auto dimming side mirrors
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My driver side mirror on my 96' 400 has the same problem. I have the entire mirror + harness for the driverside from a 96' 300 ... I was trying to swap the glass but for some reason its not prying out... do you need to pull the whole thing apart or does it take a little elbow grease to pop it out?
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My driver side mirror on my 96' 400 has the same problem. I have the entire mirror + harness for the driverside from a 96' 300 ... I was trying to swap the glass but for some reason its not prying out... do you need to pull the whole thing apart or does it take a little elbow grease to pop it out?
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Sorry to bring this up again, but i would like some clarification.
So is it possible to fix the "bubbles" in the glass by swapping out just the mirror part with a 96-00 mirror? Or would you have to replace the entire assembly? And once you swap it, would the auto dimming still work?
Thanks a lot for everyone's help
So is it possible to fix the "bubbles" in the glass by swapping out just the mirror part with a 96-00 mirror? Or would you have to replace the entire assembly? And once you swap it, would the auto dimming still work?
Thanks a lot for everyone's help
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I have a 98 SC400 and my side mirrors don't appear to auto-dim. Do all 98 SC's have auto-dimming side mirrors, or was is it just an option? Assuming my side mirrors are auto-dim, any way to easily test why they are not working? If they are not auto-dim, can I buy mirrors from the dealer and get them plugged in?
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Old thread bump, but disappointingly, it was preemptively bumped in '13...
So, '96-00 has auto-dimming side and rearview mirrors. Interestingly, the clear spots shown in post #7 look better than the "regular" surface, which might be what I've been chasing with my dislike of the clarity of the SC's mirrors. They've got a weird fuzzy, washed out quality.
Anyway, I couldn't find whether the '96-00 auto-dimming rearview mirror works on '92-95 models? The connector looks the same, but the newer ones are 4-wire while the older ones are 2-wire with the other two terminals empty. That makes me think the capability was built in from the start, so maybe the circuitry is there to power it.
Anyway, I couldn't find whether the '96-00 auto-dimming rearview mirror works on '92-95 models? The connector looks the same, but the newer ones are 4-wire while the older ones are 2-wire with the other two terminals empty. That makes me think the capability was built in from the start, so maybe the circuitry is there to power it.