dom93hatch

I just picked one up from the junkyard for my 93 DX hatchback. Anyone know how to put these on? I presume you just pop off the plastic covers on both sides, slide the peg through the hole, screw the 3 nuts and that's that. I'm really not sure.

Err... Would I have to remove the inside door panel?

Ricey McRicerton

sounds like youve got it under control! But try and pop the inside cover off first (I havent put one on, but Ive taken mine off and on)

fowler!

You have to pop off the door panel, or just unclip it and move it down enough so you can get to the bolts on the back of the mirror.

It's easy, just start unscrewing things, you'll figure it out.

dom93hatch

Crikey, so that's it? Hmm, I'd have thought there was more to that, but oh well! More power to yours truly! So the inside one goes off first huh?

One more thing, The seal is coming off. Someone said awhile ago that I'd need Silicone sealant. Is this what the sealant is for?

dom93hatch

TTT

No more replies? I'm not sure if I should go out and get Silicone sealant for the lining that goes around that triangle-thingie.

neof69

I wouldnt worry about the piece of weather stripping once you bolt them up i doubt water will get in.

splitime

I just did this to my VX like 2 weeks ago.
You'll have to remove the door panel and remove the inner mirror panel and then unbolt the outside mirror area cover. Once you have the mirror on, you'll find that your old inside cover will not fit, grab a dremel or drill and make a hole for your handle, mines ghetto right now, but if you sand it up it can look fine. Check out the hole on your driver side one, that will give you an idea of what you need on your passenger side plate. Also, yeah you should add the silicone for a good seal, leaks suck.

civicmark

wrong actually. if you do not already have a side mirror and just that filler piece, you can just remove the piece without having to remove the door panel. you only have to remove the door panel if there is already a mirror there and you're replacing it. ( i put a passanger side mirror on my DX) It's easy to get the piece out, just pop it off. then go for it
glad i could help

dom93hatch

I just finished putting the mirror in. However, it's loose somewhere. I can't figure out which part is loose. When I move the ****, the whole piece moves, like it's about to fold. I can move the mirror itself by hand, and I adjusted it that way. Basically the piece holding the mirror is kinda wobbly. I tried re-screwing the 3 screws under the piece, but it's still like that.

Any suggestions?

dom93hatch

TTT again.

civicmark

If you could find out where's it's moving, you could make a little plastic shim(sp) and glew it in?

dom93hatch

How can I take the mirror out of the housing? I'm sure the problem is somewhere there.

civicmark

well, it will just pop out, however i would not recoment this at all. If you do it wrong, it will break the plastic piece either off of the mirror, or off of the mirror mount. Maybe you could just jam something into the part of the mirror that is inside the car, but before the plastic cover? Sorry if you dont really get what i'm saying, but it's kind of hard to describe

t0p_sh0tta

How much did you pay for your mirror???

blufke

what is a good price for one? ive got a 92vx and id like to get one. aftermarket options(stock looking though)?

civicmark

junkyard $25.00, stock

Fuster_Cluck

Damn! So, I will have to take the drivers side door panel off since it has a mirror Good thing there is not one on the passengers side. Can't wait to get my spoon mirrors (replicas) on this weekend

Can someone give me some quick tips to removing the door panel on a 93 Cx? Just where to start and where there are clips / screws. Thanks!

civicmark

take off the window arm, there's a small clip you have to pull out, use a hanger for this. next, remove the trim piece around that door handle, then remove the (i dont know what to call it but it's the piece that you grab on to to close the door.) that little cup. finally, remove the screw on the top right(driver's side) or top left(pass side) now, just pull the bottom off, until it pops out, get all the sides the same way, then lift it up to get it off the top. hope i could help


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dom93hatch

OMFG this thread is back from the dead!!!

I should post pics of it now that it's done. Some funny ****, actually. The mirror housing was drilled and we put a screw in to hold it in place. Now the mirror won't fold, but that doesn't bother me. Now the glass itself still points down automatically, so I stuffed in some folded paper to keep it straight.

Haha.....

Fuster_Cluck

Please do post the pics

dom93hatch

I won't be home for another 15 minutes. Wait up.

dom93hatch

Well I couldn't find any pics of my mirror, so I'll just use the old one.

1) Took apart the housing for the mirror. I think there was some sort of fork acting as the folding mechanism...not sure. Anyway, that part was loose, so the housing wouldn't stay still. So I put in a screw to hold it in place. Now it won't fold. Who cares...

2) See the gap between the bottom of the glass and the housing? I stuffed some paper in there to keep it from pointing down at the road. Now it points backwards like any regular mirror.