Fix My Mirror?

Ryno95 · April 4, 2007

What kind of a job is this? Something I should attempt?

Thanks,

Ryan

believe it or not an owl (yep, an owl) flew into it at about 2am one morning....

carneyman · April 4, 2007

The mirror as a whole isn't too hard to replace, the glass itself is even easier. The glass fell off (yep, just fell off) of my 99 one day, so I picked it up and pushed it back on, and it stayed. To replace the whole assembly I believe you have to take the door panels off from the inside (maybe just the top triangle piece) and there are some nuts that you take off behind it to remove the mirror.

Ryno95 · April 4, 2007

The mirror as a whole isn't too hard to replace, the glass itself is even easier. The glass fell off (yep, just fell off) of my 99 one day, so I picked it up and pushed it back on, and it stayed. To replace the whole assembly I believe you have to take the door panels off from the inside (maybe just the top triangle piece) and there are some nuts that you take off behind it to remove the mirror.

The glass is the only thing that is broken - I believe. The blinker still works even. How do I get it out to replace it?

Ryan

pwall · April 4, 2007

Check out this website:

http://www.kwmuth.com/products/kits/200-0036.htm

They sell after-market mirrors. They have an excellent installation guide that you can download that will explain how to get the mirror off.

As in the previous posts, it's not difficult to get the glass out of the housing. It's basically snapped in place.

Ryno95 · April 4, 2007

Check out this website:
http://www.kwmuth.com/products/kits/200-0036.htm

They sell after-market mirrors. They have an excellent installation guide that you can download that will explain how to get the mirror off.

As in the previous posts, it's not difficult to get the glass out of the housing. It's basically snapped in place.

Thanks. I'll check it out.

Ryan

carneyman · April 4, 2007

Your best bet would be to take out as much of the broken parts as possible, then pry the rest of it off (carefully, don't break the plastic behind it). When you get all the mirror off, clean off the adhesive that was on there. Then put the new one on using mirror adhesive, which you should be able to find at any windshield repair shop. Oh, and be sure to get a new mirror.

Ryno95 · April 5, 2007

Your best bet would be to take out as much of the broken parts as possible, then pry the rest of it off (carefully, don't break the plastic behind it). When you get all the mirror off, clean off the adhesive that was on there. Then put the new one on using mirror adhesive, which you should be able to find at any windshield repair shop. Oh, and be sure to get a new mirror.

So the mirror must rest within a plastic framework of some sort? And this is in turn attached to the mounting apparatus that allows it to be adjusted? How does the blinker mix in to all of this? The mirror itself must have a power source.

Thanks,

Ryan

carneyman · April 5, 2007

Didn't notice that you had a blinker...not sure how that works. On mine the mirror was just glued onto a plastic plate of sorts, and I was just able to put it back on there. Yours might be more difficult.

pwall · April 5, 2007

The mirror will have 2 connectors on the back. One for the turn signal, and one for the heated mirror (assuming you have that).

Simply unplug the connectors when you get the mirror off.

Ryno95 · April 5, 2007

Got one on the way. I'll let you know how it went and post some pics.

Thanks for the input.

Ryan

Ryno95 · April 7, 2007

I received the mirror.

If I simply pull out on the old one the tabs will 'let go' and it will pop out?

I'm not worried about breaking the old one - just breaking whatever the mirror fits into.

Thanks,

Ryan

pwall · April 7, 2007

Yes, the mirror will pop out. Follow the directions posted on the website I mentioned in a earlier post.

Costas1966 · April 7, 2007

I hope this isn't a hijack, but are all units pre-wired for the mirror turn signal? In other words, if this member had a regular mirror, could he have replaced it with this one with the turn signal?