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I know it makes the job a lot more complicated, but I find the "fit from outside" design of these mirrors pitiful as far as security and tightness is concerned. So I take the door cards off, shave the plastic sleeve down till flush with the inside of the doorskin and use a "spire nut" on the inside so the screw has something to tighten into that WON'T work loose over time! I also like to put a dab of sealer round the holes to stop any water getting in there.
Steve
I did consider removing the door card and fitting spire nuts but I 'think' the fit from the outside is meant as a 'safety' feature so if the mirror hits something i.e. a person, it would detach from the body causing less harm. I did apply paint then some Bilt-Hamber S-50 around the holes to try and reduce the possibility of 'tin worm'
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There is no separate retaining wedge on the type Injebreck has, it is part of the integral plastic moulding; the two parts you have exposed by removing the mirror are a single part...see Injebreck's photograph
The fitting kit should come with several options, the wedge part being only 1 of them. I may have kept the other bits so will dig them out later and take a picture (out all day so may be tonight)
The picture I took of the fitting on the car is of 2 separate parts, not 1, both of which came in the fitting kit.