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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: bobreece on 16 July 2010, 19:20

Title: dimming mirror rain sensor
Post by: bobreece on 16 July 2010, 19:20

what is needed to get auto dimming mirror and rain sensing?
i know you need the mirror but what else?

Title: Re: dimming mirror rain sensor
Post by: bobreece on 17 July 2010, 03:10

bump bump bumpy

Title: Re: dimming mirror rain sensor
Post by: MK4_20VT on 17 July 2010, 06:53

I think one of the sensors are part of the windshield? as when my mate got his replaced he was asked if he had these options on his car.

Jay

Title: Re: dimming mirror rain sensor
Post by: RSTom on 17 July 2010, 08:09

the sensor attaches to a housing on the screen so you need a new screen, a sensor and a wiring loom. not sure if you'd need a control module to plug it in to or not. quite a bit really just so you don't have to turn the wipers on.

Title: Re: dimming mirror rain sensor
Post by: bobbarley on 17 July 2010, 08:28

I'm wondering about my wipers.  They don't turn on automatically, but when I set them to intermittent they change speed themselves depending on how hard it's raining!

Title: Re: dimming mirror rain sensor
Post by: RSTom on 17 July 2010, 11:08

thats how they work mate, intermmittent is also the automatic setting.

Title: Re: dimming mirror rain sensor
Post by: asif on 17 July 2010, 11:19

Mate I wouldn;t bother, I have them and if it means you gotta do all that work to get them then you aint gonna be happy at all.
It's a bit of a pain as mine come on when i'm border line blind to the road then they kick in.

I still haven't found a mk4 owner that can tell me if there is a way of switching the auto wipers off, the manual tell you how to switch them on but not off :(

I just want to revert back to the old style where you can choose how often they swipe the screen.