Mirror Cover removal

Thanks for the update keep posting....

I have not removed a mirror cap but the replacement will show you where they are fastened and the key is to be able to remove the old covers without damaging the body of the mirror. Grabbing hold of it somehow and yanking it is not the way to go. At the risk of repeating myself and sounding like a stuck record, plastic pry tools are your friend - use one to gently lever off the old one bit by bit.

I used them yesterday to replace a rear wheel-arch surround, absolutely no problem.

This is the sort of thing I mean:

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Doug, have you had the caps back from the body shop and attempted to fit yet?

(04-08-2012 08:49pm)pureevoque Wrote:  Doug, have you had the caps back from the body shop and attempted to fit yet?

Got back from Disney today so plan on picking them up on Monday.

(14-07-2012 01:53pm)pureevoque Wrote:  The inevitable happened and I've scraped one of my mirrors coming out of the garage

I was thinking of wrapping the mirror covers gloss black anyway, to offer some protection, now it will be to cover up the scrape as no doubt it'll happen again.

Does any one know how to get the mirror covers off as it will be a lot easier and neater to wrap off the car.

Maybe someone has access to topix or where ever it is the manuals are kept and there is an official way, hopefully the answer oesn't involve smashing the mirror

Get an idiot transit van driver from SMITHS BUILDERS to just drive past, he having no sense of judging the width between your car and the one opposite, will smash past and whip the mirror off. The cover and glass comes out easily.

Done it. its only a 5min job each side.

1. using a pastic trim removal tool, pries apart this corner untill you hear the clip release


2. Keep moving this edge out, untill the cap comes off in your hands.


3. Picture of the underside of the mirror cap.


4. Starting where the pointer is, making sure the cap edge is over the mirror frame. push the cap in to place.


5. On the top, push the cap edge under the mirror frame. When push all the way untill cap is fully fitted.


6. My finished Gloss Black mirror cap (highly polished, when viewed though a lens looks chrome).

top work

Doug, nice work. Any chance of a before and after pic - I've been contemplating black mirrors for my OG purenamic but am undecided.
Thanks

Nice - thank you posting the info and pics. Thinking to switch mine to black too.

(06-08-2012 05:10pm)WB Wrote:  Doug, nice work. Any chance of a before and after pic - I've been contemplating black mirrors for my OG purenamic but am undecided.
Thanks

My standard Evoque


My Evoque now