02 manual mirror replacements. Can I snip and cap the doggone wires?

[j.b.]

Received manual mirrors off ebay instead of powered. I don't care. My mirrors are cracked, busted, falling apart, and junk. Manual mirrors will be an improvement over my current situation.

The seller refunded me a huge chunk, since they were advertised as powered and he didn't want to eat the return shipping.

My question is, can I just snip the harness wires without removing the panel, and simply cap them? I don't want to try without knowing for sure, for fear of causing havoc with the electrical system.

[jesilvas]

Snip what harness to do what?
If they are manual, just unplug the old mirrors, take them off, and install the new ones with nothing to plug in.

[j.b.]

Originally Posted by jesilvas

Snip what harness to do what?
If they are manual, just unplug the old mirrors, take them off, and install the new ones with nothing to plug in.

I think you answered my question, jesilvas. As far as snipping, I'm saying I don't want to pop the door panel to unplug if I don't have to. If it's okay to save the time and simply snip them from the outside, I'll just do that and cap them.

[jesilvas]

Oh well yea you can do that. I don't think it will hurt anything. Maybe tape up each wire to make sure it doesn't ground out to something else.

[JSchuricht]

The door panel takes all of 30 seconds to remove but yes, capping off the wires will do the same thing as unplugging the mirrors.

[j.b.]

Thanks guys! Yeah I know it's a quick thing but I'm sick of replacing mirrors. It's a work truck so soon enough these will need to be replaced. I'll get in there when that time comes, to install some powered ones.