PRIVATE For Sale / Trade Classifieds Sell/Trade your stuff for free! NO COMMERCIAL POSTS!
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

Personal experience replacing folding mirror?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #1  
Old 02-24-2010, 06:39 PM
VegasGuy's Avatar
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 345
Default Personal experience replacing folding mirror?

Does anyone here have personal experience replacing their folding mirror? I would like to replace mine and found these directions that seem to cover the basics:

http://www.kwmuth.com/techsupport/pdfs/21000830.pdf

It SEEMS to be pretty straightforward. The problem is they don't go into much detail, and we all know the devil is in the details. Anyone care to chime in?
 
  #2  
Old 04-05-2010, 02:12 PM
sirbob's Avatar
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mile High City
Posts: 28
Default

Did you ever replace your power folding mirror? My passenger side is starting to stick when the temps get down below freezing, i'm worried that it's going to strip a gear or burn out the little motor in it, so i'm preparing myself.
 
  #3  
Old 04-05-2010, 09:10 PM
calif phil's Avatar
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 2,145
Default

It's easy to replace the mirrors. The hardest part is removing the door panels and that is not hard.
 
  #4  
Old 04-05-2010, 09:11 PM
calif phil's Avatar
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 2,145
Default

No wait the hardest part is paying for the mirrors. They were $425 each when I bought mine.
 
  #5  
Old 04-06-2010, 01:14 AM
VegasGuy's Avatar
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 345
Default

Any special tools or tricks needed to remove the door panel? If I could get that part done without any damage, the rest would likely be pretty straight forward.
 
  #6  
Old 04-06-2010, 08:36 AM
calif phil's Avatar
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 2,145
Default

Go to the local Napa or Carquest and get a door panel tool. It goes between the panel and the door and will pop the clips off fairly easy.
 
  #7  
Old 04-06-2010, 10:52 AM
VegasGuy's Avatar
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 345
Default

Thanks, Phil. I'll check it out.
 
  #8  
Old 04-10-2010, 01:21 PM
theboss's Avatar
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: New York
Posts: 141
Default

if you have all the tools you should be ok
 
  #9  
Old 04-12-2010, 07:02 PM
VegasGuy's Avatar
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 345
Default

I dug around on Google and found this post that is specific to the H2. It not only shows how to gain access to the folding mirror, it also shows how to fix it!

http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/s...4&postcount=28

FYI: Harbor Freight has their 5 Piece Auto Trim and Molding Tool Set on sale right now for $5.99. These seem to be the same ones (identical picture) sold under other brand names and come highly rated by users.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=67021
 
  #10  
Old 04-19-2010, 12:57 PM
sirbob's Avatar
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mile High City
Posts: 28
Default

Wow, thanks for the link Vegas guy. Doesn't look to difficult, and if it saves me from having to spend close to a thousand bucks to replace both sides, I think it'll keep momma and the checking account happy.
 


Quick Reply: Personal experience replacing folding mirror?



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:06 AM.