Scion XD LED mirror install pics aplenty

[Klink10]

Be sure to include photos with blood in your write up and for my reference can it be done without that particular tool....lol?

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Klink10

Be sure to include photos with blood in your write up and for my reference can it be done without that particular tool....lol?

I think bloodletting will be part of the official DIY. On 09+ cars, one can save time (and donate blood) by using two extra wires in the mirror harness. On 08 and older cars a pair of wires will have to be run from the mirror connector through the flexible rubber boot that brings the wires into the door.

So, in the 08- world, pin removal is not necessary. In the 09+ world, the two extra pins have to be reversed. This can either be done by popping and swapping the two pins, or by simply snipping and reconnecting the two wires.

We did the drivers side door on his car with the pin swap method, and then I broke my pin extraction tool on the passenger side door, so we just did the snip and flip on that side.