Factory Mirror Heaters

[kidafa]

Hi All,

I purchased another set of wing mirrors for my S1 Stagea as they were advertised to have the factory heaters in them... Anyway I pulled my current ones off and they have the same looms as the new ones but one plug of the plugs (two pin) isnt plugged into anything. And I cant seem to find where to plug it into....

Could some one with the factory heaters in working condition pull a door skin and take some snaps and maybe even chase the wire back to see what I need to modify?

Im sure chook or Kiwi will be aware of what im talking about!

Cheers,

Chris

[chook]

I could have a look next monday, are you sure your car was a 'cold area' version, you have the windscreen elements as well ? i would think one plug would be the mirror motors and other the heater, but only on Cold area cars.

[KiwiRS4T]

Yep the kit includes windscreen heater - the mirror heaters are controlled by the rear screen demister switch.

[Duncan]

also there is a rear fog light instead of a second reverse light.

BTW the windscreen de-icer is on a seperate switch but like Bob said the mirrors work of the main demister switch.

AFAIK all of those items (cold area kit) came together - so if you had one you should have them all

(Oh, that and rust from driving on salted roads - pretty sure that is a feature of the cold area kit too)

[kidafa]

Plot thickens....

Ive got a loom for the plug on the drivers side but not on passenger.

No i dont have a cold area car.

Will take photos and report back

[STAGEA_KING]

how do know your car has windscreen heater? which area should I look at? any pic would help.

thx

[KiwiRS4T]

Switch to right of steering column

[lachlanw]

things that look like the de mister strips on a rear window but where in the windscreen where they wipers rest

mine is cold climate but not rusty at all

[kidafa]

Ok so these are the two plugs on the 4 mirrors Ive got/had... My car has a loom for the larger 5 pin plug on both sides but only drivers side has loom for the smaller 2 pin plug even though both mirrors have it. Is that the mirror heaters?

[chef_stagea]

chris id say the only way to find the answer to this is going to be to switch ur rear demisted on and crack out the volt meter!

either that or go ghetto spec with a switch to acc power.. :S still dont reallllllly c the point in it all lol

[syzsounds]

A guy on the English stagea forum had this too, Heated mirror on drivers side and no wiring in the door for it on the passenger side.

He extended the wires and wired it into the rear demister with no ill effects .

I haven't got any !

No wiring, No heated mirrors .. Bugger all..

Edited May 30, 2010 by syzsounds

[Duncan]

A guy on the English stagea forum had this too, Heated mirror on drivers side and no wiring in the door for it on the passenger side.

He extended the wires and wired it into the rear demister with no ill effects .

my guess is both people have had one or the other door replaced with the wrong one at some time.

[msports180]

Good luck getting a windscreen with the elements for a good price in Australia...

The mirror's do come in handy though.

[SatchiThaStagea]

LOL!!

Wish I had done my homework and found this thread before I got all excited about getting heated mirrors (from kidafa no less)

Pulled the door car off and wtf??!! Mr Nissan didnt put the plug there for me! So I get on here and this is what I find lol

Never mind though wasnt why I bought them.