chuckl1956

HI Guys, Here is what I did today to resolve the broken passenger vanity mirror door. My 2000 Boxster S came with the lighted driver and passenger vanity mirrors. As you would expect the driver side is fine and the passenger side mirror cover is what broke. No further comment on how that might happen in your car!!!!! You are going to order the base model vanity mirror assembly for the door portion only. You will be throwing away the rest of the assembly unless you choose to eliminate the lighted feature and just want the base mirror housing on the passenger side. Not what I would do. Your call. I ordered the needed parts from Sunsetporscheparts.com Order Content Part Number Part Name Price Quantity Total Order line items 986-731-901-01-01C Sun-Visor Mirror Hous $30.77 (Not Taxable) 1 $30.77 Order Summary Subtotal: $30.77 Shipping (USPS - Priority (2-3 days)): $6.83 Here are the sequence of steps. You will need a #30 and #20 torx driver to remove the visor from the car. First step is to, at least partially, open the soft top to remove pressure on the visor mount where the top attaches to the frame. The electrical connection is on the left side of the passenger visor where you will be using the #20 torx. No need to cut any wires if you follow my process. Once you have the visor out of the car go in the house and get an old butter knife. You will need this tool to remove the housing from the visor. Be careful not to damage this portion of the assembly as you will be reusing it. Look at the new assembly and you will see where the tabs are. I started on the top side and gently lifted the assembly out of the visor. You don't want to damage the visor. Another really expensive part if you have to buy one. Once you have the vanity out you will see that there is a red and black wire. Be careful not to break the connection. The next thing you need to do is to remove the spring clips from your existing housing. Now set this aside and get ready to remove the door cover from the part you ordered. Remove the spring clips from the back. Find a blow dryer or a heat gun as you will need it to heat up one side of the new assembly to remove the door. The pins are pretty tough the door is the weak link. I heated up the right side of the vanity door so that the plastic had a little more give and removed the door from the assembly by hand. Don't get to crazy with the heat. You can always do a little more but if you melt your new door you will be bummed out. Easy to do with a heat gun. Once you have the door out you are going to heat up your existing mirror frame a little so that you can install the new door between the pins. If you soften the frame just a little you can make it fit in between the pins. Be careful to get the center actuating tab in the right place so that it turns on the light when you open the new mirror door. Now reinstall the spring clips. Kind of a pain. Be careful as you do not want to damage the frame or the new door. I leaned the vanity up right so that I could work on the frame without damaging the wiring. Now carefully reinstall the mirror frame into the visor and repeat the reinstall of the visor into the car. If all goes well the mirror light will come on when you open the door. Hope this helps. I wish I had taken images as I went along. If I can do it so can you!!!!