MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Juliand on June 29, 2016, 12:39:22 pm

Title: Tint on Side Mirrors?
Post by: Juliand on June 29, 2016, 12:39:22 pm
Odd one this....I was reversing out of my garage the other day into the sunshine, and noticed that one of the mirrors seemed to have a blue-ish tint, but the other didn't (drivers side with tint).

I've never noticed it before, and thought that maybe a window had been replaced at some point with plain glass, but no, the glass in both sides is tinted, so it must be the mirrors.

Anyone else noticed? Curious...... :thinking:
Title: Re: Tint on Side Mirrors?
Post by: lukemk5gti on June 29, 2016, 01:04:58 pm
Pretty sure I saw on a thread on this before..

I know with the early 04 and 05 models that the glass has a very noticeable blue tint which changed to a faint green after then... Mirrors might have been the same!
Title: Re: Tint on Side Mirrors?
Post by: andy7ven on June 29, 2016, 05:57:03 pm
Your car must have had Mirror Pack 2 as a option which gives it a electrically folding and automatic anti-dazzle door mirror...
Title: Re: Tint on Side Mirrors?
Post by: Juliand on June 30, 2016, 09:33:08 am
Quote from: andy7ven on June 29, 2016, 05:57:03 pm
Your car must have had Mirror Pack 2 as a option which gives it a electrically folding and automatic anti-dazzle door mirror...

Ah, that might be it then. It does have electric folding mirrors (not that they move in very much!). So is it only the drivers side that has the anti-dazzle?

Thnx
Title: Re: Tint on Side Mirrors?
Post by: SI-R32 on June 30, 2016, 10:05:14 pm
With the car running in day light and the doors closed, hold your finger over the sensor on the back of the internal mirror, the internal mirror will get very dark, if your drivers mirror is also anti dazzle it will get very dark with a 5mm rim of normal mirror around its edge, this tells you if its anti dazzle.
Title: Re: Tint on Side Mirrors?
Post by: PND on June 30, 2016, 10:19:06 pm
I bought replacement wing mirror glass that was tinted blue when I had my mk5 GTI, so it's probably just that one is original and one is a replacement that doesn't match.

You can either buy just glass to stick on, or buy one that comes with the clip-on fitting already on the back.  You can alos buy heated or non-heated.  Here's an example ebay listing...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-GOLF-5-MK5-2003-09-WING-MIRROR-GLASS-CONVEX-BLUE-HEATED-PLATE-RIGHT-OR-LEFT-/131040003765?hash=item1e8297c6b5:g:0aEAAOxyTjNSeZxY (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-GOLF-5-MK5-2003-09-WING-MIRROR-GLASS-CONVEX-BLUE-HEATED-PLATE-RIGHT-OR-LEFT-/131040003765?hash=item1e8297c6b5:g:0aEAAOxyTjNSeZxY)