jsmonet wrote

I just did this on my x7.

something that made life easy: simply taking pictures of the pieces as I went with my phone, before pulling wires and after.

- aim the mirrors fully upward
- start from the outside lower corner
- use a wider trim tool (shoot for around 2" wide, over under isn't a big deal)
- press against the mirror over where your trim tool is pressing upward
- breathe, don't rip it off

You're going to pop it off from the corner and work your way inward along the bottom. Once the bottom's free, feed your hand in behind the mirror and see if you can pop it off--there's a real good chance you can.

passenger side mirror:


driver's side mirror:


keep an eye on what cables go where. for the outside light element's wire harness, you press down on the obvious tab on the harness, but then press the dark black plastic retaining tab down and it'll slide free easily. You can see the retaining tab in the passenger mirror picture pretty clearly (below the triangular element that is your blind spot warning light)

here's what we call a pro gamer move: have an assistant catch the caps as you pop them off and they suddenly take flight. No assistant? put down towels because they'll go flying.



yours are very likely like mine since all three odd-number models can rock the same mirror kits. You want to feed a screwdriver/prodding pokey thing of your choice in and press the mirror cap retainers -outboard- to release them. it might help to have a smaller trim tool wedged in around the outside of the cap. The holes you're poking into are at the top left (inboard and up) and immediately right (just outboard) of the circular motor in the picture above.

popping the glass back on is fairly easy. just remember you have it at an angle, not perfectly vertical.

if anyone's swapping for M mirrors, the 5 little torx screws (iirc, they're a size 9) are visible here and the surrounding ring pulls off easily, remembering there's a little catch on the inboard side right over the pivot, so bend the mirror back before pulling the surround off to replace it.

jsmonet wrote

I just did this on my x7.

something that made life easy: simply taking pictures of the pieces as I went with my phone, before pulling wires and after.

- aim the mirrors fully upward
- start from the outside lower corner
- use a wider trim tool (shoot for around 2" wide, over under isn't a big deal)
- press against the mirror over where your trim tool is pressing upward
- breathe, don't rip it off

You're going to pop it off from the corner and work your way inward along the bottom. Once the bottom's free, feed your hand in behind the mirror and see if you can pop it off--there's a real good chance you can.

passenger side mirror:


driver's side mirror:


keep an eye on what cables go where. for the outside light element's wire harness, you press down on the obvious tab on the harness, but then press the dark black plastic retaining tab down and it'll slide free easily. You can see the retaining tab in the passenger mirror picture pretty clearly (below the triangular element that is your blind spot warning light)

here's what we call a pro gamer move: have an assistant catch the caps as you pop them off and they suddenly take flight. No assistant? put down towels because they'll go flying.



yours are very likely like mine since all three odd-number models can rock the same mirror kits. You want to feed a screwdriver/prodding pokey thing of your choice in and press the mirror cap retainers -outboard- to release them. it might help to have a smaller trim tool wedged in around the outside of the cap. The holes you're poking into are at the top left (inboard and up) and immediately right (just outboard) of the circular motor in the picture above.

popping the glass back on is fairly easy. just remember you have it at an angle, not perfectly vertical.

if anyone's swapping for M mirrors, the 5 little torx screws (iirc, they're a size 9) are visible here and the surrounding ring pulls off easily, remembering there's a little catch on the inboard side right over the pivot, so bend the mirror back before pulling the surround off to replace it.

elite-fusion wrote

Anyone know the best way to make the inner pivot clip catch when chaging the inner surround as well? See photo to understand which clip I am talking about.
I replaced the covers but the inner clip just wont catch, either im not strong enough to push it in to the catching point, or perhaps just doing it wrong...

martinf79 wrote

So, I attempted to change the mirror caps as everyone has instructed to do so here (pry the glass off, push the clips out, etc). I tried 3 times and couldn't get the glass off, and every time I felt like the risk of breaking the glass and/or f-ing up some of the wires behind the glass was going to happen.

Came across this video for the last gen X5, and process is the EXACT same on the G05, and I had the mirror cap off in 30 sec (NO MIRROR REMOVAL NEEDED).

Just figured I'd share as so many people have posted about how the F'd up trying to remove the glass. You don't need to (so hopefully this process gains more traction and helps folks out).

martinf79 wrote

So, I attempted to change the mirror caps as everyone has instructed to do so here (pry the glass off, push the clips out, etc). I tried 3 times and couldn't get the glass off, and every time I felt like the risk of breaking the glass and/or f-ing up some of the wires behind the glass was going to happen.

Came across this video for the last gen X5, and process is the EXACT same on the G05, and I had the mirror cap off in 30 sec (NO MIRROR REMOVAL NEEDED).

Just figured I'd share as so many people have posted about how the F'd up trying to remove the glass. You don't need to (so hopefully this process gains more traction and helps folks out).

martinf79 wrote

So, I attempted to change the mirror caps as everyone has instructed to do so here (pry the glass off, push the clips out, etc). I tried 3 times and couldn't get the glass off, and every time I felt like the risk of breaking the glass and/or f-ing up some of the wires behind the glass was going to happen.

Came across this video for the last gen X5, and process is the EXACT same on the G05, and I had the mirror cap off in 30 sec (NO MIRROR REMOVAL NEEDED).

Just figured I'd share as so many people have posted about how the F'd up trying to remove the glass. You don't need to (so hopefully this process gains more traction and helps folks out).