The Good News Thread

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by mooby

Love a DIY feel good story punch, congrats. Glad it worked out and you saved a bunch of money. I have a similar one.

About 6 months ago I was backing my car in and I bent my LH side mirror forward when I turned too close to the bull bars on my coworkers' Silverado dually. So I needed a new mirror (I can reuse the mirror cover) and to pay someone for the install. I work in auto parts and I can do basic pm stuff on my car but I've never done anything body related before. I used my connections to get a quote on an OE mirror - even at wholesale price they wanted $250 for it.

Got it for 75 on Rock Auto and borrowed some tools from a technician friend of mine and watched a YT video on how to do it. Got it done in about 20 minutes at home with a plastic pry bar, 10mm socket, and a Phillips screw driver. The interior door trim is secured by like 2-3 screws and 10+ push pin clips (plastic pry bar) and the mirror is secured by x3 10mm bolts. No doubt if I had paid someone to do it it would've cost me several hundred. YT can be a real lifesaver sometimes.

Awesome. The crazy thing is a sideview mirror is harder to fix than a dryer belt! More little parts for sure. Everyone always says you can fix that just watch YouTube and I am always like yeah right. Now i am a believer.