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I have a 2019 LTZ with the chrome caps and bought some body colored ones to replace them.  I have seen a couple forums where folks talk about this, and even found one with the GM instructions.  However I cannot find anyone that actually did it.  The instructions say to put a "suitable tool" under the mirror and pry up to snap it off its brackets on the motor housing mounts.  However I pry and pry and nothing happens. I am afraid I am going to break it.   Im using a  1.5" chisel wrapped in tape to wedge in the gap between the mirror and the bezel.   Any advice? 

 

I thought I read a forum where someone said the dealer just snapped the old caps off from the outside.  I wonder how hard it is to get the new ones on if I did that?  I would rather do it the right way and not ruin the stock caps, but I also dont wanna break the mirror or motor mounts.  The instructions say the old caps may break regardless so I dont know if it matters.

 

I wonder how much a dealer would charge to swap them?

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Awesome.  Thanks!  The way he did it appears different than the GM instructions.  This is very helpful.

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No problem.  Please post back your results.  I'm thinking of doing the same one of these days.

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It went great.  You need to adjust your mirrors down and in as far as they will go.  it allows you to see the release tabs.  you can pry the first two loose then work your way to a lower one on the outside lower edge.  Once you get those 3 loose then the mirror just comes off.  The bezel is not as bad as he made it out to the video.  I used two screwdrivers.  One to pry between the bezel and the mirror and stuck another inside the tab slot to pry the tab free.  The inside lower corner sticks and you gotta just pull it till you hear a snap.  Then panic. Then realize its okay.

 

Getting the old caps off without breaking the tabs will definitley take some patience.  Mine broke, but I think if I ever wanted to use them again, I could.  It might take a dab of epoxy. 

 

Overall the new ones look great.  Took about an hour once I realized how to do it.  The second one went much faster than the first.

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[emoji51] you went from Chrome to painted plastic?

I hope you don't get bug swarms where you live.

In Florida we have love bugs and nasty lake bugs and they etch the hell out of the plastic painted mirror covers. I ditched my body color ones for chromed ones and they hold up so much better.

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SatinSilvy Enthusiast

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I popped my color matched caps on last night in the dark successfully some how. Oh and check out the freshly painted grille that I popped on last night as well.

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54 minutes ago, Raybaby said:

Did you have to take your mirrors apart

No just popped the covers off and put the new ones on. Prob took 10 mins.

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Yea I used a flathead screw driver. It broke 2 of the hooked pieces off in the middle (looks like the guy above broke the same pieces and he took his mirror apart) but nothing a little double sided tape couldn’t fix. These caps are one time use in my eyes. They are made very cheap, these cost me like 50 bucks with tax from GM. 

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Yeah, they are pretty cheap parts.  If I was to do again I might just pry them off.  You can get prepainted ones on ebay for pretty cheap. 

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