Disassembling door mirrors?

[KicknAsphlt]

Backstory: A few years ago, while my car was on jackstands at my Uncle's, wasps made a hive inside my driver's side mirror. I ended up killing 'em all off with some wasp spray and soaked the shit out of the hive with it by spraying most of the can inside. Since then, i've wanted to find a way to get that hive out of there so that there's no chance of more wasps moving in. So I pose this question, since it's not in the TSRM and didn't show up in a search -- is there any way to disassemble the mirrors so I can do this? Or am I just going to have to suck it up and/or replace the mirrors completely? I know it's possible to disassemble some aftermarket mirrors (like Street Scenes), so I'm curious...

Thanks,

 

[mattsplat72]

Ya know most wasp's nest are either mud or a paper like substance. So if you were to take off your mirror and soak it in a bucket of soapy water I am sure it would disolve away.

 

[KicknAsphlt]

Interesting -- I had no idea....

 

[hvyman]

They come apart. Ive taken a pre89 one completely apart before.

Just start with the screw on the bottom and it almost all comes out. Iirc.

 

[emericaskater285]

It is really easy to get them apart. Take out that triangle panel on the inside of your door, unscrew 3 screws, unplug wire, take mirror assembly off.
Then after it is off, unscrew the screw underneath, and the three on the bracket that supports the mirror, and it should come out with a little wiggling.

 

[ForcedTorque]

Just take your thumb and tilt your mirror, so that the side of the hive is more accessible. Stick a screwdriver and knock it out.

 

[Another MkIII]

Just take your thumb and tilt your mirror, so that the side of the hive is more accessible. Stick a screwdriver and knock it out.

Watch a thousand wasps come out, lol.
-AM3

 

[KicknAsphlt]

It was like that when I first found out about it -- started running water through the mirror, spraying the shit out of the wasps.....and they just...wouldn't...go...away! So next day I came back with the uber-wasp spray and went to town....lol. I'd still be paranoid about dead ones being in the hive though.

 

[Satan]

LOL... MKIII mirrors are a preferred property/environment for wasps. You are affecting the entire eco-system ;-)

I recently replaced my mirrors and had to disassemble/change guts/repaint... Out of 6 mirrors, only 1 of them did not have the honeycombs.

 

[RazoE]

As mentioned, 3 screws holding it to the door, and 1 under the housing for the bracket.

If anyones interested in disassembling the Euro folding mirros, you pop off the glass with a screwdriver (sounds scary I know).