Oakmaster Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Has anyone fitted Sidelight and indicator repeaters to their wing mirrors? Apologies for all these streams of simple posts that don't mention exciting stuff like 'Boost Pins' but I'm hopeing that the wealth of knowledge on here can guide me through rebuilding of my V8 110 Id like to modify my wing mirrors ( I did say this wouldnt be 'exciting') to have heater elements and small LED sidelight and indicator repeaters? Has anyone done this - Got any advice? Do s and Donts? got any pictures how did you run the wires? Same if you fitted heated elements to you wing mirrors - did it work? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I have heated mirrors, have had for a number of years. Bought from Ploughman Bros of York. Great for cleaning the mirrors in rain. The wiring runs through the door pillar "crimp". Very Heath Robinson" but it works. Like you I've thought about repeater indicators. not yet thouigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I fitted the same heated mirror kit as Mike, have thought about adding repeater indicators to the mirror heads to, something like these from Car Builder solutions would probably work http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/led-indicator-side-repeater-e9-marked-pair http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/led-side-repeaters-indicators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I put sticky back heaters in my mirrors on the S1 and and the transit van and they have worked well. S1 mirrors are maybe 90 ones? (placcy ones with a ball in the base). Personally I would put the other lights on a different bit, so you have less work to do when you hit a mirror. Isn't the top of the winscreen too high to do anything? You could have them inside like the third brake light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Max height for side repeaters is 1500mm or 2300mm if impractical. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I put heated mirror pads on my 109 and my wife's 90. They're extremely effective and I think they should be mandatory on all new vehicles. On my 109, the wire runs along the joint between wing top and bulkhead and is cable tied to the mirror arm, entering the head through a small hole drilled in the bottom. I did a neater job on the 90 by stripping the mirror and drilling a hole through the ball and neck for a single wire to pass through and another as high up between the webs into the spring barrel (remove the plastic caps for better access) and through the bottom cap. The single wire tuns down through the spring barrel and goes up inside the hinge to pass through the gap in the door seal lip between windscreen and bulkhead (pull the seal off there to thread the wire through) and then runs from each mirror to the heated rear screen relay output. I didn't need to uprate the standard 20A fuse, either. The earthing of the pads is handles by running a wire from the pad to the retaining bolt for the mirror head's clamp, and removing the powder coat of the ball and the clamp (and adding copper grease) to give a good earth path through the arm itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I fitted the same heated mirror kit as Mike, have thought about adding repeater indicators to the mirror heads to, something like these from Car Builder solutions would probably work http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/led-indicator-side-repeater-e9-marked-pair http://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/led-side-repeaters-indicators I was thinking about thesehttp://www.altecautomotive.co.uk/side-marker-lights-252-c.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakmaster Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Thanks very useful advice - I have a spare set of wing mirrors bought in 2003 because I was breaking so many - and like my spare prop shafts (touching wood here!) I haven't had an issue since ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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