Mirrors & GM

[HGW]

Unless someone on here tells me differently, the last time I checked with GM parts, I could not get a chrome mirror cap unless I bought the entire mirror.

Paragon and I decided to trade mirrors and the rear license plate assembly. He wanted black, I wanted chrome.

I took off my mirror assemblies, completely off both doors. Then I popped off the mirrors themselves. As soon as I did this, it was apparent that the caps are only connected to the mirror assembly with a few snap on type plastic snaps.

I put my mirror assemblies back on my H2 and sent Paragon the caps only. I alerted him and he simply popped off his mirrors from the mirror assembly, unsnapped his chrome covers and put on my black ones. A 15-20 minute job tops. Plus we both saved a lot of shipping costs by not sending heavy mirror assemblies though the mail.

Why GM does not sell caps only? (last time I checked) Is a scam to get owners to buy new mirrors if they want different caps?.

Let me know if this is still GM parts policy.