How to Replace Side View Mirror Caps 2005-10 Chrysler 300

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In this video, we're going to be working with our 2006 Chrysler 300. We're going to show you how to replace the cap on the end of your mirror, should you have bought a paint to match cap or a different colored mirror, and would like to put on your original one if that's not the part of your mirror that's broken. We're going to show you how to do this with the mirror off of the vehicle. You can do it with the mirror attached to the vehicle, however it may be more difficult to do.

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Here are the items you'll need for this repair: hooked pick, trim tools, Phillips screwdriver, T25 Torx driver, 8mm socket, ratchet, socket extension

Normally, there would be a little panel here that's broken off and missing from our vehicle. You would want to take a hook pick, put it in there, and just pop it down. Once that's out of the way, you can use a Phillips head screwdriver to remove the screw and the handle. Now, unless you're replacing the mirror, you'll only have to remove the three color matched clips: one here and two at the back of the panel. The black clips can stay in place since this piece of trim is all on its own.

To remove these clips, push the center in one click, and you can see there's a small hole in there. I find the easiest way to remove these is get a hooked pick, grab that, and pull it out. Repeat this process for the other two clips. And then three Phillips head screws along the bottom, as well as one above the side here in the front. We'll remove all of those with our Phillips head screwdriver. Below the door pull is another panel.

We'll have to pop down. Behind that panel is another Phillips head screw that we'll have to remove with our screwdriver. Grab the bottom of the panel, pop it out, release the door handle cable here by popping this clip off to the side rotating it and lifting the hook out. You should be able to lay it back enough to remove the connectors on the master window switch. And we'll want to pop out all the retainers, the wire harness down here. Unplug the courtesy light at the bottom of the panel as well. Again, this is another great place that our trim tools come in handy. Just reach it under there and pop ‘em out and set your panel off to the side.

Remove the black trim panel along the top of the door. You have to pull it in toward the center to release the hook. Slide that out. Place this off to the side as well. To remove the chrome trim going along the top of the door, there are two T25 screws: one accessible here at the back of the door and another through this access panel; however, ours is missing up here, so you would remove this screw with a T25 Torx. Then we'll remove the one at the back. We're using a Torx screwdriver, but you could also use a Torx bit with an extension and a ratchet, whatever you have available. We'll then lift up at the back and slide it toward us. You can bend it a little bit to get it out, but try not to bend it too much, and remove the panel from the door.

Remove the electrical connector on the mirror. Push down on that tab at the top. Ours is a little stuck so we'll use one of our trim tools to help push that tab down and pop it out. Remove the three eight millimeter nuts with the socket and ratchet. Be sure when you remove the last nut to support the mirror on the outside. Once you remove the nuts remove the mirror from the door.

Here we have our original mirror that we removed from our vehicle, and a paint to match replacement part from 1AAuto.com. Now I know a lot of people don't have the ability or the tools to paint a part and it can be expensive to get it done professionally, especially when you're just trying to restore the safety of having your side view mirror to your vehicle. In some cases, we know that this mounting bracket could crack or break, you could have an electronic motor fail inside of this or the heater grid, the glass could be faded or broken, but your color factory mirror cap is in great condition and there's no need to change this because of a fault on something else in the mirror.

If that's what you have going on with your car and you can't paint to match this side, but want to keep that look, all you need is a plastic trim tool from 1AAuto.com.You just want to pry around the edges until you find somewhere where you can get it to sit in. Every mirror is going to be a little bit different; ours is clipping in from the bottom here. You just want to hold that out and work your way around. When you get to the top, it's a little tricky. You want to lay this flat and insert it in and kind of pop up just because of these tabs here. Your cap will pop right off for you. We'll repeat those same steps with our paint to match piece from 1A Auto.

We'll pop the old cap off, grab our original one from our mirror; all you've got to do is line it up on there. You can see these tabs that sit underneath that trim. Go around, snap everything into place, looks just like it did when it left the factory. Once you've changed the cap, you can reinstall the mirror.

The studs and the pins will line up with the original holes. Once the mirror's in, install one of your 8mm nuts by hand, just to hold the mirror in place while we install the rest. Now tighten the mirror down with your eight millimeter socket and ratchet. Once it's tight reconnect the electrical connector. Make sure it's in there good.

Reinstall your chrome trim. You've got to kind of slide it in there. It's pretty tight. Line up the window scraper on the inside here. Make sure the rest of it's lined up and that you can access the bolt holes. We'll reinstall our T25 Torx screw on the end. Again, ours is missing, but you would also want to tighten the T25 through this access hole at the front. Reinstall the plastic trim on the upper portion of the door panel. This simply slides in behind that felt sealer. Make sure that this corner gets started in at the same time. Might have to bend it just a little. Be careful when you're doing that. Once that's all lined up, we'll reinstall the black panel clips, which you pushed in to remove. You pushed these pins in to release them. To reset them to go back in, you'll want to hold the top, push the head of the pin out, reinstall it into its hole, and then push that cap back in. Now it's in there secure. Do the same thing on the other side here.

Reconnect the courtesy light. Pop those two harness connection back into their proper locations. Reconnect the power mirror switch.

I know there are two gray connectors with a lot of similar colored wires going to them, but the one for the mirror switch is slight smaller and has a lot more connections on it, so we'll plug that in all the way at the front of the panel closest to me. The little black connector goes in the top of the power window switch and the large gray connector goes at the far end of the power window switch. Reinstall the lock rod. Slide that clip back over. Lift up and slide over the door lock, line up your panel and snap all the clips back into place.

To reinstall these clips you'll have to push the tab back out and through. Place it back into its opening in the door panel. Pop the tab back in in the center. Repeat that process with the other two clips at the back of the door. Reinstall the three screw along the bottom. The one up here at the front of the door, one under this panel, and one behind the door handle with our Phillips head screwdriver. Remember to close those cover panels on the door if your vehicle still has them.

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How to Replace Side View Mirror Caps 2005-10 Chrysler 300

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel

step 2 :Removing the Chrome Trim

step 3 :Removing the Mirror

step 4 :Removing the Cap

step 5 :Installing the Cap

step 6 :Installing the Mirror

step 7 :Installing the Chrome Trim

step 8 :Installing the Door Panel

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How to Replace Side View Mirror Caps 2005-10 Chrysler 300

step 1 :Removing the Door Panel 1:11

step 2 :Removing the Chrome Trim 3:37

step 3 :Removing the Mirror 4:42

step 4 :Removing the Cap 5:17

step 5 :Installing the Cap 6:58

step 6 :Installing the Mirror 7:19

step 7 :Installing the Chrome Trim 7:57

step 8 :Installing the Door Panel 9:23

Tools needed

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step 1 :Removing the Door Panel

step 2 :Removing the Chrome Trim

step 3 :Removing the Mirror

step 4 :Removing the Cap

step 5 :Installing the Cap

step 6 :Installing the Mirror

step 7 :Installing the Chrome Trim

step 8 :Installing the Door Panel