I’ve a 2nd generation 2008 Toyota Prius. Somebody clipped the drivers side rear view mirror clear off, and I got here residence one day to find it laying on the street with a pair wires hanging out the side. I did a little analysis, received a number of quotes and realized I should be capable of install this myself and save money. Earlier than putting in this I had my insurance assess the damage. I don’t know why, however they estimated it could value $950. After my $500 deductible I received a $450 check. I purchased the half for about $50 on ebay. In order that made for a pleasant $four hundred in my pocket.
Toyota Prius Rear Side View Mirror Installation Instructions
1. Disconnect the 12-volt battery. It’s positioned on the fitting hand facet of the trunk. Pull off the carpet cover. You have to to take off the screw that connects the negative from the body of the car. When you’re facing the battery, the optimistic aspect is on the left and has a red/black cover. The negative side is on the correct and you will see a connection from it to the body of the car. It is held in place by a screw. Take away this screw (you may even see some small sparks) and guantee that it isn’t touching the body of the automobile (I put some material inbetween).
2. Confirm that the battery has been disconnected. Trying to begin the car. If nothing occurs then you might be good.
3. Take away the audio speaker. It’s primarily help in place by a plastic piece that it slips into from the top. You’ll need to softly wiggle the speaker upwards and out (by out I mean towards the inside of the automobile). It has a wire that connects it to the power source inside the door. Simply let it hold gently.
4. Take away the facet view mirror. The place the speaker was once you’ll see 3 bolts coming into the car. These are attached to the side view mirror holding it in place. Take away these screws and wiggle off the mirror. It is also related to the door through a wire. Let it gently hold off the surface of the car.
5. Take away 2 screws connecting the door to the frame. The primary is the one that holds the little cup shaped “pocket” that fills up with lint and gum wrappers. Sorry for the bad explanation. This is the place where you place your hand when pulling the door closed from the inside. Take away that screw (it factors downward) and take out that little plastic cup thing. It’s best to be capable of wiggle it out or wedge out with a flathead screw driver. The subsequent screw is located inside the door handle. This is the part used to push the door open (where you may manually lock/unlock). To get to it you’ll must wiggle out another cup-formed plastic piece that sits beneath the silver/metal door handle. Beneath that’s the screw.
6. Snap facet and backside part off the frame. Basically the door can now snap off like just a little toy. But be careful… as a result of it’s a fucking car. Once once more you’ll have to manually wiggle or gently use a flathead screwdriver to get it off. Begin towards the highest just below where the speaker used to be. After wiggly a bit you’ll hear a snap/pop and feel the within of the door come away from the metal. Move down and gently do the same each 6 inches or so. Preserve going down and around doing the samething. Chances are you’ll not need to go all the way around, but the more you undo the simpler it will be to get contained in the door.
7. Snap the top half off the frame. The highest a part of the door that sits alongside the track the place the window goes up and down ought to stil be connected. This half doesn’t snap off like the rest of the door, it unhooks by pulling upward. Gently wiggle upward and the door ought to come out of the track.
8. Utterly remove the mirror. The door must be fully or perhaps ninety% off. Both way, you are actually able to unplug the electrical line that powers the mirror. I acquired scared because it was powerful to pull off manually, so I used my flathead screwdriver to sneak inbetween the connected pieces and wiggle aside (reasonably than yanking with my fists whereas they had been foreward deep contained in the door). Once this is disconnected you possibly can completely pull the mirror off (this half could also be simpler with an assistant).
9. Install the new mirror. Thread the electrical wire inside the triangular hole within the door (where the mirror’s bolts was once). Pull it down inside the door and reconnect. It should snap right in. Connect these three bolts that point inward from the triangular plastic a part of the mirror inside the car. Make sure you are lining it up accurately on the outside.
10. Now reconnect the whole door in reverse. Pull the door up and wiggle it back in place. Go across the edges pushing so that each spot snaps back into place. Put the two screws back in (the onces that join the door handles to the steel body).
11. Reconnect the speaker. When you look at the place where the speaker connects to the automobile frame, you’ll see how the plastic pieces snap together. Now reconnect the speaker conserving these items in mind. It’s finest to push inward and then down imagining them locking in place. While you feel them connected you’ll be able to push perpendicularly into the door in order that the rest of the speaker snaps in place.
12. Join the battery. Return into your trunk and reconnected the battery. As soon as again you may see some small sparks. Just screw it in as shortly/effectively as you possibly can, but becareful to not drop the screw down into the physique of the automobile as a result of that might be a ache within the ass.
13. The battery is now connected. Test it. Get back in the drivers seat and turn the car on. Flip the radio on. Deliver the windows up and down. Now adjust your mirror utilizing the up/down/left/proper controls.
