Connecting LED indicator wing mirrors - any experience?

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Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:20 pm

I have to install wing indicators and oddly enough the least ugly and most economical way was to buy M3 style wing mirrors with LED indicators.

Now I have to connect the whole thing. Has anyone done this, the mirrors need electricity for heating and movement (and I guess that is straight forward enough) but I also need to connect the indicators. Do I have to connect to the front indicators or can I take a shortcut and connect it from somewhere in the dashboard...

Or will I be really lucky and find wires and all I need in the front wings?

Any help greatly appreciated!
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:27 pm

The connections to the indicator side repeaters are the ones to go for.
They are inside the car under the dash each side almost directly in line with their position outside.
White 2 pin sockets, blue/red and brown one side, blue/black and brown the other.
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:42 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:The connections to the indicator side repeaters are the ones to go for.
They are inside the car under the dash each side almost directly in line with their position outside.
White 2 pin sockets, blue/red and brown one side, blue/black and brown the other.
OK.. this helps :D But what if there are no wires there, I was told by BMW in Aalborg that it is possible. Can I then, instead, find these colours of wires beneath the dashboard?
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:23 pm

Do cars in Denmark have side repeaters??

You gotta watch peoples location Brian :lol:
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Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:46 pm

Even if the repeaters aren't there on the wings, I would expect the connectors to be there either end of under the dash.
If they are not, you can find them at the plug and socket beside the accesories socket at the back of the glovebox on RH drive cars, or I suppose, tucked up above the steering column on LH drive cars.
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:16 am

Brianmoooore wrote:Even if the repeaters aren't there on the wings, I would expect the connectors to be there either end of under the dash.
If they are not, you can find them at the plug and socket beside the accesories socket at the back of the glovebox on RH drive cars, or I suppose, tucked up above the steering column on LH drive cars.
I thought as much... thanks VERY MUCH for the help - hope this works out fine!
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:37 pm

Where did you get the mirrors from and how much were they?
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:42 pm

:offtopic: Hi project_e30, any chance you could reply to my PM?
Dont know if you got it, there might still be a problem with them. :D
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Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:16 pm

Project_E30 wrote:Where did you get the mirrors from and how much were they?
Bought them on ebay for 77 euros.
http://stores.ebay.de/Pierre-s-Tuning-S ... idZ2QQtZkm
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