Editing Door Mirror, Sourcing and Replacing (section)

==Replacing the Painted Shroud==

If you were lucky enough to save the painted plastic shroud from your old broken mirror assy then you can swap this onto a 2nd hand or new pattern part and thus save the cost of having the new part re-sprayed.

[[File:Mirror Clips 2.JPG|thumb|none|Mirror & Painted Shroud]]

 “Dis-assembled Mirror Assy showing Mirror Frame with Glass, Shroud and Clip Locations”

[[File:P1010008.JPG|thumb|none|Clip Positions]]

 "Clip Position on Mirror Frame (and how easy they are to break !!)
The mirror glass is and its frame are just clipped to the painted shroud.

You can lever the mirror/frame off the shroud. Use a thin metal/plastic blade to prise the mirror frame from the shroud. You may mark the plastic inserting the blade, so start working from the underside of the mirror assy, nearest to the door. The clips are on the shroud part. The mirror frame has slots that the clips fit into. 

Once you get a few clips off the parts should separate easily

The plastic around the slots is fragile. Expect to break a few bits of plastic around the slots

Easy to do, but take your time to avoid damaging the clips as little as possible. If you break too many you can still glue the shroud to the mirror frame 

The top and bottom clips nearest the door on an MG TF mirror shroud part may need filing down as they're thicker than the OEM ones and will prevent the glass frame from locating properly.