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Old August 26th, 2015, 7:37 AM
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Up to 3 pre-orders for these now. Cmon guys make this happen. Its a common failure part.
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How many do you have so far? I've already changed one assembly on mine.
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We have 3 pre-orders now. We need more !

Do you by chance have any repair instructions you can post ? Many are hesitant about taking on the job of changing the power mirrors because they do not have instructions.
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I changed mine with the help of a body shop tech, he basically talked me thru the whole thing when I did mine. The rear painted cover simply pops off if you pull from near the window outward and up. Removing the door panel is pretty much straight forward. The mirror is where the problems come from. It pops out but you need to get leverage behind it evenly or it will crack. Mine shattered when the gear broke so I didn't have to worry about breaking it. Wish I could help. I'm interested in a set of gears and maybe you should consider pricing them as pairs?
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Yes, we can definitely sell in pairs.

Do you have the old mirror you could send ? We can put together a DYI.

Let me know. Thanks !

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I changed mine with the help of a body shop tech, he basically talked me thru the whole thing when I did mine. The rear painted cover simply pops off if you pull from near the window outward and up. Removing the door panel is pretty much straight forward. The mirror is where the problems come from. It pops out but you need to get leverage behind it evenly or it will crack. Mine shattered when the gear broke so I didn't have to worry about breaking it. Wish I could help. I'm interested in a set of gears and maybe you should consider pricing them as pairs?
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Still need more pre-orders. Any interested in this fix ?

Please post your thoughts here, we need to kiss it or kill it...
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Bump for this topic. We have gotten quite a bit of interest lately. We can do this but we need pre-orders. Please post here or email us if questions.


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Still pushing this without a write up, eh? Guess its not going anywhere with only 2 gears pre-ordered.
Old October 15th, 2015, 7:30 AM
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yes, pretty much ... although i think we're up to 5 or so now.

If anyone can do the DIY write up, I'll provide 2 FREE steel gears. Let me know if you can help !


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