The real way to remove front cap on pre '06 mirrors

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Originally Posted by Scarsman

You definately want the cap on there, if that is what you are wondering. It looks disassembled without it.

You may acutally 'need' the cap to keep water from going down in the arm. The old model mirrors didn't have a very good (or any) method of draining water out of the base...hence the reason that many of them no longer retract...motors rusted or frozen up.