Door Mirrors

[anthonyn]

Hi All,

I need to replace my door mirrios on a 2001 mrk 4 golf GTI. anyone know the procedure to undertake such a task

Regards
Anthony

[Sam]

Which parts do you need to replace?

Glass?

Mirror caps?

The whole mirror?

[anthonyn]

Which parts do you need to replace?

Glass?

Mirror caps?

The whole mirror?


Yea would be usful information

The whole mirror, its just hanging on by it's wires :D

Thanks
Anthony

[Sam]

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=961163

Fairly involved, but you may be able to skip to step 15 and then 26 onwards.

[anthonyn]

Thanks for the info, looks like a weekend job

Regards
Anthony

[finchyboy]

I have to change the driverside mirror as well, so, when you take the mirror off do the wires simply unconnect from the unit behind the mirror do they run all the way down in to the door and connect else where?
Reason i sak is that I'm gonna buy one on ebay and it seems they have a foot for wire attached with a plug of somekind. They are the electric and heated type.

Cheers.

Colin

[Sam]

They run down inside the door.

Fairly easy to spot once you get going though, check that link in my post above for the specifics

[finchyboy]

So in order to replace the door mirrors, I need to pop the speaker surround off, release the bolt AND take off the door panel etc?

[Sam]

So in order to replace the door mirrors, I need to pop the speaker surround off, release the bolt AND take off the door panel etc?

I'm not 100% sure if you need to do all of that, you may, as I said above, be able to do step 15 and skip to step 26 of that guide.

Sorry, I've not done it myself. I've taken the door panels off a few times, which is quite simple.