Rearview Mirror Harness Cover Base Replacement
NOTE:
- Wear eye protection while cutting the glass adhesive with a piano wire.
- Put on gloves to protect your hands.
- Remove the rearview mirror (see REARVIEW MIRROR REPLACEMENT ).
- Carefully cut through the adhesive tape under the rearview mirror harness cover base with a piano wire, then remove the base.
- Scrape off all of the original adhesive tape with a putty knife from the windshield. Clean the bonding surface on the inside face of the windshield with isopropyl alcohol where new rearview mirror harness cover base is to be applied. Make sure the bonding surface is kept free of water, oil, and grease.
- If you are reinstalling the original rearview mirror harness cover base (A), scrape off all of the original adhesive tape with a putty knife from the base. Clean the base surface with isopropyl alcohol. Apply primer to the base as shown in the figure, and attach the adhesive tape (B) to the base.
Adhesive tape: Thickness 0.8 mm (0.031 in) Width 7 mm (0.28 in)
- Before installing the rearview mirror harness cover base, apply glass primer to the area where the harness cover base will be applied to the inside face of the windshield. Let the primer dry at least 10 minutes, then attach the rearview mirror harness cover base to the windshield within 12 hours.
- Attach the rearview mirror harness cover base (A) with adhesive tape (B) to the inside face of the windshield as shown in the figure, then press the adhesive areas into place securely.
- Reinstall all removed parts.