auto-fold mirrors

[car]

I just saw that sigma auto is now selling a module to allow the side mirrors to auto fold when parking. I don't know when they started offering this. It does state that you have to have the JDM turn signal mirror for this to work, but I don't remember there being a motor in these when I installed them. Has anybody tried this?

[qbee42]

I haven't tried them, but I can't imaging why anyone would ever need auto-folding mirrors on a Prius. The Prius is so skinny it should easily fit into any normal parking space. Now if I were driving a Hummer...

Tom

[jgills240]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ May 1 2007, 09:49 PM) [snapback]433697[/snapback]</div>

I haven't tried them, but I can't imaging why anyone would ever need auto-folding mirrors on a Prius. The Prius is so skinny it should easily fit into any normal parking space. Now if I were driving a Hummer...

Tom
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you need them to park next to a hummer. <_<

[qbee42]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jgills240 @ May 1 2007, 11:03 PM) [snapback]433708[/snapback]</div>

you need them to park next to a hummer. <_<
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But a hummer wouldn't need them to park next to a Prius, just flatten it like a piece of tin foil.

Tom

[jiepsie]

I want them! It's the one thing I really miss. Mirrors get kicked off your car here (happened to me twice), unless you fold them. I now have a routine of manually folding my mirrors. That of course did not stop someone from writing a graffiti tag on the rear spoiler yesterday, using a permanent marker...

How do I get them?

[Tempus]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ May 1 2007, 10:49 PM) [snapback]433697[/snapback]</div>

I haven't tried them, but I can't imaging why anyone would ever need auto-folding mirrors on a Prius. The Prius is so skinny it should easily fit into any normal parking space. Now if I were driving a Hummer...

Tom
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My mirrors have been whacked off twice just parking on the street. Wouldn't have happened if I had taken the time to fold them, or if they had auto-folded.

I'm guessing you don't park on narrow city streets much.

[TonyPSchaefer]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ May 1 2007, 09:49 PM) [snapback]433697[/snapback]</div>

I haven't tried them, but I can't imaging why anyone would ever need auto-folding mirrors on a Prius. The Prius is so skinny it should easily fit into any normal parking space. Now if I were driving a Hummer...

Tom
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BECAUSE THEY'RE COOL, TOM!!

[qbee42]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tempus @ May 2 2007, 08:58 AM) [snapback]433854[/snapback]</div>

My mirrors have been whacked off twice just parking on the street. Wouldn't have happened if I had taken the time to fold them, or if they had auto-folded.

I'm guessing you don't park on narrow city streets much.
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True, the parking is pretty good around here. Compared to the stories posted here, people in this area are incredibly civilized. We generally don't have problems with people whacking off mirrors or tagging spoilers with permanent markers. Many people leave their keys in their cars, most don't lock their houses. This little village is essentially Mayberry, so my world view tends to get filtered through rose colored glasses. The bicycle rental shop doesn't even bother to lock its bicycles after hours; they just leave them out on the front lawn.

I'll bore you with one more small town story. It's so typical of how things work around here:
One morning I was sitting in the bakery drinking coffee and helping to solve the world's problems, which is what we do at the bakery. It's a local hang-out for all of the older non-working folks and some of us with flexible schedules. Right in the middle of one of the discussions, someone interrupted and said: "Hey Bob, isn't that your car driving off?" Bob looked up and said: "Oh yea, it's only Frank; he'll be back." A few minutes later Frank parked back in front of the bakery, having finished his errands, never realizing he had gotten into the wrong car!

Tom

[bobc]

The JDM mirrors that you buy from Sigma and others (Not the eBay ones) have the auto-fold motors built into them. When purchasing these mirrors, they come with the shell (and LED turn signal light), motor mounts and wiring for the LED's.

There is a terminal for this motor on the mount that holds the up/down/left/right motor. Wires need to be run from this terminal, through the door and into the car body.

I have mine hooked up but be aware that the driver's side wirror doesn't fold all the way up against the window. It sits about 30 degrees off of it.

I emailed Edward at Sigma to let him know that the mirrors he sells has this auto-fold motor built in and he has decided to sell the auto-fold module.

Cheers,

[Tempus]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ May 2 2007, 09:33 AM) [snapback]433873[/snapback]</div>

True, the parking is pretty good around here. Compared to the stories posted here, people in this area are incredibly civilized. We generally don't have problems with people whacking off mirrors or tagging spoilers with permanent markers. [/b]

Just to be clear, this isn't a vandalism or civilization problem. The streets are just so narrow that if two cars meet head on, they are likely to bump the mirrors on the cars parked on the sides as they try to maneuver past each other.