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welshmark
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:10 am

i ve been to my local scrap yard and found an m-tech steering wheel and map light mirror the cost Ԛ£15.00 for the pair :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:14 am

nice :D
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:15 am

Bargain dude, congrats on your find, i bet youll be fiting them this weekend ?
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:57 am

steering wheel has already gone on im still scratching my head with the best way to run the cable for the mirror.
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:30 pm

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down your passengers side a-pillar.....

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Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:14 pm

Run it to the check control or interior light
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:58 pm

Map lit mirror install instructions. Though this might be of use to you

http://e30.bmwdiy.info/lighted-mirror/index.html

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welshmark
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:43 am

Thanks for the help unforuntately mine has no electrics as its a manual sunroof and no check control panel so i need to run the wires completly i know i have a live of the analogue clock as spare as i put a digi one in mine so i will have to run the wires from scratch.
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:23 am

There's a 12V permanent live at the interior lights in the roof.
Pull one of the lights out, push a piece of slightly stiff wire forwards, and hook it out of the roof winder hole with a bent coathanger.
All the roof mechanism is enclosed, so the wire won't get caught up.
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 12:29 pm

the mirror is fitted chuffed to bits. not as hard as i thought it may be. cant wait for it to get dark now!!!!!!!!!
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 1:44 pm

welshmark wrote:the mirror is fitted chuffed to bits. not as hard as i thought it may be. cant wait for it to get dark now!!!!!!!!!
just don't expect it to be like a couple of spot lights cutting through the darkness!
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