e500slr

I recently sold a pair of facelift 06-09 side mirrors. They were non-folding.

The buyer who received it said all he did was buy the switch, add it to the mirrors and they folded by power.

I'm confused, these mirrors were non-folding, there was no switch in the car. It was not originally on the car though because it was on the E55 but was added aftermarket.

My question is, are all the mirrors folding and have the motors in place but need the switch or did he just get lucky and get ones that are folding and I just didn't know they were folding?

HeissRod

Can't the standard mirrors fold manually?

e500slr

Yes, but not electronically from inside the car.

Mr. CVE

my E55 is a MY06 model and mine fold from the inside

e500slr

...yes, I know that was an option. I was talking about a pair of, apparently, non-folding mirrors made to fold only by installing the inside switch and nothing else ie. adding a folding motor to the mirrors.

That leaves 2 possibilities:

1. There are no NON folding mirrors, just cars without the switch inside plugged in to the door module.

2. The ones I had were folding ones but I didn't know as I hadn't taken them apart and the car they came off of didn't have the switch inside so I assumed they were non-folding.

I was just surprised. Good for the buyer, got a better deal than he thought I guess. Intriguing.

e500slr

Nevermind guys, he messaged me again and said it turned out to not have a motor after all. Bullsh*t thread I guess, my bad, sorry.

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w204_racing

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MOUCHRA

My wife used the car for the first time and pressed the button between the mirrors setting and that turn the mechanism off.
Once I tried the process mentioned above and it did not work, I tried the button and voila they work! Thank you for continuing this thread!