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vdubpower Enthusiast

vdubpower

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I backed my side mirror into a pillar, and cracked the glass and i have finally purchased a replacement

 

im having some trouble getting the original one out...i removed the triagle plastic piece and moved the 3 nuts holding the mirror but i cant seem to figure out how to get the wire exposed for the plugs....

 

do i need to take off the entire door panel, and if so, how????

i removed the plastic plug cover on the inner side near the dash but i cant seem to get any further

 

any advice please, pics too,

 

this is drivers door, thanks

coolkc Enthusiast

coolkc

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You have to remove the door panel because the wire harness runs down too the power window master switch by the arm rest> Hope this helps you out

jblakeney Senior Enthusiast

jblakeney

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Yea what year....

 

GMT800's pull the triangle and pull wire upwards. Connector is accessible without pulling door panel. Changed one a week ago... 20 minutes and I dropped a nut in the door... OOPS.. Fished it out and still only took 20 minutes.

 

Jbo

jblakeney Senior Enthusiast

jblakeney

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Lightly pull up on the wire. Unless somebody has taped it down. It will come up without removing the door panel..... I have had a couple that the cable over times vibrates and falls down the door behind the door panel.......

 

Other-hand I did find one, electrical taped to the door........ But the door behind the panel was a different color so it was a junkyard door. Considering the bad work painting the door (aka not painting the entire door this did not surprise me to bad to find something like that).....

 

But if your in doubt take the PANEL OFF. Takes less than 2 minutes.

 

Jbo

tylerjenkins92@aol.com Senior Enthusiast

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Lightly pull up on the wire. Unless somebody has taped it down. It will come up without removing the door panel..... I have had a couple that the cable over times vibrates and falls down the door behind the door panel.......

 

Other-hand I did find one, electrical taped to the door........ But the door behind the panel was a different color so it was a junkyard door. Considering the bad work painting the door (aka not painting the entire door this did not surprise me to bad to find something like that).....

 

But if your in doubt take the PANEL OFF. Takes less than 2 minutes.

 

Jbo

 

I agree, get it done already. It shouldn't take days to change out a mirror. More like minutes. I took mine off when I painted mine, it took all of 5 minutes per mirror.

tylerjenkins92@aol.com Senior Enthusiast

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The panel. It has a couple screws behind the armrest, under the window control panel, and they'll be two more under little dome shaped caps. Onjce you have all the screw out, pry the unlock/lock knob out of the door. Now you lift up on the panel and pull it away from the door while pulling on the door handle to slide it through its hole, as that plastic piece usually doesn't come off without breaking a clip from the outside. Now that the panel is free, unhook any wires that are still hooked to it. It may sound hard, but it takes like 5 minutes max.

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