorage cover from boot