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My 2007 S500 has two different mirror glasses left/right:
driver/left
passenger/right
i guess the left has auto-dimming (electrochromatic) and the right doesn't.
Is that normal?
Since the auto-dimming requires 2 extra wires (and a plug) that my passenger mirror does not have, could i get a complete RHD right side mirror with auto dimming?
My 2007 S500 has two different mirror glasses left/right:
driver/left
passenger/right
i guess the left has auto-dimming (electrochromatic) and the right doesn't.
Is that normal?
Since the auto-dimming requires 2 extra wires (and a plug) that my passenger mirror does not have, could i get a complete RHD right side mirror with auto dimming?
Only the driver side mirror is auto dimming in these cars in US market. Passenger side is not as it is convex glass and sends way less light in your eyes than the straight glass driver side mirror does.
Wonder if cars in England of Australia or other left hand traffic country have the auto dimming function at all as in Europe both mirrors are convex? I would think they do and would not be surprised if both side mirrors are auto dimming.
US market area cars are built cheap and miss lots of features, like sound insulation, compared to European cars as selling prices here are a lot lower than in Europe.
If you find auto dimming mirror for the passenger side you may still be missing wiring for it but I don’t know. I have not opened my side mirrors yet in either of my MBs.
Yeah my passenger side IS missing the wiring inside the mirror, i checked.
But if i get one with the extra wires/connectors, i'm afraid it might still not work because the passenger-side door module may not send the signal at all.
Yeah my passenger side IS missing the wiring inside the mirror, i checked.
But if i get one with the extra wires/connectors, i'm afraid it might still not work because the passenger-side door module may not send the signal at all.
If there is no wiring, I would not even think about trying to do it.
If there is no wiring, I would not even think about trying to do it.
This I checked for a price just for the passenger side mirror from the Benz dealer as I thought the same as you and wanted both my mirrors to match and they wanted a kidney AND liver for payment so i left.
if you buy a BMW you get two proper outside mirrors
if you get a Merc you get a budget one that dies, and one real one
as suggested if you drive on the wrong side of the road and want to make the car driveable at night - get an Oz or UK door mirror from the drivers side - its PLUG and PLAY the door module knows what to do and it just works
same for RHD get a mirror from Germany - off you go
my car has 3 dimming mirrors (the old 211 E class door module works the same way) - the whole idea can be done with NO effort without touching the door card - the silly black semi circle that vanishes with the door closed gets you to the wiring plugs on the door module
if you buy a BMW you get two proper outside mirrors
if you get a Merc you get a budget one that dies, and one real one
as suggested if you drive on the wrong side of the road and want to make the car driveable at night - get an Oz or UK door mirror from the drivers side - its PLUG and PLAY the door module knows what to do and it just works
same for LHD get a mirror from Germany - off you go
my car has 3 dimming mirrors (the old 211 E class door module work the same way - the whole idea can be done with NO effort without touching the door card - the silly black semi circle that vanishes with the door mirror closed gets you to the wiring plugs on the door module
So being in the US, if I get a driver side mirror from Germany, I can put it on my passenger side and there are wires already there to receive the new mirror and I'm golden??? If I understood this correctly, this site bout to cost me some money, cuz I'm about to mod this bus like nobodys business!!!
Last edited by Ultrakla$$ic; 06-17-2024 at 02:37 PM.
So being in the US, if I get a driver side mirror from Germany, I can put it on my passenger side and there are wires already there to receive the new mirror and I'm golden??? If I understood this correctly, this site bout to cost me some money, cuz I'm about to mod this bus like nobodys business!!!
NO, corrected my post above - got muddled we drive on the left in RHD cars - so UK, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa, India, Thailand and LOTS of others have the correct drivers mirror for SOME markets where the steering wheel is on the wrong side
the only possible fly in the ointment can be the mirror tint colour and the degree of size reduction in the image (and if fitted blind-spot warning) - I did the same on my fathers E class but my first attempt getting the mirror from the USA went wrong - and it was unusable due to the weird size image it created - at one point USA drivers couldn't understand a small car image with lots of critical info in the field of view was really useful - and mandated the image was the real size, so you got an utterly pointless 1/2 a headlamp in the mirror, instead of the 17 cars behind you !!!!!
I received a RHD mirror from the UK.
Notes so far:
0. My car does not have the 2 extra wires for the electrochrome function on the passenger side.
1. Pry the mirrorglass off very very gently. I did each (reachable) little plastic tab separately first (allowing them to spring back) before i tried to pull the mirrorglass off completely.
2. The mirror base is a different shape, physically, so it needs to be swapped.
3. Getting the rubber boot on the car-side of the mirror base off is a pain. It's held on with one of those push-on nuts that will not release :-(
4. The electric connector to the blinker is very fragile and you can barely reach it.
you need the drivers mirror from an opposite hand drive car (as std only drivers side gets the real mirror)
the 211 is a pain to get off due to the three 5 point torx screws you can't reach
the 221 is simple as - 20 mins start to finish swapping the whole mirror
the other method of stripping and adding wires is fun and games - the 221 mirror is insane to strip down - threading wires is time consuming, the sheath is so tight, all in to add the 2 wires u need and rebuild took me 4 hrs
????
you need the drivers mirror from an opposite hand drive car (as std only drivers side gets the real mirror) .
Yes i have an LHD car. Bought an RHD right mirror.
The angle of the mirror to the car is different (which is logical, it was driver's side and will now be used as a pasenger mirror)
06-16-2024, 07:59 AM
I checked for a price just for the passenger side mirror from the Benz dealer as I thought the same as you and wanted both my mirrors to match and they wanted a kidney AND liver for payment so i left.
If I understood this correctly, this site bout to cost me some money, cuz I'm about to mod this bus like nobodys business!!!
