Christopher Laman
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Here are the pics.
There are indeed the 4 tabs that can be reached with a slender, long slot screw driver.
The LEDs come out with a hair dryer and gently pressed from the outside.
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[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v665/CLaman/Misc%20Car/Mirror_4.jpg[/img]They are powered mirrors. There are 4 sets of tabs that pivot the mirror. The tabs are inserted onto the X – Y mirror motor.
Once the glass comes off, you’ll be faced with removing the motor which I believe is another 4 tabs.
Once this is out you should be able to pull the motor and wiring out. This project may further be complicated if they are the power folding mirrors….but I cannot be certain.
This will allow you access to the lights. If my memory serves me correctly…there is 4 screws. This should release the light.
As far as the painted cover….I believe this is glued into place. It is not a silicone glue which can be baked open like a headlight…so it may take some persuasion or a good masking job.
I have pics of when I broke my mirror that I can post, and I will try to break mine apart when I get home, and make a how-to for you.
Case in point…
I have an obvious colour discrepancy from both my rear quarters to my rear bumper. I’m not [b]completely[/b] satisfied with the outcome of the job, albeit the rest of the car looks great!
I didn’t want to go back, and be a thorn in someones side for work they had done, as I was expecting a rough challenge as they would defend their work.
I don’t want to be rude, invasive, ungrateful, or nit picky…maybe because my own personality traits don’t want to be the person that came back and complained.
I don’t want to be “that” customer I remember when I used to work behind the counter at Tim Horton’s…who knows.
[i]Edit…shop is taking care of the repair..all I had to do was ask 🙂 Didn’t expect the number to be as high as 90%, but I know I would have fallen under that category.[/i]
LMFAO 😀
front bumper was done with the rest of the car…looks perfect. the only one they didn’t do was the rear bumper and is very visable
Sure…not comfortable with rotary yet. so I’m running PC 7427 DA variable speed polisher.
Poorboys SSR 3 on Orange (~1 hour)
Poorboys SSR 2.5 on Orange (~ 1 hour)
OPTIONAL: SS2.5 on White (~1 hour)
Poorboys SSR 2 on White (~0.5 Hour)
Wolfegang Polish on White (~0.5 hour)
Wolfegang Sealent by hand. (~1 hour)I put a quarter sized amount on a damp pad, and work it on the paint until it has gone from translucent to transparent. Wipe with MF towel, and move on.
If you’re comfortable with Rotary…this stuff goes wicked fast…and works great. I’m afraid to burn through the clear which is why I shy off.
I know these compounds are geared more for detailing…then they are final prep…
PoorBoys Cutting compounds: SS3 (brown), SS2.5 (purple), SS2 (blue), and Lake Country pads orange and white…is my favorite system.
I’m going to throw in my 2 pennies here.
I’m not in this field at all, but am trying to learn as much as I can so that I can work on a few projects for myself. I love working with my hands, and is something I thoroughly enjoy.
I would love to work in this field as I find the work interesting, but also the chemistry behind it facinating. I’m 24 now with our first kid on the way in 8 weeks.
The only thing holding me back from apprenticing as an electrician, plumber, or in this case an autobody tech is the wage during an apprenticeship. At $15/hr my wife and are are getting by…but we are living paycheck to paycheck…which sucks. To apprentice at minimum wage for 2-3 years, and then climb to $20-22/hr (based on Goverment of Canada statistics) for a fully trained tech I think is one of the reasons many of us younger guys are holding back.
I’ve quickly realized the autobody business is a penny business…in that insurance companies control how much they pay, and also there are so many body shops competing for business that profit is “pennies”.
That is however, only my perspective from the outside in. If a shop offered me $15/hr to start my apprenticeship, and I could grow from there….there is no doubt in my mind I would change fields in a heartbeat…but that is being unrealistic…I think.
I am very confused….
it is a waterborne primer…that needs to be wetsanded?
I thought waterborne washed off with water?