rear view mirror removal HELP!

[rraabb11]

does anyone know how to remove the factory rear view mirror on a 06 sr5 4runner?

thanks!

 

[sharp4runr]

I believe it is just on there with double sided tape. Some dental floss should do it or maybe some fishing line.

 

[ironadrenaline]

use a blow dryer or a heat gun and heat it up before touching it. that way the "glue" melts to a degree and is ridiculously easier to get it off. most mnirror bases are held on with a special type of glue. so just heat it up

 

[rraabb11]

how about just removing the mirror from the mount, not the mount from the glass?

 

[Mountaineer]

You just angle the mirror up as far as it will go. This should "un-lock" it from the mounting plate. Then just slide it up off the plate. I was suprised how simple it was to do when I took mine off.

 

[Uneek]

If you have the dimming mirror, there's a screw hole in right under where the arm pivots. It's either a torx or hex screw, I don't know the size though. I saw the installer loosen a screw there to slide the mirror up off the windshield when my Camry windshield was replaced.

 

[fattirebs]

There is a big slot on the bottom of the mirror mount. If you shove a really fat flathead up there (it will only go in about 5mm) and gently pull the handle away from the windshield, or give the screwdriver a slight twist, it should disengage the plastic ramp holding the mirror in place.

-Eddy

 

[toybox]

There is a big slot on the bottom of the mirror mount. If you shove a really fat flathead up there (it will only go in about 5mm) and gently pull the handle away from the windshield, or give the screwdriver a slight twist, it should disengage the plastic ramp holding the mirror in place.

-Eddy

This is how I removed mine to install my new dimming mirror.