Help! I need advice! A deer jumped into my roadster and knocked off the mirror!

[wiztecy]

From the pics the CF looks fine, I don't see any stress cracks. As Mark indicated the screws could be bent that hold the mirror on, you'll know once they're taken off.

To take the screws out I can see on the inside of the door that there's two holes where you can access the screws, there's just a tape covering the holes on the inside front door jam area, its the same color as your car.

You can see it in this pic (upper left corner above the inside door handle):
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=425&stc=1&d=1254078270

From the Lotus link it appears the hidden third one is covered just by weatherstripping, and in that case the door panel does not need to be removed and you should be able or your husband to do the repair yourself:

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f259/how-remove-side-mirrors-105651/

Here's a pdf from Sector111 on how to remove the mirrors on a Lotus Elise which is very similar:


http://www.sector111.com/images/products/carbon_fiber/exterior/apr/raceVIEWrevB.pdf

If you're curious what it looks like behind the door panel and how to remove that, here's a link to show you:

http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/491-Blaujunk-Roadster-audio-NAV-options/page6?highlight=side+speakers

Here's a link on the Lotus forum where I got the schematic from below:
Side Mirror fell off! - LotusTalk - The Lotus Cars Community

 

[RoadsterWarrior]

Thank you! This is so helpful!

 

[vfx]

Someone is smiling far too much for such a terrible scene in front of them...

 

[TEG]

Thank goodness it was just the mirror. That was dangerously close to something much worse...