How To Replace The Side Mirror on a Chevrolet Truck 88-98

Here is how to remove and replace the side mirror on a Chevrolet truck from 1988 to 1998. The side rear view mirror is held on by three nuts and there is an electric cord to power the motor. Removing the bottom two nuts is tricky because of the angle, but you can get to them with a flat wrench. Watch this video to learn how to remove and replace side mirrors on an old Chevrolet truck.
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Driver's side:
Passenger side:

[virtualpianoman]

One thing I wish I would've realized before replacing the mirrors is, if you want to SAVE the stock metal mirror mounting bracket. Just remove the 3 screws from the bottom of the mirror & bracket. Pop the cover off the inside of the door, pop the connector loose, install the new mirror on the old bracket and re-assemble everything. No frustrating minutes messing with the 3 nuts inside the door, and no risk of losing one in the inside the door. Wish I would've realized this yesterday...

[billleonard]

I appreciate you confirming for me that the two bottom nuts are a true SOB to remove. I will wait for a little nicer day to beat up my knuckles some more.

[WooferCooker]

Tip for people trying to connect the powered mirror that doesn’t have a lot of room. It’s a separate wire in the harness that goes into the door. Remove the rubber tube that protects the harness from the truck to the door, and pull some extra cable out. I had enough extra cable in the dash to get the connector all the way to the top of the door.

[levigrafton]

Thank you, you’re a life saver. Very good instructions, easy to understand and shows that it can be a pain.

[valrotterdam]

Dude great video ! Thanks for actually getting right to it and being straight forward! So many of these videos take forever to actually get to the task !

[justinb]

Classic 10mm Chevy!! Had mine for 20 years mirrors finally broke project for tomorrow thanks 🍻

[eddyl]

Great video dude, was actually looking to replace the mirrors on my family's Astro van so this video came just in time in order for me to try it in the next month or so.

[coreyhattenstein]

Need to replace mine and this lets me know what I’m getting into.

[Dcthetruth]

Thank you 1A Auto made this look easy and gave me a part that looks like it's not compatible with the wire harness.

[Lamarya]

Absolutely dead on video, great explanation, for a 1998 Chevy Silverado.the two nuts are a job in their own to get on and off I managed to go through 5 nuts before I got one on without dropping it in the door.. I took a half inch drill drilled whole did the door panel in front of the bolt so I could put a socket on the front nut . I also bought a half inch rubber gammets to go in the holes. don't like drilling holes in my truck but it's not noticeable and made life a lot easier replacing the mirror .

[kingdomculture]

Good video - and honest of some of the challenges! Same color as my pickup!

[FATHERSOFBASS]

Thank you i just did one my fingers hurt from that wrenching

[cybercamp]

I wiped my passenger side one off, on a mailbox.
Don’t ask😕
Thanks for a primer on my task today/tomorrow🙏🏻

[rogueklaus]

Thanks for this it really helped and saved money

[samhuff]

88-94 bois need to remove the whole interior door panel 😩

[michaelmark]

I suggest stuffing a rag underneath the bolts and using an extending magnet to grab the nuts to prevent the headache of fishing them out

[joseturrubiates]

Just replaced two (2) electric mirrors on a SUV Chevy Tahoe 1998.

[artdecco]

I have a 95 Chevy Siverado with electric outside mirrors. Can they be replaced with Manual mirrors instead? Not sure if bolts lineup will be the same? thanks

[ericmcfarland]

Did the glass in these vibrate as you drove down the road?

[MrOiram]

How did you get the wires and wiring harnesses up? The passenger side on my suburban is in deeper and tight to pull on