SoCal_450h

iTrader: (14)

Finally, I did it....comments and complaints are welcome



Took me couple hours for both side
Here's the instruction I got from Russian guy who did on his GS

1. Remove driver side door panel
You can find the black “Mirror Control Unit” which has 3 Connectors
Connector A, Connector B and Connector C



2. At connector C
Cut the green wire (pin #3 on connector) now you have
- Green wire (connector side) and Green wire (Motor side).
- Do same with blue wire (pin #11 on connector).
Green wire (connector side) connect to Pink wire of PO-40.
Green wire (Motor side) connect to Green wire of PO-40.
Blue wire (connector side) connect to Purple wire of PO-40.
Blue wire (Motor side) connect to Yellow wire of PO-40.
When You done you can plug the connector back to the Unit



3. Unplug Connector B
-Tap the Black/white wire on the connector (pin #1 on connector) with Black wire of PO-40.
-Tap the Yellow wire on the connector (pin #3 on connector) with Orange wire of PO-40.
-Tap the Blue wire on the connector (pin #6 on connector) with Red wire of PO-40.
When you done, you can plug back the connector to the unit



4. Unplug Connector A
-Tap the Red wire on the connector (pin #1 on connector) with Blue wire of PO-40.
-Tap the Green wire on the connector (pin #2 on connector) with White wire of PO-40.
When you done, you can plug back the connector to the unit.



That’s it, driver side Complete, for the passenger side the color little different, but if you use the pin location should be same position.

Another note, there is 2 version of PO-40, make sure you order the older version (Old version has brown loop cable, new version use plug for brown cable)

jdm_altzza

iTrader: (9)

Looks good.. How did you wire them to your alarm? did you buy the whole harness from the Japanese model?

Btw, wrong section this posting is in the classifieds...

SoCal_450h

iTrader: (14)

LOL...I know...Got to excited, didn't see where I posted to, but I already request MOD to move it to 3rd gen forum.
No I didn't wired to alarm, do a lot of research and found PO40, but its suppose to for IS.

worker

beautifully done.

is there any trick to get the window to roll up with remote? Or auto lock with smart key when engine off and you walk away?

ARISTOh

iTrader: (3)

Very nice, where can I purchase this? And how long did it take you to install?

1SLOGS

I so want to do this with my mirrors!!!! is it possible for you to share the DIY with us ?

Coleycole

Yea I want to do this for my car

masboy

iTrader: (30)

yeaaa boiii.....sexey!! i doubt it he took pic of each step. i'll remind him when he works on next car

IXI187IXI

iTrader: (3)

nicely done! i assume you used the notes from the 2IS forum.

just becareful though as the gears on the 3GS mirrors tend to strip very easily.

worker

main reason I don't bother with this fold or the reverse mirror tilt anymore. Those plastic gears can't handle the stress.

Simmsled

Is there any preventative maintenance that we can do to the mirrors to keep them lubed?
Can the mirror gear assemblies be serviced reliably without damage? I would be fine with this if the mirrors were more reliable.

Stormforge

thx for posting, good to see someone finally do the auto-folding mirror mod.

worker

From what I understand, the plastic gear can't handle the constant use. It is well lubed, but it still get worn down. Just that one single gear wheel get worn down and you have to buy the whole assembly.

Stormforge

i could be wrong, but i recall someone cracked open the whole assembly and machined a gear wheel out of metal and managed to fix it that way?

Simmsled

Man, I don't know if I like the folding mirror feature THAT much.