The screws underneat the side view mirrors... - Toyota Yaris Forums

Sodium Duck · 03-23-2009, 04:47 PM

What happens if I take those 3 screws out underneath the side view mirrors?

Is there a bunch of complex winding spool things in there that I won't be able to put back together? Or does it just lift off? I feel like there's some kind of spring mechanism in there that would come apart.

SailDesign · 03-23-2009, 05:03 PM

Try it and see .....

Altitude · 03-23-2009, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SailDesign

Try it and see .....

I second that. Take pictures!

Sodium Duck · 03-23-2009, 05:12 PM

I'm scared, what if it explode... like this one time when I wanted to see what was inside a 25ft. tape measure...

There's a lot of umm tapestuff inside it. And if you touch it, it explodes and there's, I'd say abuot, 25ft. of ... stuff.

SailDesign · 03-23-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sodium Duck

I'm scared, what if it explode...

Go on - you know you want to... (don't!)

Actually, I remember the time my brother opened an old clock up, and there was this little thing that looked like a can with teeth on the edge. He couldn't get the top off without releasing the tension, so he lifted the pawl on the ratchet and...

the clock exploded! Funny how releasing the mainspring all at once can do that - cogs and wheels all over the place, some of them deeply sunk into his arms. Luckily he couldn't stop laughing long enough to feel the pain.

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Sodium Duck · 03-23-2009, 08:58 PM

wow... that sounds very painful... clock gears embedded in the skin... lol

SailDesign · 03-23-2009, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sodium Duck

wow... that sounds very painful... clock gears embedded in the skin... lol

It was painful - luckily they were all in HIS skin, so all I got was the hilarious part

Sodium Duck · 03-23-2009, 11:41 PM

I'm doing it tomorrow morning.

SailDesign · 03-24-2009, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sodium Duck

I'm doing it tomorrow morning.

Hmmmm... Western Mass - I should be far enough away to avoid fall-out

Sodium Duck · 03-24-2009, 07:39 PM

A whole bunch of nothing. No explosions.

I was hoping to be able to squeeze in a strip of 1/8" steel in there and make an antenna mount, but I don't think that's going to be possible. The screws are pretty short and there's just not a lot of space in there, even if I cut a lot of it out.

RagnaCaT · 03-24-2009, 09:48 PM

Aaaaah! no explosion!

SailDesign · 03-24-2009, 10:30 PM

No fair!

Lucky, though.

Sodium Duck · 03-25-2009, 12:40 AM

Do you design sails? Because your signature pic is not a sailboat, lol. What's that all about?

SailDesign · 03-25-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sodium Duck

Do you design sails? Because your signature pic is not a sailboat, lol. What's that all about?

I design boats. When I went looking for an AOHell screen-name about 10 years ago, "BoatDesign" was taken, and since at thast point I wasn't drawing any powerboats, I took SailDesign. It stiuck, even though I have since drawn powerboats as well. The reason for the sig pic is simple- it is much easier to get a whole powerboat into 500x100 than a whole sailboat with sails

www.stephenbaker.net has some pics of my other boats. Not updated for a while.

Sodium Duck · 03-25-2009, 12:40 AM

*curious*

Altitude · 03-25-2009, 04:17 AM

What...no blood?

eTiMaGo · 03-25-2009, 04:43 AM

thanks for the pics... will make my final wiring for the LED mirror covers easier

I was afraid the sprint that makes the mirror snap in place when you fold it back, would jump out and poke my eye out, but thanks to you, I know it won't happen

Yeah there's just that rubber tube in there that carries the wires to the power mirrors (if you have those)...

03-23-2009, 04:47 PM	#1
Sodium Duck ╚══════════RN Drives: 2008 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 999	The screws underneat the side view mirrors... What happens if I take those 3 screws out underneath the side view mirrors? Is there a bunch of complex winding spool things in there that I won't be able to put back together? Or does it just lift off? I feel like there's some kind of spring mechanism in there that would come apart. __________________ 42.88 Last edited by Sodium Duck; 03-23-2009 at 05:01 PM.

03-23-2009, 05:12 PM	#4
Sodium Duck ╚══════════RN Drives: 2008 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 999	I'm scared, what if it explode... like this one time when I wanted to see what was inside a 25ft. tape measure... There's a lot of umm tapestuff inside it. And if you touch it, it explodes and there's, I'd say abuot, 25ft. of ... stuff. __________________ 42.88

03-23-2009, 08:58 PM	#6
Sodium Duck ╚══════════RN Drives: 2008 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 999	wow... that sounds very painful... clock gears embedded in the skin... lol __________________ 42.88

03-23-2009, 11:41 PM	#8
Sodium Duck ╚══════════RN Drives: 2008 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 999	I'm doing it tomorrow morning. __________________ 42.88

03-24-2009, 09:48 PM	#11
RagnaCaT HacKers WanTed! View User's Garage Drives: Yaris S HB & Yaris S SD Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Villalba, Puerto Rico Posts: 435	Aaaaah! no explosion! __________________ *R-CaT* Project Yar 2ZR

03-23-2009, 05:03 PM	#2
SailDesign Drives: . Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: . Posts: 1,931	Try it and see .....

03-24-2009, 10:30 PM	#12
SailDesign Drives: . Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: . Posts: 1,931	No fair! Lucky, though.

03-25-2009, 12:40 AM	#13
Sodium Duck ╚══════════RN Drives: 2008 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 999	Do you design sails? Because your signature pic is not a sailboat, lol. What's that all about? __________________ 42.88

03-25-2009, 12:40 AM	#15
Sodium Duck ╚══════════RN Drives: 2008 Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 999	curious __________________ 42.88

03-25-2009, 04:17 AM	#16
Altitude Drives: '08 LB MT Bayou Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,671	What...no blood?

03-25-2009, 04:43 AM	#17
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	thanks for the pics... will make my final wiring for the LED mirror covers easier I was afraid the sprint that makes the mirror snap in place when you fold it back, would jump out and poke my eye out, but thanks to you, I know it won't happen Yeah there's just that rubber tube in there that carries the wires to the power mirrors (if you have those)... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

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