heated mirrors?
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gilb
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any idea how to turn them off as mine get so hot i cant even touch them!!
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Brianmoooore
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Only way to turn them off is to pull their wires out of the back of the mirror motor assembly.
They are on all the time the ignition switch is in position one or two.
They are on all the time the ignition switch is in position one or two.
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gilb
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bit silly oh well goin to keep my hands warm in winter now
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DanThe
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Can these be retro fitted?
Never taken any notice before
Never taken any notice before
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Chris-W
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It's just a matter of fitting heated units, Dan.
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smithy318i
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you should be able to wire in a switch so you can turn them off.gilb wrote:any idea how to turn them off as mine get so hot i cant even touch them!!
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evodan
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Dan, A've just done this real easy and handy for the winter.
I changed the mirrors glass, the mirror loom and the motor units as I noticed they were a differant colour than the standard ones ? but not sure if they are actually diff or not. but hey its working.
I changed the mirrors glass, the mirror loom and the motor units as I noticed they were a differant colour than the standard ones ? but not sure if they are actually diff or not. but hey its working.
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DanThe
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Sorry, what I meant was do I need to change the motors
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Brianmoooore
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All you neeed is the mirror glass and the wires to the glass,
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tomtomiS
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are these wires found on all e30's or do they only come if specced/ retro fitted?
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Brianmoooore
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They are not present on cars without heated mirrors, but they only go from the black and brown wires at the back of the mirror motor assembly to the mirror glass.
IIRC, they are part of the mirror loom that plugs in behind the triangular covers inside the door, but they can easily be added to a normal loom.
IIRC, they are part of the mirror loom that plugs in behind the triangular covers inside the door, but they can easily be added to a normal loom.
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tomtomiS
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thats good then, after our bit of icy windscreen weather today im thinking it could save me time in the morning. how do you get the glass off, stupid question i know but ...
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tomtomiS
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im thinking my car should have them already being a 325, ill find out in about six hours! i bought one of those windscreen covers today and a new scraper, wasnt happy using my cashcard at 6am!
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DanThe
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Why didnt they offer heated screens for E30's?
If air-con was available on the options in the late 80's then im sure heated screens could have been aswell
If air-con was available on the options in the late 80's then im sure heated screens could have been aswell
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Brianmoooore
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Something to do with a patent owned by Ford.
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DanThe
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How gutting is that 
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stuartgallafant
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tell me about it!! i would LOVE a heated front screen!!
even the new BMWs dont have it, but the MINIs do!!
even the new BMWs dont have it, but the MINIs do!!
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wiledw
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Had a focus company car for a while. I always found the front heated window element really annoying. USeful but very annoying.
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oze30
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Mine's all connected, but they don't heat up. How do you trouble shoot it>?