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Review on πŸ” Enhance Your Toyota Sienna with the Fit System Driver Side Mirror - Black, PTM Cover, Foldaway, Heated Power, No Memory by Arun Siddiqui

Revainrating 4 out of 5

but otherwise everything was fine. At first I thought I could get a finish.

My wife hit the passenger mirror and it broke off where it connects to the window trim. We put paint protection on it and it just wiped it off and cracked the glass, but other than that it was fine. At first I thought I could get the finish on my own and a new piece of glass but found it difficult. You can buy separate glass [1] but I haven't found anywhere that only sells window coverings. It was a bit more than glass and had a finish, so I went that route. I believe this was created by K Source based on RockAuto. Search for the part number (8791008092C0) and click on the information for the K Source part and the "matching system" mentioned here will appear. The reviews here were nice to see so I took a chance. For a few people who say it doesn't fit their 2013 or 2014, I can't comment. We have a 2011 car and it worked great. When our mirror broke off it was hanging from wires and I didn't want the paint on the door to be scratched during movement when the mirror is leaned/rubbed against it so I took it off. Unfortunately the connector that attaches to the motor does not come out of the hole that leads to the mirror housing from the door/skin side. My guess is that I would have to get to the other side of the connector in the door and I left the body/motor assembly separate from the fairing as I had to solder the wires together. I didn't have time, so I just canceled it. More on that later. There is a video on YouTube showing the replacement procedure for a 2010 Sienna and it should be noted that if you need to remove the side of the van you will need to remove the entire interior door panel. I was hoping to avoid this and just stick with the black triangular interior trim. That's all you need to get to the nuts that hold the entire mirror assembly to the outside of the van. Also, as mentioned, my mirror housing was in great shape and painted so I was hoping to reuse it. In order to change the covers, I had to remove the mirror glass. This will startle you, but basically tilt the mirror so the top is out as far as possible and the bottom is indented. If it was in the van, the mirror would be looking at the floor. Then insert your fingers into the housing and gently pry the top of the mirror/backing until it comes loose. You can then unplug the two connector wires from the heater pins. I couldn't remove the motor plug in my life! No idea. I just edited it out based on how I approached this replacement. You will notice that the motor housing and the way the transom plate attaches to it is different from this and the OEM part. This made it impossible to simply put the new glass/backplate on the old motor and then put everything on the new trip unit. Instead, I disassembled both the new and old into their respective four parts: cowling (attached to the door), body (painted part), motor assembly, and mirror/rear panel. I then placed the new motor assembly into the old case (two screws attach the motor to the case from the inside, and another screw is at the pivot). Finally, I routed the wires through the rosette and reattached the body/motor to the rosette with the three machine screws. I put Loctite on it. I removed the van's interior trim, removed the old trim and began a trial install of the new one and saw how long the wires should be. One of the reasons I'm giving this 4 stars is that the fairing didn't want to fit the van body quite snugly. The door is slightly bent and the top screw that attaches this panel to the van is still 1/3 of the way down from the top. It's not just a force applied to the top to pull it in and I think the part geometry needs to be a little off. It wants to go. You can buy something like 3M Scotch-Mount Molding Tape to fix this, which I did [2]. One more note: the standard motor connector has three wires (white, yellow and red). It has two yellow ones. Not sure if the yellow ones split into two mirrors somewhere after the connector on the OEM or what. I have noticed that the yellow tones on this mirror will coalesce over time; There is only one yellow one that goes to the socket in the door. I just soldered all the paint from the old connector coming out of the door to the new one using heat shrink on all, a large piece of heat shrink over the wiring harness and tape to give it some abrasion resistance. Last check, I checked the engine and turned on the defroster. Within a minute I was sure it was getting warm. If you leave it for 3-5 minutes, you can definitely tell if it's not too hot outside. I'm very happy with the result and think it was very reasonable compared to $200 for an OEM part! [1] 2011-2014 Toyota Sienna Passenger/Right Side Heated Mirror No Base Plate [2] Disclaimer: I work for 3M. However, this tape is used by car manufacturers and workshops to permanently attach vehicle features such as emblems, door panels, etc.

Pros
  • Great fit for me
Cons
  • Definitely bad product