Auto folding mirror mod

@RUM4MO just curiosity, sometimes I like to keep it open because there is enough space so no reason to fold and I save the mecanism.

dm222 said:

@RUM4MO just curiosity, sometimes I like to keep it open because there is enough space so no reason to fold and I save the mecanism.

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dm222, I agree with your logic, in my case the mirrors get left "out" because I keep forgetting about them being able to fold - so this mod would avoid that.

Just maybe an irrelevant fact about leaving mirrors powered of unpowered in the "out" position all the time:- my daughter used to have a 6K Ibiza, an early 2002 car so last of the 6K just before the launch of the 6L, she bought it secondhand in 2005/2006 and the driver's side mirror could not fold, it was seized solid, I checked it over and found that the aluminium frame was so heavily corroded that it was initially impossible to fold it, eventually I managed to chip away at the lumps of corroded aluminium and get it to move! This made me check my own May 2000 VW Passat and my wife's September 2002 VW Polo folding (not powered) mirrors as they had never been folded, both these cars had no corrosion showing and their mirrors folded as intended - so, is/was SEAT using some very cheap and nasty aluminium castings in their mirrors? Sad to say, my daughter eventually paid the price for parking on a busy street and leaving the mirrors sticking out - the driver's one got broken off, so that sorted out her problem with corrosion, she did always fold the new one that got fitted! Maybe this is the reason why she always tended to fold the power mirrors in on her current Ibiza (that I am still using/looking after for her)!

I do tend to check the ability for the mirrors to fold on both my 2011 S4 and my wife's 2015 Polo to avoid them ending up seizing solid, so far so good!

I find the fact that the mirrors are folded confirms to me that I have locked the car far better than a beep or flashing indicators do.

explorer said:

Hi, pcb for HW1R - uk version is tested and ready for manufacturing. It will be available about 1 - 2 weeks.

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ill take 1 please! how much money and where do i send it! (uk version)

Big-Pete said:

ill take 1 please! how much money and where do i send it! (uk version)

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I'm sure that explorer will get back in touch once these are ready for sale, with a link to ebay and a price, like he did for the LHD version, I'm waiting as well, but only for my daughter's car, maybe an unwanted birthday present for her!

RUM4MO said:

I'm sure that explorer will get back in touch once these are ready for sale, with a link to ebay and a price, like he did for the LHD version, I'm waiting as well, but only for my daughter's car, maybe an unwanted birthday present for her!

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wish my old man did this for me,

here son heres a garret GTX2860R, LOL

but yea, ill just wait for it.

Oh come on, that Garret is in a different league to this mod price wise (I hope). Anyway, after selling this daughter back her old car when she returned to work in UK, that nasty Ibiza turned out to have leak in its air con!!! After replacing a leaking pressure sensor, roughly £50, I've now discovered a leaking body gasket on the compressor, so that will be another £350ish by the time I've bought and fitted that and a new drier and got it regassed!

What else could I do, I'm treating that as a "warranty repair" I would be a bit annoyed if I bought a car and found that its air con was goosed, wish that sort warm patch of weather had not appeared last week for a few days, if this had failed maybe after 6 months I'd be less inclined to pay for it.

She has just come back from working in KL so used to +30C all year round, or more with very high humidity, so I was a bit surprised when she reported that the AC was goosed - "it needs re-gassing" - she was right!

Edit:- maybe panic over, my leaking compressor body looks like it was a false (leak) alarm caused by some trapped Gunk or still liquid brake cleaner, both of which will set off normal pumped leak detector! I've thrown some more R134a into it and it seems to be working okay, but needs "a spot" more R134a added in - soon, if the warm weather returns.

Good news there!

cant wait,

Might be interested in the one that works with fob. I like that, I'm assuming it will work with mk5 cupra face lift? What's the wait on that one also will you be doing installation as you mentioned it will be needing
a 12v wire?

Well that is my order placed, who was first in? I seemed to be involved with cutting grass yesterday afternoon, suffered a mower failure, but still had time for a curry a few drinks and a Fringe Show!

Well I have just placed order No.3 and am looking forward to its arrival. I had auto folding mirrors on my previous Altea and do miss them

So how long before hw2 would be available? Also what's the difference

To the hw3? Just has a battery so you don't need the 12v wire supply?

Cheers Rick