Installing a passenger side mirror?

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

I don't think I've ever removed a door panel and put it back on with every fastener it came off with. Worst one I ever did was on a 98 Camry, something with that damn door lock had me hung up for ****ing ever. There's not much on a car that I dread more than pulling one of those things.

It's way easier if you have something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/No-Scratch-Too...xgy_auto_img_z



Also Google so you can find where the clips are. The linkages to the door handles are usually the toughest for me though some of the wiring harness jacks can be a bitch to get apart.

The worst used to be the clips on the window crank. It's pretty rare to find those now thankfully.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Frosty

It's way easier if you have something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/No-Scratch-Too...xgy_auto_img_z



Also Google so you can find where the clips are. The linkages to the door handles are usually the toughest for me though some of the wiring harness jacks can be a bitch to get apart.

The worst used to be the clips on the window crank. It's pretty rare to find those now thankfully.

Oh god...those goddamn GM clips. I remember somehow modifying a screwdriver to use on those blasted things. I should grab one of those tool sets, seems at least once a year I am into a door for one reason or another. Last year in the middle of winter the window was frozen shut on my Dakota, I didn't realize it and I hit the power window button and the regulator lowered and the window didn't. So off comes the ****ing door panel...

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Oh god...those goddamn GM clips. I remember somehow modifying a screwdriver to use on those blasted things. I should grab one of those tool sets, seems at least once a year I am into a door for one reason or another. Last year in the middle of winter the window was frozen shut on my Dakota, I didn't realize it and I hit the power window button and the regulator lowered and the window didn't. So off comes the ****ing door panel...

Harbor Freight has that set for like 5 bucks. They were cheap anyway.

There was a tool that made getting the crank clips off easy. It was getting them back on without them shooting across the room that was tricky.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Harbor Freight has that set for like 5 bucks. They were cheap anyway.

There was a tool that made getting the crank clips off easy. It was getting them back on without them shooting across the room that was tricky.

I'm pretty sure you could just put the clip back on the crank and then pop it on. I could be mistaken though, it's been a long time since I messed with one.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

I'm pretty sure you could just put the clip back on the crank and then pop it on. I could be mistaken though, it's been a long time since I messed with one.

Most of them wouldn't, especially without bending the clip. You had to balance it on the slot and then carefully reinstall the crank handle. Then you could reach in and push the clip on.

They are mostly gone but my son's Prizm has manual windows and so did the Sidekick I had a couple of years ago.

I wish manufacturers would reinforce the fiberboard around the clips on the door panels. You have a better chance of breaking the fiberboard than a clip if you have a problem.

[Exoter175]

Originally Posted by notorious

I love that kind of labor. I get to go back to a house I did a bid on that decided to go cheap, fix all of the ****ups that occured, and charge a lot more.


There is nothing like receiving a "I told you so" check.

Exactly, and there are no discounts on customers coming back a month later with the same problem that their mexican couldn't fix or ****ed up worse.

Originally Posted by Saul Good

He's replacing the mirror on a car with 200,000+ miles on it, not doing electrical work on a Bugatti.

That doesn't matter, he's required by law to have the coverage IN CASE he ****s it up. Some people won't care, but what happens if this situations occurs to that one man who has had the car since the first day it rolled off the assembly line, and has babied it every minute of its existence? To that man, the car is worth a fortune and he's not going to just let you accidentally **** something up without you making amends for your fault. Those guys cost money, which is why we carry insurance.

Originally Posted by Bugeater

I'm pretty sure you could just put the clip back on the crank and then pop it on. I could be mistaken though, it's been a long time since I messed with one.

Some cars that works, some cars it doesn't. The clips are so malleable yet unbreakable, that you end up bending them into very weird shapes. Now you're stuck with a window crank that falls off everytime you turn it lol.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Exoter175

Some people won't care, but what happens if this situations occurs to that one man who has had the car since the first day it rolled off the assembly line, and has babied it every minute of its existence? To that man, the car is worth a fortune and he's not going to just let you accidentally **** something up without you making amends for your fault. Those guys cost money, which is why we carry insurance.

When that man asks for advice, I will tell him not to go to a Mexican. Not really sure what your diatribe has to do with hootie's broken side mirror on a car he got for free. I feel fairly confident that some Mexican handyman can pop off a piece of plastic and turn three screws without accidentally wiping out a small African village.