Rugged Ridge Mirror Relocation Help
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Rugged Ridge Mirror Relocation Help
For those who have these mirror brackets how hard did you have to pull on the mirror to get it out of the OE bracket. I felt like i was going to rip the whole thing off the door and wiggled it back and forth like the directions said. Thanks for the Help
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You removed the bolt from the bottom of the mirror right? Just keep pulling on it and wiggle a bit, it will pop out. I installed mine about a week ago and removed them today. They relocated the passenger side mirror into a spot where it is useless. You can install them in about 20 minutes, so im going to do it when i remove my doors, dont even need to use the cover plate then.
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I removed the whole thing from the door first, flipped it upside-down, and then sprayed a bit of penetrating oil inside. the body is made of cast magnesium I believe and it seizes up inside the plastics mounting body.
Wait til you get to the remounting part on the RR brackets. My OEM screws were too short so I had to buy longer screws.
And X2 on the passenger side mirror being useless. You'll have like 10-20% of usable view out of that puppy.
Have fun.
Wait til you get to the remounting part on the RR brackets. My OEM screws were too short so I had to buy longer screws.
And X2 on the passenger side mirror being useless. You'll have like 10-20% of usable view out of that puppy.
Have fun.
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Be careful if they don't start coming off easy. I think the direction say something like you will have to use a little bit of force. Well I did and I broke the house off of the mirror. Now I have a wobbly piece of black plastic housing covering my mirror.
x3 on the passenger being useless. and after I broke one mirror I sent them back and got Olympic 4x4 that slide into the door hinges. They are bigger, about the same price and IMO look better.
x3 on the passenger being useless. and after I broke one mirror I sent them back and got Olympic 4x4 that slide into the door hinges. They are bigger, about the same price and IMO look better.
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Be careful if they don't start coming off easy. I think the direction say something like you will have to use a little bit of force. Well I did and I broke the house off of the mirror. Now I have a wobbly piece of black plastic housing covering my mirror.
x3 on the passenger being useless. and after I broke one mirror I sent them back and got Olympic 4x4 that slide into the door hinges. They are bigger, about the same price and IMO look better.
x3 on the passenger being useless. and after I broke one mirror I sent them back and got Olympic 4x4 that slide into the door hinges. They are bigger, about the same price and IMO look better.
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As far as the visibility of the passenger side mirror, it's fine with the doors off. Isn't that the point anyway?
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As far as the visibility of the passenger side mirror, it's fine with the doors off. Isn't that the point anyway?