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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: danfalcon on December 09, 2012, 10:23:51 pm

Title: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: danfalcon on December 09, 2012, 10:23:51 pm: hey guys :grin:

looking for a little bit of advice/pointers here

i really like the auto dimming rear view mirrors on my golf but get annoyed when there is someone behind me as all i see is blinding light in my 2 wing mirrors!

so i was wondering if it is possible to make the wing mirrors auto dimming as well or would it be too much effort/cost for something so small

thanks in advance guys :happy2:
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: sub39h on December 09, 2012, 10:24:58 pm: yes it's possible, and if it's anything like the A3 then it's not technically difficult either

BUT the mirror glass is quite expensive
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: Eddie-NL on December 09, 2012, 10:26:50 pm: you would need to add 2 wires from the interior rear view mirror all the way to the mirror glass. PITA

if you still want to do it then you need the electrochrome mirror glass (new price nearly £180 each) can be picked up on ebay for less but rare
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: OEM+ DUB on December 10, 2012, 10:31:57 am: I know it doesn't help with the original question but I have these as factory fit on my 2005 GTI DSG and they work really well - so much so that driving other vehicles without at night seems difficult now. It's the usual case of you don't know what you're missing until you have it!

And yes the mirror glass is VERY expensive!
Title: VW 5K0 035 730D Bluetooth Phone Kits
Post by: Ang S on December 10, 2012, 11:40:43 am: Hi Eddie-NL,

Do you have any of the VW 5K0 035 730D Bluetooth Phone Kits still available ??

Regards
Ang S
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: Eddie-NL on December 10, 2012, 11:44:31 am: Hi

I don't have any at the minute at the special price.
I can order them but they are now £190
Title: VW 5K0 035 730D Bluetooth Phone Kits
Post by: Ang S on December 10, 2012, 11:50:07 am: Thanks for reply, do you install as well ? could you kindly price me for installation please.

Where are you located ? hopefully not where your user name suggests NL

Many thanks
Ang S
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: Eddie-NL on December 10, 2012, 12:00:27 pm: Hi

I probably would charge £20 to fit

I'm in great yarmouth

Thanks
Ed
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: MC71 on December 10, 2012, 02:56:02 pm: Quote from: Eddie-NL on December 09, 2012, 10:26:50 pm
you would need to add 2 wires from the interior rear view mirror all the way to the mirror glass. PITA

if you still want to do it then you need the electrochrome mirror glass (new price nearly £180 each) can be picked up on ebay for less but rare

£180 each! :scared: :scared:

When I read the first post I thought "sounds interesting" which quickly became "your having a laugh". :laugh:
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: homesqueeze on December 10, 2012, 07:26:58 pm: I've had these fitted from new. Thought it was standard equipment, but obviously not. Maybe it was part of the folding mirror pack?
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: danfalcon on December 10, 2012, 07:47:14 pm: well i am the second owner of my car, but it had folding mirrors as standard but not the auto dimming

it may be because i have the 1.9TDi and it came standard on other models :sad1:
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: SI-R32 on December 10, 2012, 08:03:00 pm: lux pack 1 was just folding and reverse dip mirror

lux pack 2 was folding, reverse dip and auto dimming driver mirror
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: homesqueeze on December 11, 2012, 06:15:24 pm: Guess I've got lux pack 2 then. No reverse dip though, they weren't doing that in '05 :(
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: OEM+ DUB on December 11, 2012, 08:47:20 pm: Nope, unfortunately no reverse dip on my 05 either but both of my wing mirrors are photochromatic (dimming) glass so not the end of the world...
Title: Re: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: SI-R32 on December 11, 2012, 09:11:00 pm: That's another great thing they did, both sides on really early golfs, then only drivers on later ones to save money I spose, typical VW
Title: Re: auto dimming mirrors
Post by: scottm72 on December 11, 2012, 11:06:48 pm: what about just changing the glass from both mirrors to an anti dazzle design ? would that work ?
not ideal I know but maybe worth a look