Wife clipped a trash can with the passenger side mirror of her 2013 Camry. Is that assembly an easy plug and play affair? I’d like the satisfaction of replacing it myself, but I don’t want to make a mess of things. Enlighten me please.

A complete used assembly would’ve been $127 plus shipping. All I really needed was a replacement front cover and the mirror. Dealer wanted $180 + tax. Toyota.com got both to me for $98.11 and they just snapped on. Thanks for the input guys.

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Not sure about he Camry, but normally I'd say yes. Done several...

ETA:: Looks like several videos online.

Sell the part, and have a video here:

https://www.1aauto.com/how-to-...ta-camry/video/17708

It can be. The hardest part will probably be removing the door panel or other trim to get at the fasteners. The wiring should be plug and play.

I replaced one on my GMC pickup. Truth be told in a former life I was a mechanic but it wasn't a big deal. I would u tube it and se what you think.

Jim

Yes, it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HbJuQw7jXs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f37gPEmYYiI

Replacing one should be fairly easy.

Should be easy to find at a salvage yard (plus you'll get to practice the swap with something you won't have to fix) and take an hour or two.

With the money you'll save, you can get that P320 you always wanted.

Yes. On modern cars, plastic/nylon trim tools can be quite handy to get into the door guts without scratching up the plastic or breaking the clips.

Just did one on a VW Tiguan recently. I hate VW door panel clips....

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Originally posted by .38supersig:
Replacing one should be fairly easy.

Should be easy to find at a salvage yard (plus you'll get to practice the swap with something you won't have to fix) and take an hour or two.

With the money you'll save, you can get that P320 you always wanted.

The dealer shop rate must be very high to save enough money for such a new toy. A complete new mirror on line is only about $50 and if the dealer has a rattle can of the right color paint for the front cover, I’ll be in business shortly.

Thanks guys. That was quick and exactly what I needed.

I've got the same to do on my wife's Flex.
Have to pull the whole door panel to get to it, on hers.

Sometimes you get lucky and there's a panel behind the mirror and you don't have to remove the whole door panel.

The mirror itself is just held on by two or three screws or studs/nuts behind a little plastic trim piece that you can pry off. But you almost always have to take the door panel off to fish out the wiring lead. This is - or can be - the hard part. Typically on a Toyota you have a screw behind the inner door handle trim (bezel), one or two in the armrest, again under bezels, and push pins around the perimeter that you have to pry out (and if the panel hasn't been off before they can be tight). Screwdrivers, picks and other makeshift tools can gouge, scratch up or crack the plastic parts. Do a search for interior trim tools.

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Originally posted by Sportshooter:
The dealer shop rate must be very high to save enough money for such a new toy....

You don't have to tell HER that....

I did the driver's side mirror on my daughter's Acura TSX last year. Had a brother in law buy the part at a salvage yard in Houston, he shipped it to me and I watched the procedure on a Youtube video about a dozen times to make sure I thought I could do it. Was methodical and took my time and managed to get it done in a couple of hours without breaking anything. Plus in the end it worked. Was much cheaper than having a shop do the work and it was kind of fun to do it myself.

Give it a try

I did the drivers side of the Tacoma after Mike's Express car wash broke it off. Should have gone with factory replacement part. I bought a mid range part. Mirror vibrates constantly and I had to use a silicon toilet shim to stop it.

Researching my Suburban mirror replacement I have seen numerous complaints about vibration of cheap Chinese parts.

$900 a side here in UK for our E-Class M-B. I'd need sedating before asking about the old Porsche.

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$900 a side here in UK for our E-Class M-B. I'd need sedating before asking about the old Porsche.

Holy $%#@! I know MB can be pricey, but $900/side. Just wow!