How to remove the wing mirrors

  1. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #1
    i no hw to do it unpop the cover inside undo the 3 screws but how do i take the mirror actually off? and put it back on thanks =]]
  2. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #2
    Okay your car has got manual wing mirrors,so undo the door pull (t20 torx bit) then at the front of the door trim undo another t20 torx screw.Then gently prise off the speaker cover then work around the edge of the door trim gently prise it away from the door.Once the trim is off prise off the the plastic mirror trim inside it you`ll see a t20 screw holding the adjuster on undo this & slide off the cover,then open your window hold the wing mirror(to support it)& undo the 3 t20 screws holding it on.

    Steve.
  3. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #3
    cheers mate but do i rly need to remove my whole door card to take my mirror off?
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD
    #4
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TraV View Post
    cheers mate but do i rly need to remove my whole door card to take my mirror off?
    yes, and no

    if you've got a small rachet with the head on it you can just about manage by bending the card back slightly

    but its FAR easier to get the door card off instead. plus they're not really that hard to get off!
  5. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #5
    ok guys cheers ill give it a go laterrr =]
  6. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #6
    dnt think i can take my door card off dont have the right size alan key thing.
  7. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2009 Kent Posts: 4207 Mango cammed furio vts
    #7
    its a torx screw head you need, you can sometimes use a small flat headed screwdriver.
  8. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #8
    ill try a small flathead then thanks, i dnt have a torx i dont think darnn...
  9. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #9
    how many screws are on the door card i found the one under the mirror which undid with flathead, the one the pot thing but cant get tht one undone is there otherS?
  10. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #10
    ok undone 2 screws in door, one under mirror positioner and the one in the pot thing is there any others? and how to i get the door card off.
  11. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #11
    found a great guide to get door cards off, stuggling with one bit though and thts the window adjuster open/close cant get it off...
  12. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD
    #12
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TraV View Post
    found a great guide to get door cards off, stuggling with one bit though and thts the window adjuster open/close cant get it off...
    pull towards you. try and gently lever something behind it. should pop straight off then

    and if you're like me, straight into your face. lol
  13. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #13
    haha ok thanks mate ill give it a try!
  14. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #14
    all off, need to get the mirror off now haha so can u tell me how to do this bit??
  15. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2009 Kent Posts: 4207 Mango cammed furio vts
    #15
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by stevo67 View Post
    Okay your car has got manual wing mirrors,so undo the door pull (t20 torx bit) then at the front of the door trim undo another t20 torx screw.Then gently prise off the speaker cover then work around the edge of the door trim gently prise it away from the door.Once the trim is off prise off the the plastic mirror trim inside it you`ll see a t20 screw holding the adjuster on undo this & slide off the cover,then open your window hold the wing mirror(to support it)& undo the 3 t20 screws holding it on.

    Steve.
    AS stevo said
  16. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #16
    ok i managed 3 torx, but cant get the window adjuster off.... the spring bit...
  17. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2009 Kent Posts: 4207 Mango cammed furio vts
    #17
    it pulls through the hole, pretty simple as long as you have the interior bit popped off
  18. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD
    #18
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TraV View Post
    ok i managed 3 torx, but cant get the window adjuster off.... the spring bit...
    all you need to do is undo the 3 torx that connect the mirror to the door. Then undo the one torx that connects the adjuster to the trim. just slide it out then
  19. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #19
    ok well i unscrewed the adjuster bit, took the triangle off, but the adjuster ball which moves the mirror is still there, does this go through it?
  20. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2009 Kent Posts: 4207 Mango cammed furio vts
    #20
    yup there should be just a hole left now lol
  21. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #21
    theres 3 little holes where the metal bit is, but the whole thing wont go through it....
  22. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #22
    i got all 3 trox got the inside triangle off the mirror is ready to come off but on the inside the ball mirror adjuster is still on it dnt understand how to get this off, coz it wont fit through the hole..
  23. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #23
    can anyone help plz..
  24. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #24
    bumppp... im like 3/4 through taking my mirror off its a bit annoying...
  25. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD
    #25
    literally wiggle it through the hole. it doesn't come off.


    trust me!
  26. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #26
    hmm ok ill give it a shot, the holes are like tiny though only bigg enuff for the metal spring to go though, not the ball mover adjuster joint.
  27. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #27
    ok i tryed the ball bit just gets stuck inside i can get the mirror offf...
  28. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #28
    ill take a picture of my problem maybe tht way u can understand =]
  29. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr
    #29
    the mirror adjuster is screwed into the inside mirror cap if thats what u mean
  30. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #30
    how do i get it off then?
  31. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #31
    i checked all over theres no way to get it off, unless i break the adjuster and spring..
  32. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr
    #32
    underneath theres a tiny screw undo it and it slips thro. seriously its a really easy job to change mirrors over.
    underneath the mirror cover on inside theres a tiny tiny torx screw loosen it and off it comes
  33. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #33
    mate there is no tiny screw on it, theres a black button plastic thing but other thn tht nothing, i no its shud be simple but i dont understand whats stopping it theres nothing there, the mirror comes off but the big ball adjuter stocks it going through and coming completly off.
  34. Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Aberdeenshire Posts: 2059 Clio Sport
    #34
    A 2 page thread about changing a wing mirror
  35. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr
    #35
    ok pull off the interiour mirror cao in the inside is a tiny screw on the bottom inside. unless u have a very special saxo.
  36. Established Member Joined: Feb 2007 Woodley, Reading Posts: 1322 www.thatpanelbeater.co.uk
    #36
    get a picture, i cant see how you are having problems with changing a mirror but maybe someone has bodged it on in the past...
  37. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2009 Bristol Posts: 4070 Mk3 Ibiza Cupra
    #37
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by marcusd View Post
    ok pull off the interiour mirror cao in the inside is a tiny screw on the bottom inside. unless u have a very special saxo.
    +1
  38. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #38
    wnt let me upload a pic, but ive done the cap inside and taken the screw off the screw and cap are in my house but the dial thing to move the mirror around is still on the inside and theres no way for it to come off our out
  39. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr
    #39
    that adjuster stays attached to the mirror and when u pull mirror off the outside it comes out the bigger hole.
  40. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #40
    yep got it now, thanks sorry for all this, i didnt wanna do anything cant afford to break anything cheers, delete this thread haha!
  41. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2009 Kent Posts: 4207 Mango cammed furio vts
    #41
    So was it you just wernt doing what the above was saying or was it a 'special saxo'
  42. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr
    #42
    quite hoping for a special saxo
  43. Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Cornwall, Redruth Posts: 758 Venetian Red Mark2 Flatarch Saxo 1.1
    #43
    i did all the above, but the rubber bit in the door i didnt no we was ment to push it through.
  44. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2009 Kent Posts: 4207 Mango cammed furio vts
    #44
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TraV View Post
    i did all the above, but the rubber bit in the door i didnt no we was ment to push it through.
    Except push/ pull through like was said. Glad you finally sorted it lol