ok, so removal, even WITH the mirror unclipped is a pain in the butt. You should have a second person to hold the mirror as well (as it's attached with thin wires for the heating element.
You have to remove the mirror first by tilting it all the way down, then using some thin object to lift up the clip holding it to the motor assembly on the left, then lightly tugging on it (so it doesn't snap back on), and then removing the clip on the right. The bottom two clips will come off by themselves with a little tug (I tried to show the clips in picture #1. You can see one of the top clips, facing downwards, and along the bottom, you can see what the clip looks like. You can see, approximately, where the clips are hanging on, on the right.
once the mirror's out, don't bother unscrewing and taking out the motor mechanism, as it doesn't help with anything.
Instead, you need to use a screwdriver to lift up, and unclip the black plastic's snaps (see picture 2). I didn't take off the coloured part, as the plastic seemed a lot stiffer, and more brittle, potentially.
Once the black plastic snaps are removed, you can bend it back, at which point, you'll be able to move the transparent plastic down, as shown in picture 2.
I forgot to take a picture of the inner black plastic's removal. It's basically the plastic part you see as you tilt the mirror assembly away from the doorsill. You take it out by lightly pulling the edge of it towards you (it's sort of hinged), and while doing that, releasing the clip holding it along the bottom, and squeezing in the two clips in the middle, which keep it from hinging.
Once this inner black piece is taken off, you should be able to see the last gray clip holding the transparent assembly in place. lightly lift it up and push with the screwdriver. Just enough so that it's no-longer held in place, and when you pull on it later on, it will simply slide away.
Don't forget that the wires that are attached to the light are blocked from sliding off by a plastic hook. I used a small screwdriver to hold the wires' plastic aside enough so it slides by. Takes some rocking back and forth for them to budge. You may need another small screwdriver to leverage them off by using the light's plastic assembly as a leveraging point.
To put it back, simply reverse the process. Note that the light needs to clear the black plastic 'blocks', as in picture 3 (the light assembly is upside down, so you're looking at the bottom of it here), prior to being slid back into position. Check the gray clip from the inside as well, to make sure it slid into position.
The mirror just clips back into position.
Note: I wasn't able to take the black big plastic off entirely, as I couldn't find what was holding it (probably under the coloured part), and instead simply bent it back a bit (like I said-it's flexible, but don't overdo it. In cold weather, I'd imagine the plastic will be less willing to bend back as well).
Also be careful when putting the little black flap back on (the one from the inside of the mirror assembly), as the bottom clip that holds it is quite fragile
Took about 30 minutes to do this. If you know an easier way to do this, please post
