First you need to pop off the mirror glass itself. To do this-using your mirror switch inside the truck, bring your mirror in towards the truck as far as possible.
The distance between the outside edge of your mirror and the mirror housing should be at its maximum.
Place a soft rag on the housing and then place a 1" wide (plus or minus) flat bar inside between the mirror glass and the housing. GENTLY pry at that point--if needed, move around the mirror glass a bit, little by little. The mirror will pop off--make sure someone is there to catch it, if necessary.
Move your mirror housing back with the glass removed and you can see it. There are about 5 or 6 little plastic clips that hold the cap to the mirror housing. Release them and the cap will come off.
If you break the actual mirror when removing it you are looking at around $60.00 to replace it. I know because on my second mirror, I pryed from the inside of the mirror where the the mirror was indented into the mirror housing.
The first mirror came off so easily, I lost my head and figured I could pry from any edge of the mirror. I laughed when it broke and then kicked myself in the ass for rushing.
I passed the info off to PARAGON while we shipped. His were a cinch because he pryed from the outside on both.
It was the easiest and cheapest (shipping is nil on the caps) trade I have done and we both ended up with what we wanted.
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