The cheap tint on the back window was not only purple, but very bubbly, and almost impossible to see through. That left the right door mirror as the only rear viewing option. It desperately needed a driver's side mirror(plus, to be road legal in the US, you need a driver's door mirror). The very first thing I fixed was the mirror, mostly because it was a straight forward and easy job. One of the nice things about these cars is that because they made so many of them aftermarket parts are cheap and abundant. This being a low budget car, I bought a low budget mirror instead on an original GM. It's a power, heater mirror, and was only $50.
Installation is so straight forward and easy I didn't even take pics. Pop the door panel off, unplug the plug, remove the three nuts holding the mirror onto the car, reverse to install the new mirror. Conveniently, it's molded in black plastic. The polish on the plastic was actually pretty good, so I didn't even bother painting it. It obviously doesn't match the black paint exactly, but just from gathering dust in the driveway you can't really tell. Most people will never notice that it's not painted.
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