Changing rear view mirror
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I'm getting the dimming mirror later today for my 1LZ. I have not looked at anything yet, but can you tell me what I need to do to remove the old & replace it with the new.
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The dimming mirror required a 12 Volt power plug to be attached to the mirror - and I do not know if the vehicle you have has this connector inside the mirror housing. The glass is easy to snap out. Turn the glass all the way in one direction, and then with your fingers behind the glass just pull it out and the round snap-in ring will give and you have the mirror in your hand - with the heater wires connected to the glass. Then it snaps back in with the tabs you will see behind the glass frame
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The dimming mirror required a 12 Volt power plug to be attached to the mirror - and I do not know if the vehicle you have has this connector inside the mirror housing. The glass is easy to snap out. Turn the glass all the way in one direction, and then with your fingers behind the glass just pull it out and the round snap-in ring will give and you have the mirror in your hand - with the heater wires connected to the glass. Then it snaps back in with the tabs you will see behind the glass frame
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The dimming mirror required a 12 Volt power plug to be attached to the mirror - and I do not know if the vehicle you have has this connector inside the mirror housing. The glass is easy to snap out. Turn the glass all the way in one direction, and then with your fingers behind the glass just pull it out and the round snap-in ring will give and you have the mirror in your hand - with the heater wires connected to the glass. Then it snaps back in with the tabs you will see behind the glass frame
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If you know what you need to do, switching out the mirror takes less than a minute.
The Visor is just as easy, except you need a torx bit that fit's the 3 screws that hold it on. Once off you unplug old, plug in new with homelink and screw it back on. Takes less than 5 minutes once you spend an hour finding your torx bits! LOL
Two best 1LT. 1LZ mods. Mirrors can be found used on ebay. Best price I found on visor was thru one of the discount GM parts vendors.
The Visor is just as easy, except you need a torx bit that fit's the 3 screws that hold it on. Once off you unplug old, plug in new with homelink and screw it back on. Takes less than 5 minutes once you spend an hour finding your torx bits! LOL
Two best 1LT. 1LZ mods. Mirrors can be found used on ebay. Best price I found on visor was thru one of the discount GM parts vendors.
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The dimming mirror required a 12 Volt power plug to be attached to the mirror - and I do not know if the vehicle you have has this connector inside the mirror housing. The glass is easy to snap out. Turn the glass all the way in one direction, and then with your fingers behind the glass just pull it out and the round snap-in ring will give and you have the mirror in your hand - with the heater wires connected to the glass. Then it snaps back in with the tabs you will see behind the glass frame