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TRQ side mirrors and mirror components are designed to match the function, fixture, and performance of the original version for easy installation. TRQ mirrors are DOT certified, comply with all federal safety standards, and are independently lab tested to ensure our products comply with all government regulations. All products are fit and road-tested in our Massachusetts R&D facility to ensure we deliver on our promise of Trusted Reliable Quality.
Exact fit - To obtain proper fit and function confirm your vehicle has the exact mirror options listed.
Paint To Match Note:
"Paint-to-match finish" refers to a smooth, paintable surface. This item is not painted. Paint offers better coverage and adhesion, but it is not necessary for installation.
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Hi, I'm Mike Green. I'm one of the owners of 1A Auto. I want to help you save time and money repairing and maintaining your vehicle. I'm going to use my 20+ years' experience restoring and repairing cars and trucks like this to show you the correct way to install parts from 1AAuto.com. The right parts installed correctly, that's going to save you time and money. Thank you and enjoy the video.
In this video we're going to be replacing the rear view mirror on this '99 Grand Am two-door; same process for a four door and also the same process for many GM cars that share this platform such as Alero even Malibu and Cutlass. Tools you'll need are all pretty basic: flat blade screwdriver, Phillips screwdriver, a putty knife or door panel clip tool, a rag to protect your paint, and a 10mm socket ratchet and extension.
If you only have a manual mirror, you can just remove this cover here, and then there's three bolts and if you have a mirror you can just undo those bolts and then pull the mirror off and put the new one on. This is a power mirror so I'm going to have to remove the door panel in order to get to the connection.
We're going to go through the door panel removal 5x speed. If you want to see this real time regular motion, just check our other videos for door panel removal and you can see it there. It's pretty easy, pretty straightforward. You remove a couple of the trim panels, take out four screws, release the clips that are around the perimeter and then pull it up and off. You'll probably pick up enough from this fast motion to do it, but again if you want to see it in regular motion check out our other videos. Just bear with it for another few seconds here and we'll get to the rest of the mirror.
There's three 10mm bolts right here. I usually take the bottom two off first. Put your hand underneath so you don't accidentally drop them down into the door. Then when I undo the last one I keep a hand on the mirror. Usually they kind of stick on there, and then your mirror comes off.
Here's the original mirror for the car. Here's the new mirror from 1A Auto. You can see it's going to bolt up all the same. The connections here are exactly the same so it's going to plug in with no problem. Obviously, one big difference is the new mirror comes in black. If your car is older and you're just looking to pass inspection maybe that's OK with you. If you want to paint it to match what you're going to want to do is go to an automotive store, an auto parts store that has a paint department and you can just drive your car over there and they'll find out what the paint color is for you, and then they can mix you up some paint and put it into an air-charged spray can and you can paint the mirror to match yourself. Tape off the glass and paint it to match if that's what you want to do.
Installation is basically the same. Feed the wire through. Get the studs lined up and hold it on with this hand. Put the top nut back on. Uh oh. That's what you want to avoid doing. Put that top nut back on. Let's hope it doesn't go too far. It's gone down into my door here. I think it's gone down in the door. Well, anyway if you can find that. Then when you tighten these you want to be firm but not crazy tight. The mirror is plastic. You just want to make sure that they're all three of kind of uniform tightness and you're not pinching your wire at all.
So now we'll, wrong one, reconnect the mirror there and we can put our door panel back on right after I find that bolt and put it back on. At this point now it's just a matter of putting the door back together. We're going to go through it on this video in 5x speed. If you wanted to see this part in regular motion, you can check out our other videos and see it in regular speed.
We really hope that this helps you out. The door handle is available at 1AAtuo.com. We've got great parts and we've got the knowledge to go behind it so we hope you give us a shot at your business and good luck. Thank you very much.
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Hi, I'm Mike from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com. Thanks.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the side view/rear view mirror on this 2000 Oldsmobile Alero, same as any '99 to '04 two-door, and similar for the four-door as well. The tools you'll need include an 8mm wrench, small flat blade screwdriver, Phillips screwdriver, and a 10mm socket with a ratchet extension.
Use an 8mm wrench and disconnect your negative battery cable.
You're going to start under your door pull. There's a trap door here. Either from the top or bottom, just pry that off. There are two Phillips screws in there. Then we'll speed it up here a little bit as I just remove those screws. I'll use fast-forward quite often when I'm just doing monotonous tasks like this. Okay, now right up here, you just pull on this panel. It comes off. If you have this speaker here, just use a screwdriver to pry up on this tab to disconnect it. Also, down in this corner, use a little screwdriver and pull this reflector out. Inside here, there's a Phillips screw.
Okay, let's move that out. With a door panel clip tool or putty knife, let's start anywhere. Slide it in there and slide it until you feel a clip. With a door panel clip tool, you can go around the clip and then pull. That screw comes out. Put it in the car. See back in here, see the clips. Then just work your way all the way around the door. Okay, once you have the door pretty loose, it comes out and lifts up.
The door lock should be back on this tab. Disconnect it. Then these two switches have tabs on them. I'm just going to reach underneath and pull that one off. This mirror switch is a little more difficult. There's a tab right here, use my little screwdriver. Watch that. I just take my Phillips screwdriver, force it up in there, and pry that down. That's released. Then my last one here is my trunk switch, which again, just use your screwdriver to pop the tab right here. Pull it off. Pull this piece of insulation out. Your mirror hooks in right here. This little tab, pull it back, the lead comes out. Three 10mm nuts here. I'll fast-forward here, as I remove those three nuts that hold it in place. Then your old mirror, or what's left of it, comes off.
Here's a new mirror from 1A Auto. It comes molded in black. It's going to go on to make a functional replacement. If you wanted to repaint your mirror to match, obviously, you want to do that before-hand. You can be as crude as just getting some paint that matches pretty well from a hardware store and doing it that way, or you can take your vehicle to an automotive parts store that has a paint department, and they can probably match the paint pretty well, put it in an air-charged can, and then you can refinish it yourself.
Putting it back together is pretty easy. Put it in place, start the nuts on. I'll fast-forward it here again as I start those nuts on. I'll preliminarily tighten them, then just check the alignment of the mirror and tighten them up nice and firm. You don't want to over-tighten them, though. Put your harness, reconnect it there. Put your insulation right back in.
Find the narrow lock switch right up here. Then our mirror, power windows switch, this one goes down to our trunk switch. Then actually push the top door panel in. Make sure this speaker lead is up out of there. Push the door panel down into that channel. You have to use your putty knife or clip tool to kind of force the upholstery in there a little bit. Peak back in here, make sure your pins are hanging where they should. Fast-forward through reinstalling those three Phillips screws. Put your reflector back in and put this panel back on. Plug back in your lead there. Then reconnect your negative battery cable.
We hope this video helps you out. Brought to you by www.1AAuto.com, your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the Internet. Please feel free to call us toll-free, 888-844-3393. We're the company that's here for you on the Internet and in person.
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