SC folding mirrors

[HT]

noticed a set here for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-85-8 ... 0242414229

Has anyone figured out the wiring to retro-fit a set??

[Charged]

Possibly Crazylegs. He took my old set last year.

[BIGBOBO]

No offense but isn't 600$ a bit to much for a couple of mirrors?

Maybe if you live on a very small street and they get hit weekly?

[autobody]

Here may be some cheaper ones..... only on for $160 usd and i think he will ship to the UK.... save your self some money and bid on these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-MR2- ... m245.l1318

[mr2mk1chick]

The prices do seem steep - i would have thought around the £100-120 mark would be about right.
The best way is to buy an sc (or import N/A) with them on already

[BMR2L]

I got a spare a couple of months ago for a tenner on Yahoo which was admittedly a bit of a steal.

There's a pair on at the moment, making about 30 quid, ending tomorrow.

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h65828063

Unfortunately without the control box and the remote control with the extra retract button, for some reason domestic breakers rarely include those.

-AL

[TbarTurbo]

Well i just paid way over the odds for mine... £180 posted. complete with switches, control box, and wiring.

Then i offered them to somebody else as i smashed my rc heli up, and they told me they paid £40 for the last pair and that mk2 retract units fit the mk1... so now i have a pair of mirrors ill never sell or use for fear of breaking!

Cars and parts are my worst enemy sometimes!

[waynestoyotamr2]

I was getting pairs of these mirrors + switch + relay almost weekly from Japan 4 years or so ago - didnt sell a single pair of them for £300! So I must of been giving them away!!!

[Paff]

I'd love to know where they got them for £40. They are fairly rare and even non retract mirrors can fetch that.

Not saying the couldn't have got them that cheap but the whole reason I never tried to fit some to my mk1 was cos I couldn't justify the pice for the gimmick factor.

Tom it was the mirrors you have now after Jon smashed the SC and got the mk2 that I was wanting to buy.

[Sharpfish]

I've got some of these from my original 89 SC!!!!!

I'm still planning to re-use them on a future mk1 (if I can actually FIND ONE worth buying for non-stupid prices). Otherwise I may end up selling on. I love em, not even because of the retract but because of the shape, they just look more funky/exotic to me though it's open to debate whether the more angular ones are more in keeping with the mk1s overall design... I've actually got a spare set of those too.

Anyway, I have the control box, the retract switch etc AND I know the wiring. It took me AGES to work it all out after I removed them from my original (written off) SC for fitting into an NA (multimeter/trial and error and BGB wiring diagrams). When I cut them out of my current 2 (to be scrapped) I made sure to cut enough off the UK looms so they are basically all set / coded up ready to fit!

I may dig out the info one day on fitting them but it's quite convoluted trying to explain it over the net and I don't have time right now.

[BMR2L]

Not just a gimmick over here. Both my home and work parking spaces are in double-decker parking machines and the car doesn't fit without folding the mirrors in. So quite practical really to avoid the hassle of getting out and folding them in manually.

[TbarTurbo]

paff i wasnt referring to you paying 40 for them previously

sharpfish: those wiring diagrams would be proper usefull, maybe i could put together a wiring how too guide if you pm more info so i can fit mine

[Sharpfish]

I'll take a look at them this weekend, they are sitting in the garage with NA wire dangling off them so it shouldn't be too hard to match sc colour > na colour if I write down what I had, I think I may have had a few custom wires going to power somewhere too which is where it get's tricky but don't quote me as it was in 2001 when I originally fitted them!