Replacing Wing Mirrors

[Dion c]

Hi All,

I have been browsing the forum for about an hour or 2 now looking for a guide on how to take off the wing mirrors do you need to remove the door card? a lot of the post's are for the 8P's and they have done,or do i just need to remove the black triangle and un do the bolt?

Going to replace my red ones with chrome ones

Any help is greatly appreciated :thumbsup:

 

[Gops]

Are you changing the base? If its just the caps then underneath the mirror will be 2 torx screws. Undo them then take out the glass. The way I do this is to push it all the way towards the inside and pull it out from the other side. Then they'll be 3 or 4 (can't really remember how many) torx screws. Take them out and the cap will come off the mirror base. No need to take the door card off.

 

[Gops]

Don't forget to disconnect the heated connections!

 

[Dion c]

Yer replacing the whole base unit with chrome oem ones.

Was wondering how to take out the glass, best do that as a precaution :thumbsup:

 

[Gops]

If your replacing the base, then inside the door opposite the mirror there's a plastic triangle piece that pops out with a screw driver. It'll then reveal a multi-spline torx bolt, undo that and disconnect the mirror plug. The thing should pull out then, it's not hard at all and no need to take the door card out.

 

[Dion c]

Sounds easy enough, even for a noob like me!

Thanks for the help Gops

 

[Gops]

Let us know how you go mate. I had to replace mine after someone tried robbing them!

 

[Yonner]

Just change the caps mate ! Don't need to do full fitting ! Takes ages that , the caps just unscrew !

Here the ones I removed from my 8L there goin in classifieds soon !bsee the 3 screws these secure it to the bracket