Some more pics after I have taken the mirror apart

So after removing the frame of the shell:


removing the part that holds the motor


Removed the black bottom sheel


The heart of the mirror - looks like the ECU. Three wires coming in, 8 going out




The heart of the mirror



Obviously most of you dont need to take the mirror apart - i am doing it so that i roughly know now what I would need to do to change motors inside the mirror. The dismantling was easy - i only needed a torx 10, 8 screws in total and a few clips. Obviously plastic clips (i broke one but luckily with nothing to worry about)...

Anyways, bottom line - the mirror has been painted really well (inside and outside)..

greetings rumman

 

Very right - but my message was. even if you declared 500 eur, so 800 USD - tax would be something like 160 USD provided you are taxed 20% (which is relatively high, but just for worst case scenarios), but even then, it is relatively well priced, specially if painted..

cu rumman

 

...so finally took everything apart - this is what the mirror looks like when completely taken apart. For the last bit, I needed a torx 20..

cu rumman

 

Arrrrhhhhh!!!!......

 

Which clip did you broke? I wanna try to avoid it when I do mine...

How did you pop off the mirror to get to the torx screws behind it at the beginning?

 

the clip of the connector that connects the cable of the paddle lights to the mirror housing. I just wanted to disconnect the paddle lights but in reality, there was no need to disconnect it...All the other clips went off very easily.

 

Well, we have to pay some taxes which will be 5%, 7% or 13% depending on whether you have to pay GST, PST, or both. On top of that we have to pay duty, which depends on the country of origin and the category the item is classified in. On top of that there is a customs brokerage fee that is added on for the person that does the paperwork at the border. I beleive UPS has standard brokerage fees, but the amount can be based on the price of the good.

I'm not sure about sending it as a gift, but I don't think that changes those costs.

At the end of the day if it costs an extra 25% for this item, I would have to reconsider this purchase, because it would cost me

$800 Item
$120 Shipping
$200 Importing
$80? Painting

That's the dilema and it's worse if you don't know how much it will end up being. In some countries (eg. carribean countries) duties alone are over %100 on cars.

 

Hi FastLane,

i hear you but you will have to have mirrors painted if you got them from the dealer or if you got yourselves replicas from somewhere...

cu rumman

 

A quick update for the LCI owners:

I have taken the mirror apart (See pic above). I now know what to do. Exact DIY with pics will be available next week when my car arrives. Here is a brief to-do:
- open m5 mirror (10 screws in total - 8x torx 10, 2x torx 20): about 3 mins
- detach m5 ECU (3 clips) - 1 min
- cut 8 wires from m5 ECU with a wire cutter - 1 min
- open lci mirror: i assume, again about 3 mins
- detach lci ECU - 1 min
- cut upto (depending on configuration you can have between 2 to 8) 8 wires with a wire cutter - 1min
- put LCI ECU into m5 mirror (3 clips) - 2 mins
- connect upto 8 wires of your m5 mirror to your LCI ecu - 5 mins
- close m5 mirror (10 screws) - about 3 mins

You now have a LCI mirror - we are talking about 20 mins work per mirror per side.

Like I said, delivery of my car has been delayed till next week. Once i get the car, I will immediately do this mod. Will post exact DIY and pics..

Let me know if you guys have any questions.

cu rumman

 

Thumbs down on the wire cutting, looking for plug and play....