POWR FOLDING MIRROR PROBLEM
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@682422e458=Jesta:
As were talking about mirrors, how do you fancy doing a heated mirror how to before I break mine and curse myself with 14years bad luck?.
Rip wing mirror from car with man rawr.
Heat the rubber edge up with a hair dryer and use a small (something like a paper scraper) to pry up the glass down one edge (top or bottom)The glass is held on by the same shit that the plastic sheet on the door is, that black rubber crap that won't come off anything.
warm it up and pull.
Just do it backwards for the re-build.
DJ's guide will be a little better tho :)
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That guys got a wide variety of car/bike connectors, doubt theyre interchangeable with OE connectors, but theyre all super cheap and he even sells waterproof ones, not had any problems with the ones I bought off him about 2 years ago. If those 2.8mm terminals are no good he often has other sizes, normally 4.8/6.3mm of all the connectors. Incase you didnt spot it, that price is for both parts, male+female connectors and both sets of pins/terminals, just thought Id mention that so you dont end up buying 2 needlessly
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yeah I think you've got all the answers you need. I was actually just wiring up my 3rd set of JDM Power folding mirrors 2 weeks ago… didn't take any pics though...
One note that I'm not sure if I read up in the other posts... you don't need any additional power/ground wires, the power from the switch is enough. I combined both sides with a Y and put thm into the normal connector for the back of the switch. They only work when the key is set to start or on... I thought it might be cool to have them automatically fold in when the car is started or turned off (like luxury cars have) but I haven't tried it yet.
Also if you're lucky some of the MX-6 (which fit the mx-3) sets have a heated option which is just 2 extra wires coming out of the heating pad on the back of the mirror...
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you could always have it so that they unfold when you use the remote/central locking, dunno how but someone will no doubt know
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@f1a1f9226f=Mooneggs:
2 extra wires coming out of the heating pad on the back of the mirror…
I contacted a seller of 3rd party wing mirror glass on ebay whos listed some, I picked some up and wired it into the rear demister switch, works a treat :)
Contact that guy and just get him to add a heat pad to the back.
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I think it will be down the route of wiring to the ignition to fold everytime I stop with a relay to keep it happy, the ignition wire to the stereo would work
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this may sound stupid, but, how do relays know when to turn off?
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lack of or start of an input.
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thats just stopping the voltage supply, i mean like when you use them in door mirrors or power windows, how do they know to stop supplying power to the actuators/motors? If they didnt then theyd just burn the motor out by having it on all the time.
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I can think of two.
Resistance caused fed back to the motor or there on a timer of sorts, but that's just guessing.
It's not on 24/7 according to a volt meter.
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basic Relays have 4 connections - you have…..
a trigger that fires a small amount of voltage in (this activates the switch inside)
an Earth
then the load in and load out, this can be high voltage straight from your battery, this gives the Item you are using the feed of electricity you needI will write up a how to for it in a min
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Your be after a bloody cup holder next!!.