I have a set the electric folding mirrors, and I want to take them apart for painting, but I'm not familiar with their internals, so I'm not entirely sure how to do it. When I split the right mirror open, I see two screws on the mount to the car, and three screws in the mirror itself. However, taking these screws out doesn't seem like it will enable me to remove the mirror from the housing. Has anybody done this? How'd you do it? Thanks!

Steve

 

everytime we tried we broke them....

 

Lol. D'ohhhhh. Well, the one I have is already slightly broken, hence why I wanted to take it apart(in addition to painting it). It doesn't align "quite right," I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. I suppose they'll be able to do a decent enough job painting them while they're still together, but it's too bad, I would have liked to try fixing it...

Steve

 

I took one of mine apart to fix it once.

There are four screws behind the mirror part. They are a PIA to get to, but it can be done. Basically you have to move the mirror all the way to one side or the other, and wiggle a screwdriver between the edge of the mirror and the housing.

 

Hey great, thanks! I will try that.

Steve