Side Mirror Housing Replacement

Someone snapped the driver's side mirror housing on my gen 1. It's just hanging by the wire right now. The mirror seems to be still intact.

Is there a way to unplug it from the mirror side instead of removing the door panel from the inside?

I was trying to remove the plastic cover on the back of the mirror housing but it's a bit difficult without breaking the plastic.

I was just hoping to replace the black plastic piece that holds the housing to the door, everything else seems fine. It looks like 3 bolts on the door side and 3 screws on the housing side.

If I just replace the entire housing, I'll have to repaint the cover. The previous owner custom painted the entire car.

 

thanks this helps. earlier I tried to reach behind the mirror to access the clips for the cover. might have bent one of them. removing the mirror should be easier

the indoor plastic piece only covers the 3 bolts that hold it in place, the wire passes through the indoor plastic piece and into the door panel. i can take a pic.

 

Taking off the mirror before trying to remove the shell definitely helped. Although your picture seems to be another generation. My notch was in the middle.

I also was not able to remove the door panel entirely. The plastic rectangle piece around the inside door latch was extremely hard to remove. I removed the screw next to the lock and it still would not come off.

Luckily the cable from the mirror housing was short so I only had to remove some of the fasteners and was able to disconnect it coming from the bottom behind the panel.