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- Denver, CO
Hey all,
I had started a post about this maybe a year or two ago and then like I typically do, procrastinated about it until now when my driver side mirror is really starting to to fall apart.
It started with minor vibrations in the mirror. Now it's clear the adhesive is failing between the mirror and its backing that attaches to the mirror assembly. It was suggested I could just replace the mirror glass, but when I looked at it, the wiring makes it so I would most likely still need to pull the door apart and take apart the whole mirror assembly due to the wiring I found in the glass unit due to the blind spot monitoring.
Anyway this got me thinking. Really the cause is too many misjudgments pulling in and out of my very narrow garage over the years and smacking the front or back of the mirror assembly on the edge of the garage door frame.
So now I am thinking I should just go ahead and replace the mirror, assembly, turn signal (on the side of the mirror), backing. Basically the whole kit and caboodle.
I started pricing out what it would cost and saw that to do both sides with OE parts it was going to be over $700 plus shipping depending on the parts site (for units with blind spot monitoring but without heat). So now I started looking at some aftermarket units which seem much better in price but even those range quite a bit and hard to find actual information from real people on overall quality and fitment. I have a Jet Black Mica CX-5 so the fact aftermarket units are unpainted I don't think would be a problem.
I'm not sure what to do here. Anyone have any experience with replacing these and what did you use?
Thanks.
I had started a post about this maybe a year or two ago and then like I typically do, procrastinated about it until now when my driver side mirror is really starting to to fall apart.
It started with minor vibrations in the mirror. Now it's clear the adhesive is failing between the mirror and its backing that attaches to the mirror assembly. It was suggested I could just replace the mirror glass, but when I looked at it, the wiring makes it so I would most likely still need to pull the door apart and take apart the whole mirror assembly due to the wiring I found in the glass unit due to the blind spot monitoring.
Anyway this got me thinking. Really the cause is too many misjudgments pulling in and out of my very narrow garage over the years and smacking the front or back of the mirror assembly on the edge of the garage door frame.
So now I am thinking I should just go ahead and replace the mirror, assembly, turn signal (on the side of the mirror), backing. Basically the whole kit and caboodle.
I started pricing out what it would cost and saw that to do both sides with OE parts it was going to be over $700 plus shipping depending on the parts site (for units with blind spot monitoring but without heat). So now I started looking at some aftermarket units which seem much better in price but even those range quite a bit and hard to find actual information from real people on overall quality and fitment. I have a Jet Black Mica CX-5 so the fact aftermarket units are unpainted I don't think would be a problem.
I'm not sure what to do here. Anyone have any experience with replacing these and what did you use?
Thanks.
