Today is the day me and my family,aka,socket set,toolbox, pile into the 850 and take a shopping trip down to the local wreckers. I have yet to shop there and love the familure faces of cavaliers, grand ams, and temops/topaz. I will keep ya posted on my findings. It is how I explained it to the wife, Grown ups in a grown up candy store

 

broke 3 friggin rearviews trying to pull em off, but got a new upper consol lighting thing that mine didnt work. How you pull off a passenger side rearview without breaking it?

 

Side-View Mirror Removal
Depending on the year and model of your Volvo, removal of the side-view mirror and its features may vary. In most cases, Volvos employ electric mirrors that you reposition by internal directional switches. These electrical mirrors require you to take off the interior door panel to access the wire harness to the mirror.

To remove the door panel, locate and remove the retention screws. Some models may require a Torx-head screwdriver. Plastic concealment tabs cover the retaining screws in the main body of the door panel; gently pry these off with a slotted screwdriver. Remove the screw in the door handle bezel. Gently pry the door off to unseat the snap-in retainers holding the panel to the door frame, using a trim panel tool or a small pry bar. After you have unseated the door panel from the door frame, disconnect any wires to the speakers and interior light and disconnect the door handle rod. Lift up on the door panel to fully remove it from the frame.

Remove the small triangular plastic panel that covers the inside door frame in the upper corner opposite the side-view mirror. This may feature a retaining screw or may just snap into place--much like the door panel. Locate and remove the three retaining nuts that secure the mirror studs to the door frame, using a ratchet and socket. Gently pry the mirror away from the door from the outside.


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I removed both of my outside mirrors because i masked them off and repainted the "unpainted" parts with bumper black. Removal wasn't terribly hard, as I recall. Just remove the interior door panels and unplug them, then remove the screws that hold it in place.

if you're having issues doing it, I suggest you hit the local junk yard and practice on the ones there. =) I've done that a couple times on stuff that I couldnt figure out.

 

well I was just talking about replacing the glass mirror part lol, I read you slide your fingers behind it on side closest to the door and pull straight off, now my fingers aren't that small so i cant get in there to pull straight, i pull on an angle and end up spider webbing the dam glass.

 

A retailer or shop is a business that presents a selection of goods or services and offers to sell them to customers for money or other goods. Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. In some contexts it may be considered a leisure activity as well as an economic one.