Auto Dimming Rearview Mirror -- Anyone have one

[Kalevera]

Early cars have a 3 pin white connector, designed for the auto dipping mirrors. Same basic functionality, but with a different connector. Yours should be 6 pin, I seem to recall it being black on the later cars...and they're usually well buried. I confused mine for the IR keyless harness when first digging around for it.

If it's a BMW mirror, it should use the same button. My car has a gentex out of a maxima. Cost me $10 and has more functionality than the factory units of the car's vintage, but I had to pull the old button and replace it with a universal one.


best, whit

[Scott H]

in a 3/92 build 525iT

Early cars have a 3 pin white connector, designed for the auto dipping mirrors. Same basic functionality, but with a different connector. Yours should be 6 pin, I seem to recall it being black on the later cars...and they're usually well buried. I confused mine for the IR keyless harness when first digging around for it.

If it's a BMW mirror, it should use the same button. My car has a gentex out of a maxima. Cost me $10 and has more functionality than the factory units of the car's vintage, but I had to pull the old button and replace it with a universal one.


best, whit

[Kalevera]

Hmmm...maybe the 6 pin is a '95 thing.

[Mewsy]

All I had to do was to find the wires behind the headliner. It was easier to take out the reading lamp under the passenger visor (RHD) and get the wires. The bloke I bought the mirror off had butchered the connector, so I just spliced the positive/earth wires. No probs at all!

[wingman]

Do they work okay, I mean are they worth chasing one at the wreckers?

[Johntee540]

Yes they are well worth it. However later Model e34's have the Central locking Antenna Board inside of them. So you will have to relocate that board into the new Photoelectric Mirror and wire the Central Locking board though the plug. Also - in later e34 - there is no fishing of the plug in the headliner. It is already present inside the Mirror "Arm". One of the better upgrade I did to the car as it improves the night driving experience immensley - JT