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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: NotMyName on 25 December 2013, 15:21
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My brother picked up his GT TDI (02 plate) 130 & spoke to me about how crap his rear view mirror was. When he described it, i said oh it'll be one of those auto dimming ones.
Not experiencing one myself i hopped in & we went for a drive - i drove.
My God!! What a total piece of sh!t it is. It's like driving with someone elses glasses on where everything is kinda blurred. We were on the motorway & i was wondering how many people were behind me. Is that 1 set of lights? Is it 2? Can't quite tell, everything is blending in & separating at the same time. WTF?!??
It's a mirror with an oval piece in the centre of it.
He's on about whipping it out & replacing with a normal one. Are they always that crap?
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Nope I have an aftermarket one which works as it should
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Sounds like some one has stuck a crappy little mirror on top of it. Never saw one with some oval mirror at the middle of it.
Show us a pic. Thats how it should look >>>
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vw+golf+mk4+auto+dimming&client=ms-android-hms-vf-gb&source=android-browser&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=QBm7UsbJCIOrhAed34DgBw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=360&bih=592#biv=i%7C0%3Bd%7CPJxy4VldA3UVVM%3A
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Could be that the mirror itself is faulty. I installed one in mine and found it really good
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Sounds like its broken mine works perfect
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If the mirror is broken then the mirror will be a yellowy colour
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If the mirror is broken then the mirror will be a yellowy colour
doesn't always go like that :wink:
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oh thats what i read somewere :grin:
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Mine works as it should but there is a very slight ghosting on there, really only noticeable when you're looking for it.
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It looks sort of tinted like the one in the top left of that pic, but you can see a sort of oval like shape in the centre. I'll try & get a photo up for you so you can see but not convinced it'll show properly.
Dodgy install? Possibly. I don't know who's had this car previous but it was a bloody rough arse. The drivers door handle (on the inside) has been ripped out lol. You have to pull it using the door card.
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Right well i don't know what's happened here...
Took the photos on my iPhone 4S & you can see the oval in the centre of the mirror. In one photo i'm pointing to the edge of the oval bit & in the other you can see it on my white hat.
Upload the photos to the PC & you can't really see it. So maybe if you take the photos off here & put them on your iPhone it'll show?
I'll upload all the same..
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s151/Kev_83/IMG_1957_zps43092fe9.jpg) (http://s151.photobucket.com/user/Kev_83/media/IMG_1957_zps43092fe9.jpg.html)
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s151/Kev_83/IMG_1958_zpse0ed40bf.jpg) (http://s151.photobucket.com/user/Kev_83/media/IMG_1958_zpse0ed40bf.jpg.html)
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Its broken my mates bora has down the same its like a brown liquid has stained the glass !
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Its broken my mates bora has down the same its like a brown liquid has stained the glass !
Is it simple/cheap enough to repair?
If the answer involves any technical electrical know-how then no. If it's just simple take off, put on, then it should be ok.
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Buy a 2nd hand one, remove broken unit, fit new unit and test
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As above its simple enough remove/replace but there not cheap and theres the risk of cracking the windshield taking it off
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Nobody knows how to put these things on.
There is a ring around the "fingers" that grasp the ball end of the mounting piece. This needs to be removed so the fingers open up easy, pop mirror on and then slide the ring back into place.
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I cracked my screen the year before last when trying to remove mine :grin:
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I'll post a DIY later if I remember/get chance.
Got a spare SDI to do it on, not that I'm not confident. :grin:
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sorry to resurrect an old thread. I just bought 1 to install into my car and the glass is a bronze colour... they guy listed it on ebay saying it worked when removed, but he can't test it so sold as seen - typical.
(http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad212/Dizzie20vt/681F2773-1DCD-4F93-9BE6-9EAF38F5781C_zpss1yz98v0.jpg) (http://s937.photobucket.com/user/Dizzie20vt/media/681F2773-1DCD-4F93-9BE6-9EAF38F5781C_zpss1yz98v0.jpg.html)
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hisay be a silly Q...but what are the benefits to these and what do they actually do.
Have seen alot for sale, but never really knew the difference.
Cheers
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My 53 plate wagon has one fitted and theres no complaints here. Does it's job perfectly.
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Dizzie, that's dead mate
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i thought as much. The best part was it came with a good length of loom with all the plugs all in good condition, but as soon as I saw the colour of it I thought something was up.
I'll get onto him and say you can clearly see this is f**ked without even installing it into the car. It's all very well saying can't test it, but that's like selling a TV with a smashed screen and no plug saying can't test it...
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hisay be a silly Q...but what are the benefits to these and what do they actually do.
Have seen alot for sale, but never really knew the difference.
Cheers
instead of you having to flick the little tab at the bottom of the mirror to tilt it upwards when theres some chav behind you with his full beams and HIDs blinding you, there is a little sensor, and this sensor automatically dims the mirror so that the lights behind you dont blind you
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The guy I bought it from said it's always been brown like that and claimed it worked like that. When I held it up next to mine in the car it didn't really look that brown... I'll wire it up and see.