Changing Manual Mirrors for Electric

This how to will cover changing manual door mirrors for either Ford or Aftermarket Electric Mirrors, and also covers how to change the door wiring loom should you not already have the wiring fitted. Typically it's the LX that does not have electric mirrors, but this does not mean that the wiring will/ will not be there. I myself, already had the wiring for the drivers side, but not for the passenger side.
The fitting and wiring of the electric mirrors is not particularly difficult and anyone should be able to do this with no problems.

All instructions are for UK passenger side, reverse left for right and vice versa for drivers side
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Parts Required:

Removing Manual Mirror

1. Roll Window down fully, grab hold of the left side (edge next to the window) of the internal mirror cover and gently bend outwards to release it from its two clips. Gently pull the whole cover towards the inside of the car and the cover should pop off.	2. Grip and twist the manual adjuster knob anti-clockwise 90 degrees and it should come off the adjuster. Push the adjuster through the cover and withdraw the cover.
3. Pull back the foam (if it's there) to reveal a 10mm bolt. Remove this using a suitable tool, taking car not to drop the bolt down the door panel and keeping hold of the mirror so it doesn't fall. Retain this bolt for use on the electric mirrors	4. With the mirror withdrawn from the car slightly, push/pull the manual adjuster and grommet through to the outside of the car and withdraw the mirror assembly from the car.

Removing Door Panel

Changing Door Loom

If, inside the door, either taped up, or pushed out of the way, you have a small red plug with 5 small round pins on it, then you already have the wiring and don't need to carry out this section. If you don't have the plug for the mirrors, unfortunately you will need to swap out the whole door wiring.

1. Carry out Removing Manual Mirror and Removing Door Panel above	2. Roll the window all the way up, plugging the electrcic window switch back in if need be. Remove the foam block to gain access to the lower left side of the door. (can't remember what it's called)
3. Unscrew the speaker from the door, and unclip the multiplug from the rear.	4. Using a knife, cut away, and peel the foam weather shield from the bottom halfway up the door, lift up and secure out of the way.
5. You should now have access to the lower half of the door as best as is possible. You will note the wiring for the door at various locations. Most of it is clipped to the door using small plastic plugs (pictured below). These are already provided on the new loom so all that is required is simply removing the old and plugging in the new.	6. Unplug the multiplug from the door lock mechanism (where the lock sits) and the electric window motor (pictured) and pull on the wiring to remove the cable clips from the door, taking care not to brake your hands or the window.
7. If you have it plugged in, remove the electric window switch, You should have the wiring for the window coming through a grommet on the front face of the door and then clipped to the door, (shown below). Pull the clips from the door and push the grommet back through inside the door.	8. Unplug the connector between the door and the car by twisting it anti-clockwise til it unplugs. With the door lock mechanism unplugged, electric window motor unplugged, electric window switch removed, and speaker plug unplugged, trace the wiring and remove any more cable clips that are still attached to the door.
9. With the wiring free, pull the grommet from the end of the door, and withdraw the wiring from the door. Noting the route of the wiring around such things as electric window motor cables and brackets	10. To fit the new loom, simply reverse the removal of the old loom Feed the plugs in through the end of the door. Routing the plugs along for the door lock and electric motor, plug them in.
11. The new loom should have wiring for the electric mirror and electric window switch, feed these up through the hole and put the grommet in place.	12. Fit all the small black cable clips right along the wiring to the holes in the door next to the corresponding clip
13. Fit the grommet in the end of the door and plug in the multiplug that leads to the car.	14. Replace the foam weather shield. Plug in and re-fit the speaker. You should now have the door loom in place, cable clipped tidily to the door, and be free of all moving parts. Everything should be plugged in apart from the electric window switch and the electric mirror. Now would be a good time to plug in the electric window switch and make sure the window works and doesn't catch on any wiring.
15. You can, if you want, refit the door panel now, or leave it off til you get the electric mirror fitted. If you do refit the door panel, make sure that the electric mirror plug is out of the top of the door panel, and do not re-fit the mirror covers yet.	NB The only difference for the drivers side should be the appearence of some of the plugs. and there may also be extra plugs in there, such as the electric mirror switch.

Fitting Electric Mirror

1. Follow steps above to remove manual mirror.	2. Offer new mirror to the car, feeding the wiring plug through the hole in the door.
3. Screw in the 10mm bolt to hold the mirror in place, and plug in the wiring to the wiring from the door.	4. If it's still off, refit the door panel. For passenger side, fit the new internal mirror cover. For drivers side, fit the mirror switch into the new internal mirror cover, fit the multiplug into it, and refit the cover in the reverse order. Fit external cover to the outside of the mirror unit, if you haven't already done so.