MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Veee-dubber on November 03, 2012, 12:51:17 pm
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Excuse the shoddy title I'm not sure how to word this exactly lol...
Anyway, Rolling in my friends e46 beemer tuther day I notice that when you engage the reverse gear the offside mirror drops to show the curb to ease parking (which I'm pretty dangerous at lol)
Im pretty sure some of the higher spec mk5 golf's have this feature aswell, and im wondering if its at all possible to retrofit this to an earlier model?
Anyone actually following my drift here?
Cheers
:happy2:
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Depending on the car, you need door controllers + mechanisms + coding. Worked out v expensive but worth speaking to eddie-nl
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Depending on the car, you need door controllers + mechanisms + coding. Worked out v expensive but worth speaking to eddie-nl
An alternative (and in all likelyhood cheaper) if you don't have the necessary hardware already installed and if you have a highline display is to install a polar fis+ advanced. That will give you that function as well as many others.
http://www.polarteam.net/en/65-polar-fis-advanced.html
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that function is merily only good for reversing into a parking bay if ure reversing down a street its impossible to use that mirror and then becomes annoying
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Depending on the car, you need door controllers + mechanisms + coding. Worked out v expensive but worth speaking to eddie-nl
An alternative (and in all likelyhood cheaper) if you don't have the necessary hardware already installed and if you have a highline display is to install a polar fis+ advanced. That will give you that function as well as many others.
http://www.polarteam.net/en/65-polar-fis-advanced.html
From the disclaimer (below) from them all sounds very hit and miss to me, better to buy the bits you want to do it properly, seen a few sets up for sale over the years for under 375 quid so hardly that expensive
NOTE: Due to construction features of vehicles it cannot be guaranteed that mirror position will be "perfect". On models equipped with this function from factory the mirror incorporate a position sensor, which does not happen with those without park assist mirrors, so the mirror will function in the same way, but can not be guaranteed to position "millimeter perfect".
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that function is merily only good for reversing into a parking bay if ure reversing down a street its impossible to use that mirror and then becomes annoying
Not actually true as it only dips when the mirror switch is in the left hand position and in reverse. If it’s in reverse and the mirror switch is in any other position the mirror wont dip. You can also adjust the mirror to a different position and it memorises it when in reverse and L are selected. No reverse selected and normal adjustment of the mirror is restored. Mirror will also return to the normal position when travelling forward and moving over 5mph? Hope that all makes sense.
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Can also be switched On / Off in the highline
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I love this feature. Has stopped my alloys from getting kerbed when parallel parking...shame I had kerbed them a few times already before I realised I had the feature
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fresedbdil.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F05%2Ftactical_facepalm.jpg%3Fw%3D300%26amp%3Bh%3D240&hash=9080d774f292d02a4fed675214a370badce5711e)
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Can also be switched On / Off in the highline
What is the option on highline?
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Can also be switched On / Off in the highline
What is the option on highline?
Should be this:
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Can also be switched On / Off in the highline
What is the option on highline?
Should be this:
I don't have this option on my highline.... :sad1:
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Can also be switched On / Off in the highline
What is the option on highline?
Should be this:
I don't have this option on my highline.... :sad1:
Surprising as your GTI looks like a high spec. I'm not sure which pack it was part of.
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From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip
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Can also be switched On / Off in the highline
What is the option on highline?
Should be this:
I don't have this option on my highline.... :sad1:
Surprising as your GTI looks like a high spec. I'm not sure which pack it was part of.
Thanks that would explain why it doesn't work. My car is an '06 plate.
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Depending on the car, you need door controllers + mechanisms + coding. Worked out v expensive but worth speaking to eddie-nl
An alternative (and in all likelyhood cheaper) if you don't have the necessary hardware already installed and if you have a highline display is to install a polar fis+ advanced. That will give you that function as well as many others.
http://www.polarteam.net/en/65-polar-fis-advanced.html
Great. Bit of kit. The reverse function works very well on mine.
TonyZ
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I think you mean 'nearside' mirror. The offside is the driver's side ( on a Right Hand Drive car)
The mirror that dips when engaging reverse is the Nearside mirror for correct and safe parking on the left hand side of the road, preventing scraped alloys and flattening sleeping pussycats.
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Your quite right I do mean near near - schoolboy!
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Apologies for sounding/ coming across like a school teacher!!
I mentioned the Near side, Offside thing today whilst walking with a friend and his dog. The poor hound appeared to have a sore paw and I said it was his 'offside rear'; my pal hadn't a clue what I was talking about! I think its a generational thing and when you did your driving test. I did mine in 1982. Just had my 30th Anniversary!!! My Dad received a Road Atlas from the AA for 50 year's membership. A bl**dy Road Atlas!! And it wasn't written in Gold leaf or anything!
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From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip
I have it on my late 2006 model.
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Apologies for sounding/ coming across like a school teacher!!
I mentioned the Near side, Offside thing today whilst walking with a friend and his dog. The poor hound appeared to have a sore paw and I said it was his 'offside rear'; my pal hadn't a clue what I was talking about! I think its a generational thing and when you did your driving test. I did mine in 1982. Just had my 30th Anniversary!!! My Dad received a Road Atlas from the AA for 50 year's membership. A bl**dy Road Atlas!! And it wasn't written in Gold leaf or anything!
HAHA no worries, suprised knowone had noticed prior to this tbh... :)
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Apologies for sounding/ coming across like a school teacher!!
I mentioned the Near side, Offside thing today whilst walking with a friend and his dog. The poor hound appeared to have a sore paw and I said it was his 'offside rear'; my pal hadn't a clue what I was talking about! I think its a generational thing and when you did your driving test. I did mine in 1982. Just had my 30th Anniversary!!! My Dad received a Road Atlas from the AA for 50 year's membership. A bl**dy Road Atlas!! And it wasn't written in Gold leaf or anything!
What's that (https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Fsmileys%2Fsmiley-confused013.gif&hash=4eba46c454d2eda0cfe6ede05ddcde743b479879) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)
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Depending on the car, you need door controllers + mechanisms + coding. Worked out v expensive but worth speaking to eddie-nl
An alternative (and in all likelyhood cheaper) if you don't have the necessary hardware already installed and if you have a highline display is to install a polar fis+ advanced. That will give you that function as well as many others.
http://www.polarteam.net/en/65-polar-fis-advanced.html
Great. Bit of kit. The reverse function works very well on mine.
TonyZ
How do you get it to work, i can calibrate mine in the Polar FIS, but how do i get it to do so when i reverse parallel park?? :confused:
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Put the selector switch in L Jake and when you put it in reverse it will dip :happy2:
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Put the selector switch in L Jake and when you put it in reverse it will dip :happy2:
Hmm, maybe that's why it won't work Darren, i need the right to dip :wink: :grin:
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From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip
Wrong...
My 2006 ED30 had it..
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From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip
Wrong...
My 2006 ED30 had it..
:surprised: Thats news to me as my '06 car doesn't have it.
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From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip
Wrong...
My 2006 ED30 had it..
that would be classed as a 2007 MY
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From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip
Wrong...
My 2006 ED30 had it..
that would be classed as a 2007 MY
What does that mean ED?
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From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip
Wrong...
My 2006 ED30 had it..
that would be classed as a 2007 MY
What does that mean ED?
It means a late 2006 Car is classed as a 2007 model year
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From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip
Wrong...
My 2006 ED30 had it..
that would be classed as a 2007 MY
What does that mean ED?
It means a late 2006 Car is classed as a 2007 model year
Yes the MY changes in July, for VW, so if your car was manufactured after July 2006 it will be classed as MY 2007. Just like my 56 plate.
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From 2007 onward it was with reverse parking sensors or luxury pack 1 or 2 pre 2007 didn't ever have dip
Wrong...
My 2006 ED30 had it..
that would be classed as a 2007 MY
What does that mean ED?
It means a late 2006 Car is classed as a 2007 model year
Thanks Ed.