For what it's worth: I wanted to take my mirrors apart to paint them a while back. A search only yeilded the fact that there were four screws to remove behind the glass but no pics. Some even thought you had to break the glass. You don't. There are four screws to remove behind the glass which you can get at by tilting the mirror as far as it will go to the top and bottom. Two of the screws are on the top side and two on the bottom. Use a light to see in there. The pics are of the mirror apart so you can see the four mounting locations. Of course, reassembly is much easier!

 

that's great!
can we still get those from the dealer?

 

Is it just me or do you just have ultra small hands?

 

nice! i always wondered how to change the mirror piece only. now i can paint the mirror thingy with no problem of accidently getting paint on the mirrors.

 

Well, it's not my hand cause I'm taking the picture! It was my son's hand i think and his fingers are curled.

 

i'm planning on painting my mirrors but i didn't plan on removing the guts from them, you could just wrap making tape around the outside edge of the glass and tape up the front of the glass but i guess it couldn't hurt to see how easily they unscrew.

 

 

what brand of spary paint did u use? Any clear coat applied?

 

I just used universal black from Canadian Tire with no clear coat. It's not as nice as the rest of the car but looks fine.

 

with some more pictures, this should be archive.

 

this is some good info, I hate spending all that money painting a car just to see tape rings around the mirrors. with more detail and pics on how to get to those 4 screws I say this should be archived, oddball details like this help out too.

 

it isn't easy to get to them alot of time the screws tabs/holes break off or are already broken. It's a bitch

 

now is there a small enough screw or maybe a trick to take the mirror off the motor?

"ITS A BITCH" true to the ***** ****** that

 

Alright. How in the world did you actually remove the mirror from the housing? I cannot for the life of me find the inside (towards the car) upper most bolt. It seems to be hidden behind the mechanism to move the mirror electrically, and I cannot reach it.

 

i've been working on a thread about this. i don't think i have pics yet. the factory way, is the reverse of assembly.
the mirror glass is glued to the holder, which is then bolted to the center pivot.
you want to put the whole mirror in the oven on some temp low enough that you're comfortable, but high enough to soften the glue between the glass and its holder. a heat gun would work too
then you want to take something and very carefully pry the glass out of the holder, i think i used an old kitchen knife
you then have something like this miata mirror


after that its really easy, you unscrew that screw and then pop the two ball joints out. it kind of looks like this


and then the 4 screws that hold the mechanism in are just right there.

assembly is the reverse. be gentle i'm not sure you can get any replacement parts

 

i still find it strange finding my posts from 20 years ago, i don't even remember writing a lot of things on this forum anymore.