How do you replace the driver side mirror for a 1999 Camry?

Answer 1

1999 Camry power mirrorTo install the mirror, remove the interior tweeter plastic housing on the door at the base of the window by inserting a flathead screwdriver down from the top, it should pop out easily.

The tweeter speaker is held in by 2 of the 3 nuts that hold the mirror on the car. Remove the nuts with a 10mm socket wrench. The tweeter speaker has a couple of inches of cable, set it to the side. The 3rd nut is located in the door jamb under a rubber cover, remove the cover and then the nut with the 10mm wrench.

The mirror base is attached to the outside of the car with black weather caulking, rocking the old mirror body a few times should loosen it.

The interior door panel must be loosened (maybe removed) as the cable runs about 4" under the panel. There are screws under the armrest, 2 at the base of the door panel, one under a tab in the door handle, one under a cover a few inched below the tweeter speaker. All are removed with a mid sized Phillips screwdriver.

The mirror power cable goes into the door about 4" under the plastic weather seal. Pull back the plastic and unplug the power cable. The entire old mirror assembly can now be removed. Insert the new mirror and run the power cable as the old one was run and plug it in. It is a good idea to test the power to the mirror before closing up the panel.

Reverse the steps, reseal the plastic on the door, reinstall the door panel making sure the panel seats properly into the window channel. Push ithe mirror into place (seal if a seal is not provided the way the mirror was originally sealed against the outside of the car. Tighten the 3 nuts to hold on the mirror, remember to reinstall the tweeter speaker in the mirror post. Reinstall the tweeter cover, it just pops back into place, hook in the bottom and line the post up to the hole and pop it in.