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To Remove the Side Mirror Assembly:
1.
Remove the driver side door panel from the vehicle.
2.
Remove the three hex nuts that secure the mirror assembly to the vehicle. Unplug the mirror assembly
harness cable from the door’s power harness and carefully remove the mirror assembly from the
vehicle.
To Remove the Glamour Cap from the Mirror Assembly:
1.
To remove the glamour cap from the mirror assembly, the glamour caps three retaining tabs must be
carefully lifted off the rear housing retaining pins. This is accomplished with a small flatblade
screwdriver or other suitable device.
2.
To gain access to the glamour caps upper retaining tabs, the mirror must be gently positioned so that
it’s lower edge is pressed inwards as far as it will travel. This will allow the two, upper retaining tabs to be accessed with the
screwdriver (Fig. 1).
3.
Position the screwdriver blade under either of the upper retaining tabs and pry tab upwards and off its retaining pin. Repeat for
remaining upper retaining tab.
4.
To gain access to the glamour cap’s lower retaining tab, the mirror must be gently positioned so that it’s upper edge is pressed
inwards as far as it will travel. This will allow the lower retaining tab to be
accessed with the screwdriver.
5.
Position the screwdriver blade over the retaining tab and pry tab
downwards and off its retaining pin. With all three retaining tabs free, pull
glamour cap and its guide pin away from the mirror assembly.
To Prepare the Mirror Assembly:
1.
With the glamour cover removed, look at the rear of the mirror assembly.
Locate the upper retaining tab slot indicated. Draw a perpendicular line
that extends 1 inch from the middle of the bottom of the slot (Fig. 2).
2.
At the end of this perpendicular line, carefully drill a 1” hole into the mirror
assembly (Fig. 3).
3.
Now fold the lower section of the triangular foam mounting gasket so that
access to the lower section of the mirror assembly’s mounting surface is
gained.
4.
Locate the area along the bottom of the mirror assembly’s mounting surface where the
mirror harness has been routed from inside the assembly. The adjacent passage (closer to
the rear of the assembly) will also be drilled using a 3/8” drill bit. As shown in Fig. 4, make
sure that as the hole is drilled, the bit stays parallel with walls of the passage.
Note: The location of these holes are critical. Be sure that the indicated
distances are measured accurately. Failure to do so may result in damage
to the mirror’s motor and/or wiring components.
To Prepare the Wiring Harness:
Note: Because the harness must be routed through a specific, narrow and
twisting path within the mirror assembly, it is necessary to temporarily
extend the length of the harness with a make-shift “snake”.
1.
Locate the tie-wrap included with your MirrorBeam and cut the fastener-end off.
2.
Locate the end of the harness that has SOCKET-type terminals installed on the free wires.
If present, cut off the non-insulated wire (not used).
3.
Strongly secure the tie-wrap to the harness with electrical or similar tape. It is important to
have at least 2” of the tie-wrap secured to the harness jacket.
4.
Route the harness through the mirror assembly.
Fig. 3
Side View
1“
Inch
Left (Driver) Side Mirror
(Rear view with Glamour Cap removed)
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 4
