passenger mirror

[chaskess3]

help! I broke the passenger side mirror off my 98 legacy wagon. I
found a new one but don't know how. what do I have to do to swap them
out

charlie

 

[Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B]

help! I broke the passenger side mirror off my 98 legacy wagon. I found a
new one but don't know how. what do I have to do to swap them out

charlie

Take the cover off where the mirror attaches, undo the harness (if it's
powered)undo the screws, remove the mirror and reverse to install...

This is for an '89, but it's similar:

http://www.autozone.com/images/cds/gif/medium/0900823d801e7868.gif

 

[chaskess3]

Take the cover off where the mirror attaches, undo the harness (if it's
powered)undo the screws, remove the mirror and reverse to install...

This is for an '89, but it's similar:

http://www.autozone.com/images/cds/gif/medium/0900823d801e7868.gif

how does the cover come off the inside of the door?
charlie

 

[johninKY]

Just pry on it and it'll pop off.

 

[Mike Avery]

help! I broke the passenger side mirror off my 98 legacy wagon. I
found a new one but don't know how. what do I have to do to swap them
out

The Haynes manual covers that in some detail. You don't want to just
pry it off..... unless it's a manual mirror. There are wires you need
to connect inside the door.

It's been a year since I replaced mine, but basically you need to remove
the plastic triangular piece of plastic in the inside of the mirrror,
remove the inner liner to the door, undo three bolts that hold the
mirror in place, disconnect the wire(s) that go to the mirror (one set
for motor control, one set for heat), and then reverse the process to
install the new mirror.

Nothing hard, be patient and gentle or you'll break something.

And the book - which has good pictures - is less than $20 (if memory
serves).

Mike

 

[VanguardLH]

in message

Just pry on it and it'll pop off.

Chaskess3,
The cover uses 3 studs with flared tips that push through holes in a
rubber seal. After many years, these studs become brittle and will
probably break off unless you very slowly pry off the cover but even
then they may break off. If they do break off, the studs are hollow
and you may be able to use a small screw through the cover plate to
hold the studs onto the plate, then paint black the top of the screws.
That's if the stud breaks off at the plate. If that won't work or you
don't like that hack job, go to a salvage yard that carries Subies and
pull one off there. No matter how careful I am, I break off a stud or
two about 50% of the time, more so the older the car.


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