Next up is the driver's side. The issue as stated a couple posts above is that the after-market mirror gave me a wonderful view of... me looking at the mirror. The problem looked to be the turn signal lighting stuff that was blocking the mirror from rotating far enough to give a decent view of traffic. So, a few broken clips and some screws later, the lighting was removed.
No pics of that part as apparently they fell into the ether while I got a new phone.
Here's the mirror with the lighting removed
The clear plastic lighting cover wouldn't really look clean as-is.
Some black spray-paint on the inside to give it that nice shiny look without the work of sanding
Nice and clean
Here's a side by side of the mirrors.
And here's the best direct comparison I could do to show the reduction in frontal area.
Here's where the fun began. The same issues came up on the passenger side, but I cheated and just ended up bending the interior door panel. The problem begins with "there's a speaker in my way." It sits on the same bolts that the mirror does.
The only way to get my ratchet in there is to pull back the panel. Instead of bending the panel, I figured I should probably remove it. All the plastic bits popped out as they should. Of course there were screws like this one hiding in the door handle cavity,
this one under the arm-rest,
and this one behind the window buttons. I couldn't figure out how to remove this one since the faux wood panel decided it really wanted to be in my way and I couldn't figure out how to remove it without breaking it. So I bent the panel slightly less than the passenger side.
Once removed, we've got some nice empty space.
Bolted on, it shows a useful outside view, huzzah! I'll have to grind down the mounting posts behind the glass itself if I want it further out, and I didn't feel like taking the time to rewire the motorized component. But it works!
Here's the old one in place
and the new hotness.
I'll be working on the grill block next, which I'm hoping won't take quite as long as this project once I get started.