I was wondering if there is a way to get our stocker mirrors apart for paint? i have a set of extras that ive been pissing around with and cant figure it out, i cant stand just painting the mirrors so that there is paint only as the mirror sits as your driving... then when you fold them in at the track or w/e theres no paint on some of the angles.

i know the glass just pops out but i cant seem to get the part that bolts on to the truck apart from the actual glass housing

 

i think that you pop out the triangle piece on the inside of your door and then you can remove the mirror

 

He was talking about removing the mirror part from the hinge to completely paint the whole mirror... but anyway...

I dont think there is Bill... I have looked at that very thing before. You gonna paint my old stockers? I always wanted to.

 

I'm sure you can get them apart...


Getting them back together after you take a hammer and a pry bar to them might be tough though...

 

ya i wanna actually take the mirror apart into 2 different pieces so i can paint every part of them

thats what i was thinking... the hinge that holds it together looks like a oversized rivet that you dont wanna drill out lol
i ended up getting a set of chrome mirror caps brand new for $10 locally so i think they would clean up great wit the new caps and a little bit of storm gray on them

i do intend to use them in the future though

no biggie if you cant, i guess i was just getting picky

 

Get a spare and then bust it apart so you can see how it went together.

And then come back and tell us so we can do it too!

 

ya i have a spare set w/o caps that i painted way back when i had my old 4x4 silvy and they turned out like **** not only cause i didnt take them apart but because the paint didnt match at all LOL... i might do that tonight

 

I took my apart when i painted mine. There is a big keeper/nut/thing behind the mirror at the pivot point you have to pop off. The you have to remove a couple of screws, then yell at it for about 15-20mins and it all comes apart. Kinda PIA but well worth the effort. Sorry it was ~1.5 years ago when I did this, but it can be done. Just be careful popping the mirror off, they tend to crack if you bend them to much....

 

Sweet!!! thanks man, ill give it a shot on my shitty ones tonight adn see if i can put them back together and everything ok
thats what i figured... i just dont want them half assed like i know i did before

 

I think there was a spring in there too, but I am not sure, but they will come apart.