retrofitting auto fold mirrors
06-23-2011, 02:17 AM
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My Ride: 2004 535d Msport Auto, Silver, 18" Alloys
Engine Remapped - 315 bhp (apparently), Black Badges, Bright white Angels & Fogs, M-Tech Badge Front Grill, rear LCI upgrade
Surely the easiest and most conclusive way to find out what you have is to pop your glass out of the mirror then pop the rear cover off the mirror.. if you have a round black module on the back of the mirror then you are Post Sept 2005.. if not then you are presept05
06-23-2011, 02:59 AM
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My Ride: 2006 530 d M-sport e60
After sept 2005, no door modules instead you have a KGM module, buy SA430 mirrors, wire them up to the KGM module, code KGM module and job done.
Understand now?
06-23-2011, 06:44 AM
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My Ride: 2006 520d - 19" 172s- Remapped - LCI taillights V6 cables - LCI xenon headlights - Denison 500 with BTA1500 - led interior lights - OEM led number plate lights
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Folding mirrors - Modmynav kit - High gloss shadowline trim -
Once more and once only, before sept 2005 you have door modules which controls the mirrors and door functions, buy SA430 mirrors and swap them over, code door modules and job done.
After sept 2005, no door modules instead you have a KGM module, buy SA430 mirrors, wire them up to the KGM module, code KGM module and job done.
Understand now?
After sept 2005, no door modules instead you have a KGM module, buy SA430 mirrors, wire them up to the KGM module, code KGM module and job done.
Understand now?
06-23-2011, 06:47 AM
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My Ride: BMW E60 520d SE Saloon M47 2.0dTitanium Grey II, Grey−Dakota Leather, Visibility Package, Media Package, Through Load System, Lumbar support − fr seats, Automatic Air Conditioning−Advanced, High beam assistant, Hi−Fi Loudspeak
Model Year: 2006
Blood, can I make my folding mirrors fold in and out at high speed, enough to make my E60 fly? What Netodata coding is required for that?
06-23-2011, 11:49 AM
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My Ride: 2004 535d Msport Auto, Silver, 18" Alloys
Engine Remapped - 315 bhp (apparently), Black Badges, Bright white Angels & Fogs, M-Tech Badge Front Grill, rear LCI upgrade
If you have a pre-sep 2005 car then you need to extend the powerfold and puddle lights into the plugs of the mirror itself. They then plug into the door modules. Don't bother connecting the puddles to the door lights because if you can code your car then you don't need to hack anything.
Bruce, do you know what colour wires i need to be matching upto.. (i.e. what is in the plug that goes into the mirror)
the wires from the fold motor on a post2005 are yellow and white, the puddle light brown & black.. these (typically) dont match upto what is in my pre2005 mirror plug.. I have attached a pic of my mirror plug...
(these in clockwise order are: pink, yellow&black, blue, orange, red, "not used", white, green)
am I missing something?
06-23-2011, 06:08 PM
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Once more and once only, before sept 2005 you have door modules which controls the mirrors and door functions, buy SA430 mirrors and swap them over, code door modules and job done.
After sept 2005, no door modules instead you have a KGM module, buy SA430 mirrors, wire them up to the KGM module, code KGM module and job done.
Understand now?
After sept 2005, no door modules instead you have a KGM module, buy SA430 mirrors, wire them up to the KGM module, code KGM module and job done.
Understand now?
my other question would be do you know how the wiring looks like for the mirrors with KGM modules in the doors? and if i buy a pair of mirrors which have different connections can they still be connected by matching the cables? only thing i'd need is auto folding and heated mirrors (auto tilt would be awesome too but seems not many got that working)
06-23-2011, 06:48 PM
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according to realoem diagrams standard mirrors which i currently have, have 3 cables and SA430 ones have also 3 cables so it should just be plug and play if i buy a post sept 2005 pair of auto fold mirrors?
06-23-2011, 11:47 PM
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06-24-2011, 01:27 PM
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My Ride: 2004 535d Msport Auto, Silver, 18" Alloys
Engine Remapped - 315 bhp (apparently), Black Badges, Bright white Angels & Fogs, M-Tech Badge Front Grill, rear LCI upgrade
I am assuming that I am missing a set of wires from my harness then... does any one know or know where I can find out what wires I am missing.. the colour and the pin locations?
any one who has power fold mirrors from presept2005 can you help?
thanks
any one who has power fold mirrors from presept2005 can you help?
thanks