Talk about the 406's electrical system, what wires do what, how to add extra functionality, etc.
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by Gary406 Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:43 pm
does any 406 have electric heated wing mirrors
i would love to retro fit a pair of heated wing mirrors, with these frosty mornings wing mirrors are a pain to clean without moving the glass then when you get in the car they need re-adjusting,,
remember my old J reg vauxhall cavalier having heated wing mirrors,
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by Gary406 Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:47 pm
has any1 retro fitted a pair to a 406 thats had manual mirrors ?
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by steve_earwig Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:59 pm
I thought they were all heated
Maybe you could check for the wiring first as I'm not sure if it'll already be there or give you lots of ag getting it there.
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by craigtd Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:01 pm
all you would need to do is go to your local breakers and peal the heating element off the back of a mirror and go to halfords,buy a replacement glass and stick yourelement to it then stick that to your exsiting mirror,then wire them up to a switch
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by omega Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:21 pm
craigtd wrote: all you would need to do is go to your local breakers and peal the heating element off the back of a mirror and go to halfords,buy a replacement glass and stick yourelement to it then stick that to your exsiting mirror,then wire them up to a switch
mine come on when i switch the heated rear window on in my d8
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by steve_earwig Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:24 pm
Mine too, hopefully Gary has the wiring in place to do likewise.
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by craigtd Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:01 pm
do the executives all have them fitted on a 97 model
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by omega Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:15 pm
craigtd wrote: do the executives all have them fitted on a 97 model
dont know but mines a 98 and has them
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by FarmerPug Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:45 am
my car has heated mirrors but i think heated mirrors are standard on all cars these days.
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by Gary406 Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:36 am
steve_earwig wrote: Mine too, hopefully Gary has the wiring in place to do likewise.
mine are just basic manual mirrors ...
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by Gary406 Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:48 pm
wonder if this is an option for me ?? what are your views on this item ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... Track=true
from what i can work out you get the glass and heat elemant, wonder if i can wire them up to work with heated rear window
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by craigtd Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:35 pm
haha thanks to the snow and ice we had ive found out my 97 plate executive does have heated mirrors
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by steve_earwig Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:55 pm
I'm sure you could fit those, it'll be a real pain in the bottom if you have to produce all the wiring though
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by FarmerPug Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:00 am
your avatars moving now
Maybe you could check for the wiring first as I'm not sure if it'll already be there or give you lots of ag getting it there.
