How do you remove the mirror cover?

[Sarahhp18]

Hiya, need to remove my drivers mirror cover to have it painted. How do you remove it with it being a complete cover?

 

Thnx

[Keyser]

Take the door trim of on the inside and remove the 3 bolts that hold the mirror - undo the wiring harness - that's the mirror off

 

now remove the glass as shown here

 

 

 

then do this

 

one problem with a complete colour change is how much you have to take apart to paint it!

 

Like the wing mirrors!

 

 

How to do this -

 

remove the glass by popping the 2 clips from underneath

 

then remove the glass mount

 

 

remove the screws from the bottom and behind the mount

 

then take this out

 

 

pop the 2 plugs off

 

 

you get to here

 

 

now pull the motor out

 

 

cut these 2 wirers (its easier)

 

 

pull the pins out of the 2 plates

 

 

now pull the wires out ONE AT A TIME (they will fit) through the hole in the motor

 

 

remember where these go !!!

 

 

more coming ...........................

[spawn]

Its quite hard to remove the cover completely tbh, i did the following when i painted mine.

 

1) remove door card and the black plastic trim on back of mirror.

2) unplug wires unscrew mirror base and remove.

3) on the bottom of mirror are a few screws, undo them and this will split the base from mirror.

4) i then removed mirror glass.

 

I didnt strip the mirror down any more than this, once the mirror casing was prepped i masked off the wires, plugs and base.

 

Hope this helps.

[Sarahhp18]

Thank you :-)

[scubapics]

There is a slightly better method that does not involve cutting any wires or pulling the cable loom through the motor.

 

To separate the mirror housing from the door bracket you need to remove each wire from the white door connector. On wire end of the connector are two clips, remove these using a small flat bladed screwdriver. Each clip has a catch on each side. Just lever these over and the clips will come off.

 

To remove each cable, again use the smallest jeweller's screwdriver and pass it into the opposite end of the connector of each wire. On the connecting end of the connector the connecting holes are along the outside with holes to place a latch release tool (jeweller's screwdriver in this case). Placing the latch release tool inside will raise a small plastic lever of which the metal connector latches against to prevent it from being pushed or pulled out. When you get it in the correct position, the wire will pull out without any force. If you are pulling hard you don't have the latch released yet.

 

This is from memory. I will be removing the mirror on the weekend ready for the body shop on Monday along with bonnet, front bumper and spoiler so I will take a couple of photos to show you exactly where to put the screwdriver.