How to Install Chevy GMC Mirror Glass

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We're going to swap out the mirror glass on this driver's side mirror. I'm going to just turn out here. I'm going to put some masking tape on it so that if it breaks while I'm removing it, the masking tape will catch the pieces, or, if your mirror is already broken, the masking tape will help hold the pieces together. You just peel some off. Cover the mirror with it. Any type of masking tape will do. You can also use duct tape.

This is our new replacement mirror. It's hard to see what you're working with when you're trying to get the mirror off here. There are some clips around the inside of it that I'm going to use a right angle pick and a flat blade screwdriver to try to pop these off, and pull this mirror glass assembly off. Let me put this down. I'm going to push the mirror glass in as far in at the top as it will go so I can try to get underneath it. Try to work these clips loose.

Basically, just trying to pry it up and off of the clips. Once you pry it up and off the clips, you can go in and unplug it. This is for the turn signal part. I'm going to pop that out. There is some little locks here. I'm going to use a small pick to push the lock in, and there's a lock on both sides, so I'm trying to push it in. To make this clip easier to remove, I'm going to spray a little bit of glass cleaner on there. You can use this or water displacement oil. They just get filled up with dirty, and they get jammed up. Sometimes, if you help, if you spray that in there, it helps to get them apart, and you can try to push in. There's a lock on each side. I've got a pick on one side.

Let me see if I can take another pick, wedge it out. There we go. The heated mirror connectors are just those [inaudible 00:03:21] connectors. They should pull right off. Just wiggle them back and forth. There's our glass.

Here's the original mirror we pulled from our vehicle. It has a turn signal integrated. It's heated. This is the brand new one from 1A Auto. It also has the turn signal in it. It's heated. It's of similar design. It should work great and fit great for you.

I'm going to take some glass cleaner and just clean some of this dirt out of here. This way, when I put the new mirror on, I know it'll clip into place and won't be held up by any pieces of dirt. I'll take our new one, and I'll plug it in. This is keyed. It will only go in one way.

There's a little tab and then a matching part of the connector. I'm going to push it in, and then run this wire on the outside edge here and plug in the heated part. Doesn't matter which orientation you plug these wires in. They're probably going to rest in the way they came off, but there's no polarity to them. These connectors fit a little bit loosely, so I'm just going to take some needle-nose pliers and just crush them down a little bit so they can fit tighter. Pop the wiring up into place, and this will clip onto the motor part. Put our mirror back in place.

We'll check our turn signal operation. You hit the hazard switch. Those will work just like the original. The job is complete. Passenger side is the exact same procedure.

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