Last month I drove thru a blizzard going over Mt. Hood pass in Oregon. Everyone was pulled off in the chain-up area and I kept on going. Some vehicles were slipping and sliding around but I made it over with no problems.

One thing did happen though. When I turned on the defroster my driver side mirror started to crack from the bottom all the way to the top. See picture.

I have a few options and I was thinking of getting a used replacement from good old Ebay. Now I see from Rover Connection they have a replacement glass.

Has anyone replaced just the glass on these side mirrors? Any special tools? How easy is it to replace?

Thanks for your help.

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First call your insurance company and see if they will cover it. Mine did.
We were at the mall and when we came back to the parking ramp the drivers side mirror had a crack in it. Call my agent and it was fixed free of charge. But then I do have glass coverage.
But the local windshield shop replaced it in about 10 min while I waited, it was $35 with tax.
So getting it from e-bay you need to figure the cost of shipping and handling in the overall price. A $25 dollar mirror with $10 shipping and then YOU do the work...well you are not saving anything.

But to answer your other question, you just pry the glass out, unplug the heater and remove it from its holder, then with the adheasive that you have to buy (add that to doing it yourself) you just reverse removal. Once it is put back together you cannot move it for one hour while the glue dry's. Maybe longer if it is cold out.
Good luck.

 

No need for any glue on a DII. The old glass pops out and the new in. Quick and easy. I'd think messing with Ins and such would be more pain than it's worth on that one. A convex replacement is also avail (LR Genuine). The new mirror is already mounted on the plastic baking. Takes three minutes to do.

 

I think I will buy a convex replacementand do it myself.

Thanks for the help.

 

 

03LRSE7,
Just a tip, when removing pull from the side furthest from the car to pop it out. to put it back in catch it first on the side nearest the car then pop the far side in place. It'll take more pressure than you would think so don't be afraid if it doesn't pop in easily.

 

Thanks, I should get the new Convex Mirror in a week or two.