View Full Version : how difficult is it to take off the mirror caps?
lask8ter134
10-12-2008, 01:47 PM
Im thinking about taking the mirror caps off and repainting them a metallic dull aluminum with a matte finish to republicate the S4 look, but I have no clue on how to take apart these mirror caps. Anyone have an idea? thankyou
turboquattro068
10-12-2008, 02:07 PM
Well I would just start by taking the mirrors off, just simply pull the black triangular peice off on the inside of the door. Afterwards, there is one screw and an electrical connector to take the mirror off, really easy
whitevdub
10-12-2008, 02:15 PM
extremely easy
eMacPaul
10-12-2008, 04:21 PM
That's a good idea... let us know how it turns out! I like the aluminum look a lot better than chrome, but the real caps are fricking expensive!
p1nk50ck
10-12-2008, 04:55 PM
check some of the online shops that sell mirror caps or mirrors themselves. i've seen a whole bunch of writeups online (not on this site). from what i've seen, it seems easy enough.
Quattro
10-12-2008, 06:15 PM
its easy, each car are a bit different from screws inside the housing.
how to remove:
1.you start by pushing the glass in towards the right so you have one side up, from there you pull upwards to remove the glass.
2. Unplug the glass
3. There is 2 screws under the mirror housing, remove those two screws.
4. Now, the hard part is to remove the bottom black piece, I usually just get the back end of the screw driver and hit going down, with some force, to remove that cover.
5. Next, there might be a 1,2 or 3 screws inside the housing, could be either a torx screw OR regular...some s4s have torx, some a4s have screws...its weird.
6.Once all the screws are removed (dont remove the screws for the motor, only the screws that hold the cover on that metal inner parts. THEN you start pulling up the mirror cover to remove the case.
Basically you can either pull straight up or start on the left side and just start pulling up.
I dont have pics, but if needed I might be able to do it.
hope this helps, if it does +1 for rep =D
-Randy
NorcalPB
10-12-2008, 07:06 PM
Ebay sells the s4 look a like ones and carbon fiber ones for real cheap.
Allan T
10-12-2008, 10:57 PM
Here is how you take the caps of:
http://www.a4mods.com/index.php?page=webcontent/pages/videos.html#index.php?page=webcontent/pages/mirrors.html