Nadine

All,

I am having problems in fitting the new GTS mirrors on the S4. I have been following the exploded diagram and am finding it very hard to compress the spring (7) into the housing (2) and then feeding the whole thing into (3) and twisting and locking with (6).

The sprong is so hard to compress that I cannot feed it through. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

Nadine

Alan

From all accounts its just really hard to do - you need a lot of strength to compress it. Others have favorite methods and means to hold support it while attaching - but you may need to get some burly help...

Alan

Nadine

What other tools can I use ?

Ahhhhhh...........

Randy V

Metric-sized husband/boyfriend.

blown 87

Here is a link, it worked for me on the spring.

http://www.951motorsports.com/#Final...ors%20to%20Car

Nadine

Come on guys, give me a break !

There must be something I can use besides a burly/metric size husband/boyfriend?

I don't want to admit defeat....

Need ideas here....

blown 87

The link I posted show exactly how to do it and what you will need to do it with.

Pfunde

Yep, worked for me to...... very easy

blown 87

Getting the mirror to door gasket on right was my biggest hurdle.

Pfunde

After cleaning gasket with thinder, and dried out, it thought of stuck to the base. But until that it whas a pita, if one side on the base was on, the other popped out.....

blown 87

I ended up using that blue 3M plastic masking tape to hold it in place while I was installing the mirror.

But it is hard to get the gasket on the mirror base then to get the tape on it to hold good enough and not go under the gasket.

AO

That method worked for me on my 1st set (on my old 82) but the on the 91, I had to resort to brut strength.

As for the gasket, I used a couple tiny drops of crazy glue to hold it to the mirror first, then I installed it on the car.

blown 87

What was different on the 91 Andrew?

Mine were new mirrors, the kit.

blitz928

I just put a set together on Sunday, Either use the link posted above and compress the spring that way.

Or you can find someone to muscle them together for you. I would do it for you, except I'll need about a week to recover from mine. It was quite a workout!

JP Rodkey

Our friends at 928International have a very good writeup that might help:

LINK