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Old 05-28-2017, 09:02 AM
FlaslhDrive FlaslhDrive is offline
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Hey guys new to the forum. My son bought a 1996 Ford Ranger Splash a few months ago as his first car. A couple of weeks ago he was going down a very narrow road when a car was veering into his lane so he pulled the truck to the right and unfortunately his passenger side mirror hit a heavy duty city trash bin. It shattered the mirror! We were able to pick up the mirror backing but the plunger like pieces are broken. We thought about getting a stick on mirror from the local auto parts store but without those plunger like pieces, you cannot adjust the mirror electronically. So we ended up ordering a whole replacement mirror off of eBay. My question is, will we be able to snap that backing off of the new mirror onto the old shell on the truck? The alternative would be to just paint the new mirror yellow or just get another black one for the drivers side. Your thoughts and assistance is greatly appreciated.
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Old 05-28-2017, 09:07 AM
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If it's not OEM then I'd venture a guess that the answer is no and that you will be installing the entire mirror. This would be an excellent opportunity to upgrade to new 06+ mirror style, which can be had in both manual and power versions (power will require a little wiring rework or fabing an adapter).

Edit: If all you want to do is get it back to where it was quickly, then your local pull and save should be littered with Explorers, which make great doners. Do note that the entire mirror assembly is not a direct, bolt on interchange, but of course, you need only the mirror, so this won't be a concern..
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