luca

with all the technical information on this board, someone must know how to remove a side mirror?

junjdm

some one just did a write up on it.....do a search!

airtime

I think he mean to "completely" remove it, not just the housing. Someone here must have the service manual

luca

I need to remove the entire mirror, glass housing motor, gears and everything from the body of the car.

Boomer01

I saw a description on here with pictures. There are , I think, 3 bolts on the inside of the door which hold on the mirror. Do a search for the thread.

19psi

just pull the door trim off that covers the sail panel to which the mirror is bolted. from there you'll see an electrical plug, and 3 nuts i think, 10mm in size. fish out the wire so you have some slack, disconnect the plug. then remove the nuts from the studs while holding hte mirror so it doesn't fall. there is a gasket in there i believe, so don't wreck that when removing the mirror assy.

GSoup

You could always go to TIS and for $10 you have unlimited access for 24 hours to the all of the Toyota/Lexus Repair Manuals. This includes all of the electrical diagrams also.

https://techinfo.toyota.com

motohide

1. Pull the plastic panels in the front corner of the window area, behind the mirror at the base.

2. remove 3 screws holding the mirror on each side.

3. carefully pull away the mirror and unclip the electrical socket.

mirror disassembly.

4. pry the mirror surface with a wide flat tool carefully. It is held by a plastic ball joint socket and two pins. The rest is self explanatory and you see the mirror mechanical components all screwed in there.

Reverse process for reassembly. Make sure you clean everything well so you don't create water leaks, as well as grease the mechanical parts if you took it apart.

Happy Motoring!