Car mirrors are one of the vital safety features that you must perpetually ensure are operating correctly, because it is your safety, the safety of other drivers and your budget because you can be fined if you have a defective mirror. This is the circumstance that interests us in this article, you have endured a crash, one of your side mirrors is damaged and you are now wondering how to change a side mirror on your Peugeot 108? You are at the right spot, we will describe all the methods to help you change it properly. First of all, we’ll have a look at what attracts you on this page, how to change a complete side mirror on your Peugeot 108, and then how to change only the mirror glass.
How to change a complete side mirror on my Peugeot 108?
Let’s go, we start this guide with the part that almost certainly interests you the most, how to change a side mirror on my Peugeot 108? This process is quite simple and you should be able to do it yourself with a minimum amount of tooling. You will just need to remove the plastic cover inside your car’s cabin, it is in most cases clipped on the door. For power mirrors, make sure to unplug the power connector that you will see behind the cover. To finish, you will have to unscrew the screws that hold the mirror, commonly there are three, a simple screwdriver should do the trick to enable you to complete this step of changing the side mirror of your Peugeot 108. Remember to keep the mirror on the outside of your car when unscrewing the last screw, so that it does not drop out. Finally to install your new side mirror, you will only have to fit the new one in the 3 screw axes, screw it back in, reconnect the electricity if it is electric and to finish reposition the plastic cover. That’s it, you’ve just learned how to change the side mirror of your Peugeot 108, you see it wasn’t that hard to do.
How do you just change the window of the side mirror of my Peugeot 108?
In case you only need to change the window of the side mirror of your Peugeot 108, you will first of all need to identify the type of locking of your mirror. To do this, the most basic procedure is to examine the fixing system on the replacement glass.
Side mirror glass replacing: tongue-locking glass
- If you need to change the side mirror glass of your Peugeot 108 and it uses a tongue and groove system, you are lucky, it is the most simple device to remove. All you have to do is to use a plastic object to remove the window “by force”.
- To reposition it, do the same thing and push it back in place with force. To check that it is perfectly placed, move it around.
Side mirror glass replacing: metal spring locking glass
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- With this locking system, to change the side mirror glass of your Peugeot 108 you will have to find the locking spring, turn the glass in the opposite direction to give you access to it, disassemble it.
- Remember to keep the spring because it is possible that you have not one included it with your new window, change it on your new window, take apart the old one paying attention to the electric cables in case there is defrosting system
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- Follow the positioning guide (notch) and delicately push it into its housing so as not to break it. Examine that it is well placed by moving it around.
Side mirror glass replacing: swivel tray locking glass
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- You can uncover the position of the swivel plate of the window to be changed on the side mirror of your Peugeot 108, generally it is at the bottom behind the window
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- Turn the glass in the opposite direction to give you easier access to the device and using a screwdriver, rotate the mechanism.
- If your mirror is built with a defrosting system, do the reverse process to reattach it and check that it is perfectly placed.
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