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Offline liquidforcetrip

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Electric Mirrors
« on: Oct 12, 2005, 06:50PM »
Hey people, as most people who own a U12 with manual wing mirrors know, the little arms snap off...

And because my passanger side wing mirror's arm has snapped off i was wondering if it would be worth upgrading my mirrors to electric ones.  I would like to know how much is involved. Removing the mirrors & replacing them with the electric ones is easy. But i was wondering how hard the actual electronics side of things is?

If anyone can help or even sell me with the mirrors, wiring & control panel that would be awsome.

Thanks, Adrian.

PS i actually own a Corsair, not that there's any difference in mirrors to a Pinni  ;)
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Re: Electric Mirrors
« Reply #1 on: Oct 12, 2005, 11:53PM »
Don't do it, too much hard work, unless,

by a wrecked TI, swap the entire interior wiring harness, mirrors, may as well add the power windows, door locks, climate control, cruise control and courtesy lights.  etc etc.  That's what I did.
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Re: Electric Mirrors
« Reply #2 on: Oct 14, 2005, 12:03AM »
Pfft, the electrics for the mirrors are pretty simple.



Just pickup the switch/joystick assemly (w/ plug for ease of install and future stuff) and mirrors from a wrecker if you can find them, shouldn't cost anymore than $50.
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Re: Electric Mirrors
« Reply #3 on: Oct 15, 2005, 03:10PM »
that picture makes no sense to me
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Re: Electric Mirrors
« Reply #4 on: Oct 16, 2005, 02:56PM »
Hmmm ok, well thats good to know :)... but can you please explain what the picture means Rake?

Thanks, Adrian.
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Re: Electric Mirrors
« Reply #5 on: Oct 16, 2005, 03:45PM »
Wiring Diagram.
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Re: Electric Mirrors
« Reply #6 on: Oct 16, 2005, 08:29PM »
rofl rob, mad help !  ;)
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Re: Electric Mirrors
« Reply #7 on: Oct 16, 2005, 09:02PM »
:P

It gives some information on how wiring runs between different componants, and what paths electricity takes depending on switch positions etc. In this basic case, theres +12V which goes into the power window switch, an earth that leaves it, then 3 wires to each mirror. Hence why I say all you need are the two mirrors, the joystick type switch, and some pretty easy wiring to connect them together.
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Re: Electric Mirrors
« Reply #8 on: Oct 16, 2005, 11:20PM »
Match up the pin numbers on the control panel diagram to the control panel in your car, and just run the wires to power and the mirrors from there.

so:

pin 1 goes to power
pin 2 goes to both mirrors
pin 3 goes to ground
pins 4-7 go to the mirrors

You'll have to do a bit of trial-and-error to work out what combinations of wires to use between the control and the mirrors.
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