Washedout

Walking home and I see that my car's driver side internal mirror is hanging from the housing. *face palm*.

Some idiot reached into the mirror and simply pulled it out, completely separating the housing from the rear view mirror assembly.

Both attaching clips shattered.

Before doing anything, thought I'd post here. Think I can simply remove the housing that should be inside the assembly from the mirror and pop it back in?

I seriously hate people sometimes.

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Washedout

I can get more/better angles. Figured I'd throw this up there for now.

evogt500

Inconsiderate people........sorry about your troubles.

po1qw

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wow i swear people nowadays have no respect so much hate and disrespect ...hope you can fix that mirror up it doesnt look too bad

Washedout

So I popped off the actual housing, reattached it the assembly, then attached the mirror to that. It definitely stripped out/completely broke the gears that turn the actual mirror.

Guess it's off to the dealer.

If someone was going to be an *******, this sure is kind of a strange thing to do. Reach up inside the mirror and then pull it out until it broke, then leave it there? I dunno. Still really upset and realize this is going to be probably a $500 fix, but at least they didn't do any damage to the car.

RDIS250AWD

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man that sucks I don't know why people need to do stupid things like that for

Washedout

Anyone have any thoughts on whether I can fix this myself/which parts I would need?

http://is.sewellparts.com/oem-catalo...S350-2008.html

my1s250

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why not go to the junk yard and get the mirror because all you need is the motor found a couple on ebay for like 90

Denver

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pick on up from a junk yard. looks like maybe the person tried to steal it but didn't how to remove it and broke it maybe..............................

Gville350

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Man, who did you cut off earlier that day? Damn bro..sorry about the damages.

Lil4cyl

They need to bring back old west justice. I would put cameras on the car, and if I caught someone vandalizing mine, I would hunt them down and pop a shell in their head. Dont want to hear liberal's opinions on that either. In their mind, they should be put up in a hotel, fed steak for all three meals, and "rehabilitated".. bahh.. kill em all and they won't do it again. Extreme? yep..love it... excessive? nah... if we start putting people like this out of society misery, then others won't do it either. I will now step off my soapbox.

don

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Just fix it, don't worry about the haters, it will just stress you.

Vroomin350

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I don't remember where I read this, but recently around some areas there has been an elevated amount of these mirror thefts. Looks like whoever tried to steal yours didn't know what they were doing.

jbjones85

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ouch, hope its a cheap fix. I hate people that do that kind of stuff. No respect for other people's property. Had something similar happen to my tacoma that was parked on the street. Looks like someone either punched it or drove by in a car and hit it with their hand. $250 fix.