Car Mirror

While I was away in Arizona, not only did Virginia suffer from tornadoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes, it also had a car accident. Involving my car. Most of the damage was to panels, but the driver's side mirror got clipped and was being held on by duct tape--the mount broken in a way that wasn't feasible to epoxy back together. The repair quote was $176.40 for the part, and more for the labor to install it. But we haz teh Interwebz....

• Watch a video on how to install the mirror. No exotic equipment is required, just Phillips and flat blade screwdrivers and a 10mm wrench.
• Locate the part for $37 including shipping. It's in black.
• Determine the official paint color is #931 "Frosted Iris".
• Find a local paint shop that will mix 931, which Sherwin Williams will. $31 for paint, sprayer, and gloss coat.
• Mask the new mirror, then paint, paint, paint, glosscoat, glosscoat.
• Take out three screws to pull back the door interior
• Pull out the old mirror's electrical connection; unbolt mirror.
• Install new mirror, insert make electrical connections
• Test mirror adjustment, remove masking
• Tight door panel

Did the painting last weekend; got the mirror installed today, during a break in the rain.