help fitting mirrirs

help fitting mirrirs

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hendy

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483 posts

240 months

Friday 27th February 2009
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My other half was unfortunate enough to have a mirror stolen from her Mini Cooper last weekend, and we have just received a replacement from ebay.

Looking at it, it seems that we need to remove the base of the mirror and bolt that to the car and then re connect the main mirror.

I am trying to split the mirror as shown in this picture and having difficulty:



I have tried moving the clips out and pulling it as shown in this pic but to no avail. If anyone could offer some advice on how best to fit these it would be much appreciated.



Many Thanks,
Simon

hendy

Original Poster:

483 posts

240 months

Saturday 28th February 2009
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Thank you very much for the advice. Have just tried to fit them and it looks like we have the wrong mirror.

The damaged one that was stolen has 3 bolts securing it and the internals are all plastic and the replacement has only two and metal internals as in the photos above. I am guessing the one that we got from ebay was from an R56 model when our mini is a 2001 model.

Can anyone confirm this for me as I will need to readvertise the mirror we have bought and I want to make sure that we get the correct one this time.