#1: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: 02fostb, Location: UKPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:35 am ---- Is it possible to upgrade standard stalk wing mirrors to electric ones? Is it as simple as getting two wing mirrors with wiring and the centre switch and wiring them in?
#2: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: mtempsch, Location: Gothenburg, SwedenPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:14 am ----
02fostb wrote:
Is it possible to upgrade standard stalk wing mirrors to electric ones? Is it as simple as getting two wing mirrors with wiring and the centre switch and wiring them in?
Essentially, yes. You might already have the extra plug under the window switch and wiring running up to the corner of the window - check.
If not, in addition to running that wiring, you might need to provide new power and ground to the switch as well.
The connector up by the mirrors can be different, so make sure you get mirrors with a plug fitting the harness connectors. Otherwise it's been said here that the pin numbering transfers between the different style plugs (3x3 vs 2x5), so it's fairly simple to change the plugs or make up adapters.
#3: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: 02fostb, Location: UKPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:00 am ---- There's a breakers yard near me where you can help yourself and they have loads of Pugs in there, so was thinking of having the set from one of them!
#4: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: mtempsch, Location: Gothenburg, SwedenPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:04 am ----
02fostb wrote:
There's a breakers yard near me where you can help yourself and they have loads of Pugs in there, so was thinking of having the set from one of them!
Go for it! Get it all from the same car and you should have no problems.Don't forget the covers...
#5: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: 02fostb, Location: UKPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:05 am ---- I was more concerned with how the switch is wired in, does it literally just need a power supply?
#6: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: mtempsch, Location: Gothenburg, SwedenPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:16 am ----
02fostb wrote:
I was more concerned with how the switch is wired in, does it literally just need a power supply?
It takes in +12 and ground and the switch movement then applies those to the wires to the appropriate motor, depending if you move horizontally or vertically. Polarity determining direction of movement on the chosen axis.
Don't recall how the heater element is powered in the case of heated mirrors though. You might want to see if the wiring diagrams in the Howto section covers that.
#7: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 7:22 pm ---- I wired in electric mirrors into my 1.1 many years ago.
Do recall it being very difficult at all.
#8: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: copey, Location: rochdalePosted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:06 pm ---- swap the looms and fit a switch and mine worked.......until some p***k decided to smash it off the car last night
swap the looms and fit a switch and mine worked.......until some p***k decided to smash it off the car last night
oh dear..
had an old spare set with different colour plugs.....managed to swap the bass over and get em back working...after an hour an a half of labour, only bought the 180 mirrors a few months back
#11: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: Ericjohnwade1985, Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:57 am ---- Hello just picked up a 2001 1.6 16v glx.
Looks like in past both mirrors been replaced.
One was broken too. There is a electric mirror switch in the car but one mirror was manual and one electric which I needed to replace. The mirror I took off had a round connector and a wiring harness clip, the same as the car. But the one I bought off ebay has a different harness adapter and no round connector. Do I need to get another mirror or is it fixable with a harness. Plus what is the round connector for.
Cheers
#12: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: mtempsch, Location: Gothenburg, SwedenPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:41 pm ----
Ericjohnwade1985 wrote:
Hello just picked up a 2001 1.6 16v glx.
Looks like in past both mirrors been replaced.
One was broken too. There is a electric mirror switch in the car but one mirror was manual and one electric which I needed to replace. The mirror I took off had a round connector and a wiring harness clip, the same as the car. But the one I bought off ebay has a different harness adapter and no round connector. Do I need to get another mirror or is it fixable with a harness. Plus what is the round connector for.
Cheers
The two types of connectors I've heard of have their pins in different arrangements, 2 rows of 5 or 3 rows of 3. Pin assignments are the same though, so the wire ion pin1 on a 3x3 is the same as pin1 on a 2x5, and so on.
Neither is what I'd call round though...
Pics?
#13: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: Ericjohnwade1985, Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 2:49 pm ---- OK. Thanks. The round connector is a speaker I believe. Was dark this morn so could see it clearly. Cheers.
#14: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: MrWhite, Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:31 pm ---- I could do with sole help with fitting mine as they are in and still will not fold. trying to find a solution can someone inbox me?.
#15: Re: Fitting electric wing mirrors? Author: mtempsch, Location: Gothenburg, SwedenPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:46 pm ----
MrWhite wrote:
I could do with sole help with fitting mine as they are in and still will not fold. trying to find a solution can someone inbox me?.
Do you get 12V across pins 8 & 9, switching polarity as you rotate the switch between the forward and rear positions?
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