[DeLaMano]

Hi all, somebody broke the mount for the driver's side door mirror on my 2009 AWD Limited. The plastic housing and mirror glass are still good. Unfortunately, I have the fancy power/heated/turn signal/puddle light/memory side mirrors (Toyota P/N 87940-AE051-B1). A new one is $500+, and a used one is $320 .
Instead, I'm thinking of just picking up a regular LE mirror assembly and swapping out only the swivel mount.
I'm checking to see if anyone has done this, or knows if it can be done. TIA!

 

[Job2480]

What about a local junk yard? If not local, somewhere close?

 

[DeLaMano]

What about a local junk yard? If not local, somewhere close?

Welp, after a 30 min drive to the local pull-your-own yard and $9 later, I can confirm that the fold-in mirror mount on my 2009 Limited is different than the regular heated one I pulled off a 2004 XLE. It was worth the exploration, but I'm still in the same place I was before. I'll try the classifieds.

 

[ericreyn]

If all of the functionality is still intact could it be glued back on with some epoxy or is it too damaged ?

 

[DeLaMano]

If all of the functionality is still intact could it be glued back on with some epoxy or is it too damaged ?

That was my first thought, but some digging put me off it.
There is a fancy cast metal cylinder that provides most of the strength (part ED6-L). The mirror assembly "rotates" around this cylinder when you fold the mirror against the vehicle, and the wires all go through the middle. They snapped the casting right at the base.
The other thing is that there is some sort of stop built into the cylinder so that the fold-in/fold-out motor knows when to stop. I can tell because when I start the car now, the fold-out motor just runs and runs because the stop must have been part of the base of the casting.
I suppose I could just cut the wires to the fold-in/fold-out motor and epoxy the whole thing back in place, but I'd lose the ability to fold the mirrors in and out, which is a nice option in the city.
I'm going to keep looking for a bit before I go the epoxy route.

 

[BillG]

I think you're going to be out of luck. You could probably swap out both mirrors with the lower-end LE version, but I believe they have different wire blocks, which you would have to re-pin. You wouldn't have the puddle lights or the power fold and they would be black instead of body colored. If you can find a junkyard/eBay version for $300 that's already color-matched to your paint code, it would just be drop-in and you'd maintain all your functionality until the next time someone breaks it off. The mirror assembly is a simple replacement job, and once you've done it a couple times (unfortunately, I have), you don't even need a YouTube video to guide you.