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Old 4th July 2012, 04:49 PM
HPsauce HPsauce is offline
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Default Remove door mirror without taking door trim off?

This is an interesting conundrum and I think there "ought" to be an answer.

I have a replacement nearside folding door mirror mechanism (acquired in exchange for a number of Her Majesty's flexible beer tokens from our hosts) as mine is a bit "random" on folding.

The instructions start with the rather tedious process of removing the door card, which quite frankly I'd rather avoid.
There are actually no details of removing the mirror itself and I can find no photos of that area online, but I "presume" (dangerous I know) that it involves taking off the triangular plastic cover on the inside of the door (above the main trim) and undoing the retaining bolt/screw that holds the mirror to the frame.
It then appears to lift off the captive electrical connector and of course the secondary electrical cable needs disconnecting, with the complication of the connectors being deep inside the door - but I can probably deal with that .

I can't see how the triangular cover comes off, is it possible to do that without removing the main door trim, or perhaps just "adjusting" it slightly at the edge? Is it for example just a push (clip) fit or are there some screws too?

If I can remove that and then get the mirror off its mounting, I'm fairly comfortable with (carefully and individually) cutting and splicing the wires in the cables (7 in mine I think) and getting the new unit in.

I'm hoping someone who has "been there before me" can offer some advice. Fingers crossed.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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