How to replace the side mirror with your own hands? Change the side
At first glance, the replacement would seem simple, but when to see how it was established, it can be understood that you still need to understand the electronics. Let's tell about the variety, the principle of replacement and the cost of the process.
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To date, it is enough to prevent the lack of side mirrors on any car, since most of their drivers use them. Although the early one could only dream about them. The side mirror in a modern car, including in Audi, is not only one of the elements of the machine, but it still performs the role of an "helper" during the vehicle movement. More precisely, it is they who help the driver to see the whole "picture" from behind the car (see).
Variety and a set of lateral mirrors
Modern manufacturers of foreign cars, such as Audi, improve the side mirrors as soon as they please. For example, we can safely say that they are such a complex of instruments, that is, in the side mirrors, the sensors, cameters, turn signals, heating, and more were gradually started to embed into the side mirrors.
The side mirrors on cars "stuff" not only heating or electric adjustment, but also equip the automatic folding function. This device will help to avoid damage to the side mirror at that time, the other car will pass nearby, or when the pedestrian will pass.
Quite often on the streets you can see such a car as AUDI, or any other foreign car in the lateral mirror of which the sensor "Dead zone" is built into. This sensor works and thus gives you to know motorists about the approaching moving vehicles, which is not reflected in the side mirrors. Such signals often remove from sudden steering action. First of all, such devices are needed for long SUVs, which need a certain distance for a particular action.
Most side mirrors in appearance are uniform, but their components inside and different functioning. That is, the composition of one can be built-in heating, and in the other this function and the mechanism may be absent. As a rule, it all depends on the initial configuration of the car (in this case, Audi), during the purchase, or on which mirror it was changed.
When the motorist had a desire to replace the side mirror, then professionals of their business advise to establish something that has a similar package with the previous one. This can be determined by how fasteners are installed because it must match the fastening principle with the previous one.
In replacing side mirrors, it is necessary to concentrate its attention on the connection of parameters, since it is important to connect the wires. If the motorist does not follow the instructions for the correct connection of the wires, instead of the automatic folding of the mirror, it is possible to enable heating, or turn on the adjustment instead of the rotation signal. Then the trouble on the road can not be avoided.
In this situation, with the replacement of lateral mirrors, it is best to ask for help for professionals in a special auto operator or to a service center in which you can order a side mirror with similar fasteners, which wizards can replace without problems.
But here is not everything smoothly, since the right side mirrors are not always in stock. This can be determined by the appearance of the element, which is not the corresponding body painting. That is why it is necessary to order a side mirror and necessarily indicate the labeling of a straight-colorful coating.
With such a replacement of side mirrors with order and installation in a specialized place, it is always worth considering the fact that it will noticeably hit the pocket. And if the mirror has many additional and newest functions, then the sum will, at least, double.
Therefore, because of the cost of the order and installation of side mirrors for some car enthusiasts per service station or in the service center, most drivers are managed to install them at home, since this process is not quite complicated.
To install the side mirror at home, it will be necessary to find a similar to the previous mirror. It is usually possible to be ordered in the service center, on the auto disassembly or search for the Internet. Quite often they are searched for the serial number, which is indicated or on the surface of the mirror, or in the service book to the car. When completing the order, it is recommended to "take" two side mirrors at once. This is primarily necessary for the new one not different from the old one.
Replacing side mirrors Audi
After the side mirror for the Audi car fell into the hands of a motorist, you can begin the replacement process. First, it is necessary to de-energize the entire car with the removal of terminals from the battery. It will help to protect themselves from shocking, as the wiring harnesses are held in new cars, even in the doorway.
First, the lateral mirror on the Audi on the driver's door is replaced, since the driver most often uses it when driving. The first thing to do is to remove the side mirror plug from the inner side of the door. For such manipulation, you will need to pry and disconnect the latches. This action is best carried out in the warm season, or in a warm room, because when the latch is cold, you can burst.
When the protection is removed, then it is possible that you can partially (not completely), unscrew the fastener of the side mirror. It is not completely unscrewed, since it still has to remove the wiring to the mirror in the event that it has been equipped with a functional. To disshinate wiring, you will need to remove the trim on the door. Obstacles for its removal may be additional attachments on the upholstery surface.
Here you need to do, as with the plugs specified above, that is, hide at the bottom of the latch. Sometimes manufacturers are too secured all the mechanisms, so it is necessary to be attentive because under the plugs there may be bolts that fix the entire design.
When the AUDI car's door trim was removed, it will be necessary to disconnect the sideways of the side mirror, and then you can also completely remove it from the machine. Next, without any fixation, you need to connect a new side mirror. To do this, throw the terminals on the battery and test it. Ideally, it should carry out the same features as old.
The chips are simply obliged to coincide in shape, and on wires in genuine side mirrors. In case, if the chip does not dock, then it will be necessary to remove it from the old side mirror and rearranged on a new, turning over the wires. As a rule, the cross section of the wire makes it possible to rearrange everything without loss of functions. But here without additional knowledge in electronics in this case will not cost, since it is necessary not to confuse the power and wires in some places.
Check is completed, and now you can go to the assembly. After disassembly of the mounted installation, it should be safely started directly to the assembly. Next, you should skip the wires through a separate specifically reserved hole, and it is also necessary to fix the side mirror to the door frame.
Then it is necessary to connect chips according to the trial, attachment. It is recommended to combine chips to the frame of the door with two-way scotch. This is necessary so that they do not prevent the normal operation of other parts in the doorway, and so that the friction process is not arose about the windows and other elements. These mannewers will help increase the service life of the wiring, and the assembly process will be much simplified.
After taking all the above, you can start assembling the door of the door. But here you need to be extremely careful and attentive, since all the wires and chips of the side mirror of the Audi car to the control unit. It is in, and on the doors there are many control mechanisms and the buttons of the entire machine. The first thing is that it is recommended to double-check the operation of all buttons and mechanisms, and already begin to assemble the plating by the method of snatching it in a circle. This recheck will help avoid unnecessary covering.
With the replacement of the side mirror on the door of the driver on the Audi car, you can end. In order to change the side mirror on another door from the passenger side, you need to do the same algorithm.
In replacing the side mirror, it is important to choose the correct element of the replacement, as it can be different because of its color marking or the year of the car is out. Maybe for someone from motorists, they are not the desired part of the car during a ride, but their absence on the door can entail a penalty in the door if the traffic police inspectors will notice.
Side Mirror Replacement Price
When the motorist decided to replace the side mirrors at home, he will need to pay only the mirror itself and a little more for additional materials, in case they are missing at home. Purchase one will cost for a driver at least $ 35 per unit. But here it all depends on the year of the car Audi.
But if you do not count on your own strength and opportunities, then the replacement of each side mirror on the Audi car on a specialized service station will start from $ 15. Therefore, before the replacement process, one point should be understood before the replacement process: "Will the wallet" pulls "the wallet, or at the maximum.
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»How to replace the side glass in the car do it yourself
Replace the side glass requires not as often as the windshield.
But sometimes there are unpleasant situations, after which it is necessary to change it. The glass may suffer, for example, because of the attackers, put an eye on something in the car, and the owner himself can break it, for example, when it turns out to be in a hopeless situation, having shuting randomly keys in the cabin.
As a result, the choice will be small: go to a service station and lay out a decent amount for an hopeless work in general or replace the glass yourself. This repair does not require special skills and a long time for execution and will save the budget from unnecessary spending. So how to replace the side glass on the passenger car?
Preparatory work on the replacement of lateral glass
Because it will have to deal with fragments, you need to get elementary tools for protection. The rubberized gloves on a textile basis are suitable. The main thing is that they be dense enough and could protect your fingers from the cuts.
After large glass fragments are collected, the car's salon is worth spending to remove all the fine battle and glass dust, which can also deliver trouble in the process.
Tools and materials for replacement
For such a repair, you do not need to have complex equipment. Most likely, everything is found in the house or garage. For work you will need:
- - a set of wrench keys (it is desirable that the objects are also included, and the cape keys, if there is a ratchet with a set of shift heads, then it will also come in handy);
- - a set of crusades and conventional screwdrivers;
- - scissors or knife;
- - Brush to remove dirt.
In addition, additional materials will be required, which will be useful when replacing the old glass to the new:
- - a piece of raw rubber size of approximately 30x10 cm;
- - sealant;
- - Plastic locks in the amount of 10 pcs.
Dismantling Side Door
To get to the fastening of the glass and the mechanism of the windows, you need to remove the trim from the car door. To do this, first remove the handle and the door armrest. A screwdriver carefully not to leave damage, and decorative plugs hiding the fastening bolts are commemorated. Bolts are unscrewed using a crosst screwdriver, after which the door handle is easily removed.
Then the door of unlocking the door is removed and removed, the handle of the window is removed and the staggels of the lock lock are removed.
After that, the bolts holding the cover panel are unscrewed. As a rule, it is additionally held by plastic locks. To remove it from the frame of the door, the trim will have to pry in the corner of a flat screwdriver and pull on yourself with a little effort, at the same time pressing the beaches of plastic locks. So they make it easier to come out of the grooves. Once the panel is removed, access to the lock and windows mechanism will open, as well as to the fastening of the glass. Most likely, at this stage, it will be possible to use a brush and vacuum cleaner again to remove fragments from the door. After that, you can proceed to the replacement of the glass itself.
To replace, disassemble the entire mechanism of the windows do not have to. It will be enough to get a metal bracket holding the glass. To do this, the windows handle is installed again in place, and with its help the fastening mechanism is lowered to the lower position. This is done in order to gain access to fastening bolts. Using wrench keys, the bolts are twisted, and the bracket is easily removed.
If the replaceable side glass has already been purchased with fastening installed on it, it is installed in such a set to the place of the old and further assembly is carried out in the reverse order. But if there is no such bracket on it, you can use removed. For this, its size is cut off the raw rubber strip, which will serve as a seal. Inside the bracket poured a small amount of sealant. To the bottom of the glass in the place where the mount will be, the carved rubber strip is glued. At this stage, it is necessary to pay attention to one detail. On the adhesive side of the rubber there is a protective film that the adhesive will need to be removed.
Then the glass is installed in the bracket with the bottom side with the seal. In this process, it is important not to confuse the front and inner side, as well as correctly calculate the place where the bracket will be on the glass, as otherwise it will not work out on the windows. All excess sealants, extruded, need to be removed.
After the new glass in the assembly with the mount is installed in place and fixed on the mechanism of the window switching. Before tightening the bolts tighten, you should check, exactly all the elements were installed. For this, the mechanism rises to the upper position. If there is a skew when landing parts, it must be eliminated. After that, the window lifter is lowered to the lower position, the fastening bolts are tightened. Before installing the upholstery back on the door, the handle of the window can be removed.
Then all broken plastic locks are changing on the panel, the upholstery snaps into the grooves and is fixed with bolts. All removed plugs, handles and spiing plans are installed in place. Glass returns to the upper position. In this position it should be until the sealant is free.
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Comments
Anatoly Posted by (a), 06/12/2014
In the process of driving, side mirrors are injured quite often. And you have to change them. There is nothing difficult here, most importantly smoothly and gently. Although it is not always necessary. If the mirror is on the machine, then unscrew the bolts outside, they are under the plugs that you need to remove, and change the mirror. If the mirror is on the door, then you have to remove the trim, but all unnecessary, there are enough multiple pistons to access the access. And so, in general, with this work any can cope. And if a pair of fasteners, which are attached to the door to the door, breaks, nothing terrible, replace. To unscrew the bolts or self-tapping screws, it was easier, do not forget to process the VD40 mount.
Andrew Posted by (a), 12/15/2014
You will understand in the process of parsing, nothing complicated and requiring some professional knowledge in this repair. In some models, you only need to remove the triangular lid. If there are no wires to the mirror, then just it only, but now it is rare. If with wires, then in some machines, the chip directly under this triangle, and in some under the door wearing, and sometimes still fastening the triangular lid under the skin, then you will still have to remove the door trim, or partially remove it, push and push it to hand Decorate the chip. You may still need special. Tool (asterisks), also take care of this in advance, and if you have a VW, then surely the "sun" keys (this is like asterisks, only more often).
Quite often, during the coincidence, as well as during an inaccier driving, there is damage to the side elements of the car. At the same time, the side mirrors of the rear view often suffer. There are several reasons here.
First, the side mirrors are an oversized element, and the exposure to their lateral damage is very large.
Secondly, drivers of other cars, incorrectly appreciating the dimensions (at dusk or at night), can cause damage and tear off the side mirror. Also, on the track it is possible to enter small foreign objects, leading to negative consequences in the form of cracks and chips. The fault of the side mirror is a violation of the rules of the road, for which an irresponsible motorist can be fined to a large amount of money. As well as intentional emergency creation on the road, leading to a decrease in people's safety.
But after all, the emergency situation happened to you. The side mirror turned out to be damaged. To begin with, do not panic, but think well. Any mirror can be replaced in a short time. And the main issue here is your budget.
How much is the side mirror?
If there is a desire to replace the mirror from the official dealer, you will have to pay a large enough amount. For example, the simplest mirror of the budget foreign car will cost 6 - 7 thousand rubles. But usually dealers do not change separately the mirror - they work with modular structures. It will be necessary to replace the mirror housing, adjustment drive, heater and glass. Together with the work of the staff, it will cost more than 16 thousand rubles. Of course, it is imperative to be repaired by the official dealer is the best option in time and quality of work. But if the hands of the motorist grow from where it is necessary, and the money under the pillow is not added at night, then everything can be done on their own. No gods burn the pots.
How to disassemble lateral mirrors?
First you need to decide on the brand of car and its constructive device of the mirror. Then to inspect the visible damage, and read the repair instruction. At about half of the cases, the side mirror malfunctions are to break the housing and broken glass. Despite the fact that different cars will require a different approach to replacing the mirror, one for them is similar. If the mirror cracked, it is necessary to pull out from the holding hinge bracket, providing mobility, a bundle with a mirror, and then replaced with a new one. The main thing when installing do not overdo it! The mirror is very fragile, so the procedure is better done at positive temperatures; In winter in a heated garage or service.
How to replace the side mirror?
For lovers save and work with their own hands, the mirror replacement can be carried out in the range from 500 to 1000 rubles. In order not to order a buckle with a mirror from an official dealer for a large amount of money (up to 5000 rubles), we find a high-quality non-original from China. Online stores of spare parts for you to help.
We remove the glass holder from the hinge of the protective casing, and then with the help of a thin chisel or a flat screwdriver, we take off the remnants of the previous one, the native mirror. The surface, if necessary, is leveled with a skin and degreases with alcohol or acetone. Now the new mirror must be glued. The optimal glue option is pixipol, and silver - as it holds a lot better than transparent. Gently apply glue into the fastener shape of the burdock, and it is necessary to start from the center, and to finish without reaching about one centimeter to the edge - to eliminate the possibility of clearing the glue, and its ottes. We are waiting for a while, while glue is polymerized. The final stage - gently insert the bundle with the mirror in the hinge fastening.
How to set up a side mirror?
Good visibility in the car is simply necessary to ensure ride safety. Car owners who believe that the car feel well, and are able to ride without mirrors - greatly exaggerate their capabilities. In our country, cars with broken mirrors often become victims of scammers, and then it is very difficult to prove to their right point. Therefore, in addition to the mirrors must be, they should still be configured correctly.
The view from the driver's chair should allow an overview in all directions. Ask comrade bypass around the car for the trunk. At the moment of disappearance from one side mirror, a person must immediately appear on average, and then in another side. There should be no dead zones. Side mirrors are configured on a flat empty road.
When the driver sits in an optimal position for himself, he should without turning his head, only with his eyes to see the back wing of the car not more than a fifth verical part of the side mirrors. The line of the end of the smooth road should divide the three mirrors in equal shares - the bottom and top. Such a review is optimal both when driving in a dense stream with frequent rebuilding and in parking actions. It would be very useful to purchase additional glass, fastened to the side glass, and allowing you to see the rear wheel. It is very convenient to control borders with parallel parking and movement by reverse in the urban area.
Or worse, it was that we return to parking from the store, and the side mirror is no longer. Although I went to the store just 15 minutes.
And if such trouble happened to you, then this is not a reason to peel and look for the nearest car service and its price for the replacement of the side mirror.
The replacement procedure is sufficiently simple and will not take a lot of time.
You only need to buy a side mirror in the spare parts store. ( Average The price of a side mirror for Renault Logan and Renault Sandero from 850 to 1500 rubles)
The mirror is attached to the entire pair of screws, but the problem is to get to them we will need to remove the entire cabin part of the door.
So, from the tools, we will only need a screwdriver Bitholder (Topex, etc.) with a set of bit and patience. 
Step one
We find, unscrew and remove the self-tapping screw that is located at the end of the door.
Step two
Look at the door handle. It has a self-tapping screw, which also needs to be out. 
Step Third
Carefully inspect the armrest, you will see a plastic plug.
Carefully find it with a flat object and under it you will find a self-tapping screw, which also needs to be unscrewed. 
Step fourth
We need to carefully separate the outer part of the handle from the upholstery of the door. Carefully pass flat objects on the groove of the handle with a little effort. After these manipulations, slowly and slowly pull the outer part over. 
Pitch fifth
Unscrew the screws that you will find inside the handle. 
Step Six
Find speakers and remove the protective casing with it better to make it a knife or ruler. Under it, you will find more self-tapping screws, they also need to unscrew. 
Step seventh
When all the screws are unscrewed you can, finally, remove the upholstery of the doors once it does not interfere now. Insert the flat object (a knife, a screwdriver with a straight stall, an iron line) in the gap between the upholstery and the door itself and gently lifting on yourself. You will hear the characteristic clicks. This means that everything goes right and this is disconnected by the upholstery locks from the door itself. 
Step eighth
Remove the door opening craving from the holding mechanism holder. 
Step ninth
The next to our action will be the extraction of wires from the music. Colonges, as well as if you have a windows, do not forget to disable and its button. After that, it is necessary to extract the door opening traction. 
