I decided to update my big pre facelift wing mirrors for the newer LED facelift ones. Just in case you either need to change a wing mirror or fancy doing this mod then this is How To. First of all remember to have the car turned off and the key out of the ignition when working on the car as an unintentional short can cost 00s! Also be very careful of scratching trims etc. Don't drop screws inside the door card.
These are the before photos.
First of all you need to wind the window down in order to get your fingers behind the tweeter grill. Gently pull the grill off from the window side remembering that the grill is connected by a cable to the speaker.
Then remove the sound proofing.
Then remove the cover to the door control unit. Gently pull the cover from the hinge of the door side.
Unplug the two cables that come from the door mirror to the control box.
Undo the three torx screws that hold the mirror to the door. Obviously you need to hold the mirror otherwise when the third screw comes out, the mirror will fall down your door and smash!
Before you can feed the cable out of the hole you will need to unclip a grey cable clip which holds the mirror cable to the speaker cable and then attaches both cables to the door to prevent rattles. You can see the clip in the photo.
Then hold the new mirror to the hole you have created by removing the old one and tuck the top edge under the rubber seal. Take time to get the positioning and placement of seals right. If you don't, water could get in and also your mirrors might generate wind noise.
When you are happy with the positoning of the new mirror reattach with the 3 torx screws, then feed the cables down the door to the control box and plug them in. Checking that everything is secure first, you can then turn on the ignition and check that the mirror folds and indicates correctly.
If it does then turn off and follow the steps in reverse to put it back together again.
A good look eh! one of each.
A working correctly positioned mirror.
Old verses New
Finished job
Hope this helps someone!
These are the before photos.
First of all you need to wind the window down in order to get your fingers behind the tweeter grill. Gently pull the grill off from the window side remembering that the grill is connected by a cable to the speaker.
Then remove the sound proofing.
Then remove the cover to the door control unit. Gently pull the cover from the hinge of the door side.
Unplug the two cables that come from the door mirror to the control box.
Undo the three torx screws that hold the mirror to the door. Obviously you need to hold the mirror otherwise when the third screw comes out, the mirror will fall down your door and smash!
Before you can feed the cable out of the hole you will need to unclip a grey cable clip which holds the mirror cable to the speaker cable and then attaches both cables to the door to prevent rattles. You can see the clip in the photo.
Then hold the new mirror to the hole you have created by removing the old one and tuck the top edge under the rubber seal. Take time to get the positioning and placement of seals right. If you don't, water could get in and also your mirrors might generate wind noise.
When you are happy with the positoning of the new mirror reattach with the 3 torx screws, then feed the cables down the door to the control box and plug them in. Checking that everything is secure first, you can then turn on the ignition and check that the mirror folds and indicates correctly.
If it does then turn off and follow the steps in reverse to put it back together again.
A good look eh! one of each.
A working correctly positioned mirror.
Old verses New
Finished job
Hope this helps someone!
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