Toyota Signal Mirrors

[Inthewind]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mrbigh @ Oct 28 2006, 10:20 AM) [snapback]339906[/snapback]</div>

So far we know, DocVijay is the only one who got them from sigma and these are different.
Today in New York we have stormy wheather and extremely windy, don't think that I will be able to shut any pictures outdoors of the wiring.
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Sorry, when I said same thing I meant the outer shell design.

[cairo94507]

Oh come on, someone needs to figure this out. It hurts me to drive my car w/o the mirrors blinking when they should. Please someone do this.....

[FL Buckeye]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Inthewind @ Oct 28 2006, 09:59 AM) [snapback]339902[/snapback]</div>

And....SIGMA is selling the same thing as OEM/JDM. So...comments?
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I would have expected the OEM/JDM from Sigma to be the one that had connectors/plugs for plug-n-play, not the aftermarket ones that we got. So if DocVijay had to hardwire his LEDs, I guess we shouldn't have expected better.

[Inthewind]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FL Buckeye @ Oct 28 2006, 10:39 AM) [snapback]339910[/snapback]</div>

I would have expected the OEM/JDM from Sigma to be the one that had connectors/plugs for plug-n-play, not the aftermarket ones that we got. So if DocVijay had to hardwire his LEDs, I guess we shouldn't have expected better.
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True. So, I guess hardwire is going to be the only option for now. I think mrbigh is going to wire his today and post some pictures. Patience Cairo, patience...

[mrbigh]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Inthewind @ Oct 28 2006, 12:17 PM) [snapback]339932[/snapback]</div>

True. So, I guess hardwire is going to be the only option for now. I think mrbigh is going to wire his today and post some pictures. Patience Cairo, patience...
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I had a break in the weather and I'm taken pictures for you guys , meanwhile start threading your side view mirror wires to the steering wheel area.
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I may EDIT this later, for NOW you have someting to start working. C'mon lets get bussy!</span>!!

[nyconrad]

Thanks Horacio! You came through again.



I took the liberty of making your instructions into a 6 page Word file and posted it on our mods page on LIPOG website. (and added a couple of arrows showing which wires are used) - While you're there, feel free to look around!!)



<a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/vzep1vkh/lipog/id14.html" target="_blank">[b]by Horacio

[Syclone]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(mrbigh @ Oct 28 2006, 12:44 PM) [snapback]339944[/snapback]</div>

I had a break in the weather and I'm taken pictures for you guys , meanwhile start threading your side view mirror wires to the steering wheel area.
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Great work Horacio!!

[cairo94507]

Wow, Great work Horacio- first thing in the morning I will be completing the installation of my mirrors and then I wll be very happy. Your install looks pretty straight forward now that I know where to go to tie into the signals. I can't wait to wrap that project up and be the only Prius in my area with cool mirror signals. Thanks for all of the pictures to all of you guys.

I am starting to think of replacing my Scion TC wheels with new light weight 17" wheels to try to regain some of my mileage. I kind of like the look of the 16" touring edition wheel with the spokes, even though I know I am looking at the plastic cover. I may try to find a 17" wheel that has about 7 spokes. That is probably going to be my next project.

My wife just cracks up when she sees the Prius- she likens me to Steve Young on the Toyota commercials in that I am always talking about this little car- my poor NSX just sits in the garage......

[Inthewind]

Ok Guys,
I'm done. Some small issues that could be noted, such as the small metal clips on the tweeters (They fall off when you pull the tweeter off and need to be rebent to hold the tweeter in when reinstalled) I'll write more later when I have time. The SO is demanding my time...

[cairo94507]

[attachmentid=5517]Hey, how cool is that? Those signal mirrors are the cat's meow!

I ended up tossing out the whole harness that came with Tommy's mirrors and only kept the in-line fuses which I did use. I ended up taking about 3 hours to do this install, the mirrors backs were already installed from last weekend. Running the wires from the doors into the interior took probably 2 hours.

I ended up running the new wires through the existing door gasket/wire harness so you see no wires at all and it looks perfectly factory. To do that I had to unplug those rubber harness gaskets (the rubber coverinbg you see when you open the doors) and then unplug the terminals where those wire connect inside of the car and pull all of that out of the inside of the car so it was hanging down inside the door jamb. Then I untaped the ends and was then able to easily pass a fish through the gasket and pull the new signal harness through the gasket and then retape the ends nicely and run the plugs back inside of the car and then plug the gasket/boot back into the body and the door and it looked just like it did from the factory.

I made the new harnesses, no big deal really, just a couple of wires wrapped in tape and then covered in shrink wrap. I endeed up with pulling the whole dash mostly apart and removing the radio and MFD to run the passenger wire harness through the car and make sure it was routed nice and out of the way. I tied everything nice and neat and ran all the wires along existing harnesses and tied them nicely so they won't move around or rub against anything. I used scothlock connects to connect to the 1 yellow and 1 green wires on the main harness plug for left and right signal power. All of my other connections were nicely soldered and wrapped.

When I got done my wife came out intot he garage and thought they looked "very cute". Anyway, I think it is one of the best modifications for safety and yes it adds flashing light which is now visible for someone in your blind spot as the light does light up the side of the mirror since the LED lights wrap around the side of the mirror.

Here are a few pictures showing the gassket/boot you remove to run the wires through and the end result. THANK YOU TO ALL who took the time to assist the rest of us wirth this project. I rate this a level 4 out of 5 for difficulty mostly because of the wire routing.

PS- Can someone tell me how to post text between pictures so I can tell everyone what the heck they are looking at? Thanks, Cairo94507