Installing a passenger side mirror?

[Moon§hiner]

So I guess I can't take this 1 1/2 thick t-bone that I picked up at the store to Outback and order a baked potato and have them throw this on the grill since it's warmed up anyway???

[Exoter175]

Originally Posted by Chiefaholic

There shouldn't be much to it. I'm not familiar with your vehicle, but there should be one screw on the inside door panel you can remove behind the mirror. Take that off and there should be three studs that protrude from the mirror that fit through three holes on the door. Just tighten the three nuts, replace the plate that covers them, and you're done.

If your car is pre-99 sure, or pre-96 for most German/European cars.

However, like I stated earlier, every car is different. The more options you have, the newer the car, the more intricate it is going to be. Not to mention the higher the quality of the product nowadays. Cars are being put together with much better quality and precision these days, and with that, repair requires precision. With precision, comes precision tools, etc.

If you own a 2012 BMW M3 , are you going to take your flathead to your door panel in the attempt to fix your car? Or are you going to fork out the cash because you can afford the repair, and let someone trained to repair it, do their job?

Its a different world in a 1992 honda civic

Originally Posted by KC native

Nothing wrong with any of this, but this is exactly why I turn my own wrenches whenever I can.

Same for me, but there comes a point where you can realize you'd be in over your head, or that you'd probably mess something up and pay more in the end. It all depends on your comfort and how mechanically inclined you are.

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Depends on the vehicle. I had to replace my wife's passenger side mirror and it required removal of the door panel. It took me 45 minutes to remove door panel, unbolt old mirror and release the wiring, bolt on new mirror and run the wire, plug wire into plug on door panel, and reinstall the door panel.

Did you have to get off of your high horse when you changed your mirror or were you able to do everything while still in the saddle?

That's what many cars are turning into nowadays.

Originally Posted by Moon§hiner

So I guess I can't take this 1 1/2 thick t-bone that I picked up at the store to Outback and order a baked potato and have them throw this on the grill since it's warmed up anyway???

This guy gets it.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Moon§hiner

So I guess I can't take this 1 1/2 thick t-bone that I picked up at the store to Outback and order a baked potato and have them throw this on the grill since it's warmed up anyway???

JFC



God forbid I thought someone might do a simple favor...I forgot.

honestly, it was only a question

I'm not going to pay $100 for someone to install a side mirror for me...I'll save my $20. My ****ing Christ some of you are just angry people.

from what I've google'd since I made this thread, it'll take me probably about 15 minutes to do it myself. So whatever. I apologize to everyone for wasting your precious evenings.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess

JFC



God forbid I thought someone might do a simple favor...I forgot.

honestly, it was only a question

I'm not going to pay $100 for someone to install a side mirror for me...I'll save my $20. My ****ing Christ some of you are just angry people.

from what I've google'd since I made this thread, it'll take me probably about 15 minutes to do it myself. So whatever. I apologize to everyone for wasting your precious evenings.

Ahhhh.

Someone became a man tonight.

[Chief Pote]

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess

JFC



God forbid I thought someone might do a simple favor...I forgot.

honestly, it was only a question

I'm not going to pay $100 for someone to install a side mirror for me...I'll save my $20. My ****ing Christ some of you are just angry people.

from what I've google'd since I made this thread, it'll take me probably about 15 minutes to do it myself. So whatever. I apologize to everyone for wasting your precious evenings.

Is it confirm that this is "Hootie" resurrected?

Originally Posted by Moon§hiner

So I guess I can't take this 1 1/2 thick t-bone that I picked up at the store to Outback and order a baked potato and have them throw this on the grill since it's warmed up anyway???

Reminds me of how a guy walked into Halfcan's restaurant and asked him to warm up his brown-bag lunch in Halfcan's microwave for free. Hell nah. We have bills, people. Big bills. I tote around $40k in tools every day. That's just the ones that fit in the toolbox and the back seat of my truck. You know how much an auto mechanic's tools cost? I'll bet a minimally equipped mom and pop shop has $250k in tools in a 2-bay garage.

[Hootie]

dude I could barely even make it through half of that long ass post

first thing; my car is a 2002 Audi that has 211,000 miles on it...I don't give a ****ing shit about this car. It runs really well, it was free; that's it.

Secondly...I never haggle on price. I don't even care. I was told by one of my friends who manages the junkyard that this would take him 2 minutes to do and he'd do it for free. I figured if it was that ****ing easy, and I was taking my car in perhaps the place wouldn't mind if I gave them $20 to do something that was that simple so I didn't have to waste his time...I made this thread so I could make sure that wasn't an offensive offer.

Apparently it would have been. So awesome! I am glad I made this thread so I can save myself that embarrassment.

and I understand $100 is nothing to this place...I get that. Every time I get a ****ing oil change in this car it costs $150 because of the synthetic oil it takes...

every time I fill up gas I have to pay for ****ing premium gas...it pisses me off.

I forget what happened to this car 6 months ago but I took it to the Audi dealership and they had to replaced two plugs of some sort and it was $1400.

Honestly...it was just a ****ing question. I went to the doctor for my knee the other day and, while I do have insurance, I'm sure that 10 minute appointment if I was uninsured would have cost $1500. That's the going rate I guess.

So congrats dude...I'm sorry that you were offended that I wanted to pay $20 for a 5 minute job. I didn't mean to upset you.

[Hootie]

and I wouldn't have gone out of my way to buy my own mirror if I was planning on paying significant money for repair...

I'll just go down to little Mexico and give a Mexican $20 to do it and probably do it faster and better than your "professional" lackeys, exoter.

I bet he won't complain as much as you, either. And if he does I won't understand him so that's ok with me.

[Hootie]

my friend got rear ended and some mexican was like 'amigo I'll take care of that for $150'...and he was like 'bro I only got $75'...

boom, done.

Mexican workers > American workers

less entitled, better workers, less complaints

I don't know what I'd do without 1-800-callamexican

[mikey23545]

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess

my friend got rear ended and some mexican was like 'amigo I'll take care of that for $150'...and he was like 'bro I only got $75'...

boom, done.

Mexican workers > American workers

less entitled, better workers, less complaints

I don't know what I'd do without 1-800-callamexican

Yep, no licenses to pay for, no insurance, bonding, liability, never had to pay for any training or certification, probably works out of his garage...

I'm sure he does charge pieces of shit like you and your friend a lot less than a real business would.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by mikey23545

Yep, no licenses to pay for, no insurance, bonding, liability, never had to pay for any training or certification, probably works out of his garage...

I'm sure he does charge pieces of shit like you and your friend a lot less than a real business would.

so I'm a piece of shit because I can hire a Mexican to CHANGE A SIDE MIRROR for a reasonable price for such a simple job of $20 instead of paying a CERTIFIED, INSURANCE PAYING MECHANIC $150 to work for 5 minutes on my car while I wait in line for an hour and a half?

hm...sounds like I'm smart to me

besides, I like shooting the shit with the Mexicans anyways...they always crack me up

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess

so I'm a piece of shit because I can hire a Mexican to CHANGE A SIDE MIRROR for a reasonable price for such a simple job of $20 instead of paying a CERTIFIED, INSURANCE PAYING MECHANIC $150 to work for 5 minutes on my car while I wait in line for an hour and a half?

hm...sounds like I'm smart to me

besides, I like shooting the shit with the Mexicans anyways...they always crack me up

when your Mexican's screwdriver slips and he scratches the **** out of your interior or paint job, good luck getting him to fix it.

Professionals get paid what they do for a reason. Part of that is liability and risk.

[Exoter175]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

when your Mexican's screwdriver slips and he scratches the **** out of your interior or paint job, good luck getting him to fix it.

Professionals get paid what they do for a reason. Part of that is liability and risk.

This guy knows business!

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

when your Mexican's screwdriver slips and he scratches the **** out of your interior or paint job, good luck getting him to fix it.

Professionals get paid what they do for a reason. Part of that is liability and risk.

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

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess

my friend got rear ended and some mexican was like 'amigo I'll take care of that for $150'...and he was like 'bro I only got $75'...

boom, done.

Mexican workers > American workers

less entitled, better workers, less complaints

I don't know what I'd do without 1-800-callamexican

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.


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