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The side mirrors are one of the most eye catching aspects of the Gallardo. The fact that they come off the door slanting forward and then slope backwards gives a real impression of speed. I know of no other car currently with this design. Also unlike the mirrors in the earlier Diablo's they are convex giving a good field of view. As an extra that are also self adjusting for night glare. If that driver behind you leaves his high beams on they will automatically darken. Common in many current cars glad to see Audi is catching up. As in all modern cars the direction of the mirrors is adjustable from a switch / knob on the center consol in front of the gear shift. Again nothing special these days in fact not as fancy as say a Lexus GL SUV that changes the position of the mirrors each time the car is placed in reverse. Anyway as a final extra if the mirror adjustment knob is switched to a certain position both mirrors fold upwards allowing the car to be parked in tight places. Looks quite impressive when you see it the first time.

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The mirrors swivel on a post assembly within the mirror housing. This swivel allows the mirror housing to be rotated / folded almost 180 degrees. This can be done any time by hand as in most modern cars. What is different in the Gallardo is that there is also a small servo motor attached to this post that allows the driver to automatically fold the mirror from within the car. This mechanism is quite compact (it fits within the side mirror assembly) and is quite lightly the same as in the new Audi A6/A8 cars. (I have yet to confirm this!). Figure 2 shows one of these units. There is a strong spring that keeps tension on the rotating post to stop it from flopping around. The problem is that this unit is somewhat complex in shape and is made from a molded aluminum cast rather than a solid machined steel rod. Unfortunately the component is rather fragile and snaps across at the base. This leaves you with a hanging mirror as shown in figure 1.

First we need to get the mirror assembly unit open. To do this we must remove it from the car door. This is not as easy as it sounds. The mirror is attached to the car door via 3 bolts that screw into the top section of the door itself. To get at these bolts you must first remove the inside door panel. Remove the speaker grill by removing a nut at the bottom of the grill then pressing the sides inwards slid it forward. This exposed the speaker itself. Remove the door handle by sliding it forward and out (fig 4). Remove the two bolts that are behind the handle (fig 5 & 6). Then carefully go around the edges of the door popping the panel out with a screwdriver or panel removal tool (fig 7). Next remove the speaker (fig 8). Figure 9 shows the door with the speaker removed. Next we need to loosen the wires going to the mirror unit. These wires are shown in figure 10 (the smaller of the two wire bundles). With your hand follow them inside the door up to the mirror. They are bound to the door with nylon ties at places. These need to be cut to loosen up the wire.

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