alright, so i clipped a big trashcan that was put in the street on a country road and snapped my passenger side rear view mirror off my '05 TL. I already ordered a new one but was hoping someone may have replaced one of these before but i cant seem to find a post of it anywhere.

So....any guidance or pointers before i attempt this? all i have is the exploded parts view to go off of

Thanks

 

 

 

you can always go to the 3G garage, which is stickied in the 3G TL section.
its labeled as 3G TL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AKA THE GARAGE.
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/3g-tl-service-department-aka-garage-questions-answers-check-here-first-553557/

 

i appreciate it, and thanks for the heads up

 

Sorry to hear about the mirror loss. Welcome to AZ

 

That diagram reminded me to ask, what is the button on the rearview mirror for? No owners manual here. I see the green light and the "auto" button but I don't know wtf it does.

 

Auto dimming mirror.

for the fuckers with fake HIDS and blinding you from behind

 

take a flash light to sensors...
it'll turn your mirror dark.

 

Tinted windows FTW.

Thanks.

 

My daughter cracked the side mirror housing of the MDX 2010 when she backed up. How to replace the housing.

 

Welcome to the forums.

You should post this in the MDX Forum https://acurazine.com/forums/

I would move this for you but then you might never find it since it's a post and there is no notice here that it was moved.

 

Thanks for the scan of the tech book Justn! I also clipped a garbage can and need to replace the passenger side mirror- this doesn't look too complicated once the interior door trim is off- do you have a scan of that process (page 20-14)?

 

the door is held in place by 3 phillips head screws.
located on the perimeter of the door and one in the "pocket"

there is a diy write up on how to take the door panel off. let me see if i can find it.

 

No worries, already found it- thanks! It looks like I need to remove the door panel:

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/how-remove-door-panel-687044/

then the interior sash trim:

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/repairing-side-view-mirror-3g-garage-e-045-a-573130/

 

I'm also going to use the broken mirror glass (not damaged) to put into my driver's side mirror (mirror holder replacement above) because it has some weird brown discoloration around the edges.

 

Btw, the brown discoloration is caused by leaving the heating element behind the mirror too long.