My drivers side door mirror had an argument with a steel post on Christmas Eve 
Mirror 0
Steel post 1
The top section separated from the lower arm, only held together by the wiring loom, I was able to gaffer tape the two parts together until a replacement was found. . .
After some extensive searching I found a replacement in of all places Lithuania, in my search I found that even with the early X7 there was 7 possible part numbers depending on your car's specification/equipment. A good few Australian ebay possibilities but none with the matching part number and quite expensive. I could get the correct part from the UK but again expensive especially with post added. I understand the part form Citroen is around $900.00 (some assembly required and unpainted).
The mirror from Lithuania was just over $100.00 delivered, very prompt around 10 days with a public holiday and two weekends thrown in.
Of course it was the wrong colour so I needed to pull it down and rescue the part I needed. Then do the same with my mirror and make one good from of two. . . My plan of attack was to pull the replacement mirror apart and rescue the part I needed, if I damaged any of the plastic clips etc. it would give me a good idea of the pitfalls for when I pulled my mirror apart.
So with some encouragement from David S, I set up a clean workspace. . .
First step is to remove the mirror glass - using the broad plastic tool and levering from the top pops the glass off (so far no broken clips)
Release the wire connections from the mirror taking note of their positions - depending on the equipment on your car you may have more or less connections here, these look like they would be for the heated glass.
Next step is to remove the mirror orientation motor (up/down/left/right), three torx head screws (shown in red) releases it one multiplug and it's free.
The two clips marked in yellow release the rear painted half shell, lots of patience required here, using the plastic tools to hold the clips open whilst pulling and prising the shell away, just when you are about to give up it releases.
Next release the lower shell, 4 clips shown in above image.
Now remove the painted front mirror frame, clips are released from the inside I don't have a good pic but they will now obvious.
This is the part I need, it contains the motor for the folding function when locking the car. It is held to the lower stem by two torx screws (one hiding under a rubber protector. Pic shows the orientation of the harness - the wires feed down a central tube. You see the large multipug for the mirror motor, the two connections direct to mirror, and exterior temp sensor. That temp sensor requires the whole loom to be removed if it ever needs replacement, so the same process as above.
As they say assembly is the reverse. . .
All came together nicely, around an hour to pull down the first mirror (with several frustration breaks, so more like 2 hours), maybe only 20 minutes or so to reassemble (the second mirror was much quicker to pull apart 40 minutes or so). I can report no broken clips or damage to paint.
I'll take a break and show the removal and fitting of the mirror from the door. . .
Cheers
Chris
Mirror 0
Steel post 1
The top section separated from the lower arm, only held together by the wiring loom, I was able to gaffer tape the two parts together until a replacement was found. . .
After some extensive searching I found a replacement in of all places Lithuania, in my search I found that even with the early X7 there was 7 possible part numbers depending on your car's specification/equipment. A good few Australian ebay possibilities but none with the matching part number and quite expensive. I could get the correct part from the UK but again expensive especially with post added. I understand the part form Citroen is around $900.00 (some assembly required and unpainted).
The mirror from Lithuania was just over $100.00 delivered, very prompt around 10 days with a public holiday and two weekends thrown in.
Of course it was the wrong colour so I needed to pull it down and rescue the part I needed. Then do the same with my mirror and make one good from of two. . . My plan of attack was to pull the replacement mirror apart and rescue the part I needed, if I damaged any of the plastic clips etc. it would give me a good idea of the pitfalls for when I pulled my mirror apart.
So with some encouragement from David S, I set up a clean workspace. . .
First step is to remove the mirror glass - using the broad plastic tool and levering from the top pops the glass off (so far no broken clips)
Release the wire connections from the mirror taking note of their positions - depending on the equipment on your car you may have more or less connections here, these look like they would be for the heated glass.
Next step is to remove the mirror orientation motor (up/down/left/right), three torx head screws (shown in red) releases it one multiplug and it's free.
The two clips marked in yellow release the rear painted half shell, lots of patience required here, using the plastic tools to hold the clips open whilst pulling and prising the shell away, just when you are about to give up it releases.
Next release the lower shell, 4 clips shown in above image.
Now remove the painted front mirror frame, clips are released from the inside I don't have a good pic but they will now obvious.
This is the part I need, it contains the motor for the folding function when locking the car. It is held to the lower stem by two torx screws (one hiding under a rubber protector. Pic shows the orientation of the harness - the wires feed down a central tube. You see the large multipug for the mirror motor, the two connections direct to mirror, and exterior temp sensor. That temp sensor requires the whole loom to be removed if it ever needs replacement, so the same process as above.
As they say assembly is the reverse. . .
All came together nicely, around an hour to pull down the first mirror (with several frustration breaks, so more like 2 hours), maybe only 20 minutes or so to reassemble (the second mirror was much quicker to pull apart 40 minutes or so). I can report no broken clips or damage to paint.
I'll take a break and show the removal and fitting of the mirror from the door. . .
Cheers
Chris
