Both right and left side corner panels started to lift the paint, and within just a few months it had flaked off significantly on both sides. It looks horrible, and I decided to take the mirrors off and repaint the panels in an OEM basecoat/clearcoat. I still had some paint left over from the time I painted the quarter panel, and it was put to good use today.
To get at the mirrors the door panels need to be removed and three 10mm bolts removed to loosen the entire assembly. Then unplug the mirror from the door harness
The mirror assembly can them be further disassembled on the bench --
The inner weather seal and harness retainer screw can then be removed to loosen the wiring harness away from the mirror assembly.
The hardest part is the disassembly of the plug. It needs to come off in order for the wiring harness to slip out through the corner panel weather seal and housing.
The plug has a pin retaining clip that must be pried up and removed
Once the grid is removed, the individual pins can be loosened with the aid of a thin pick. Push the pick in the front of the plug pin and pull on the wire -- the pin should slip right out from the plug housing. It's fiddly work, but not too difficult --
Next, the corner panels are sanded with 220 grit to remove the corrosion and remaining paint. Then it's hit with 320 grit to prep for paint.
Three coats of paint and two coats of clear later, and the hot afternoon sun managed to cure this paint in three hours to the touch, and it was time for reassembly.
The mirror was fastened to the corner panel and the wiring harness was threaded back through the panel and the weather seal. Once the harness retainer was replaced, it was time to reinstall the pins into the plug assembly and the pin retaining clip was pressed back in place with the aid of some pliers.
The mirror assembly was bolted back in place and the door panels installed.
Looks passable and definitely in better shape than before -- good to go for another ten years.
The remote mirror controls were tested and everything worked as expected.
Time for an adult beverage -- or two.........
