Nova Electric mirrors

[vx kev]

Do you actually get them in a uk car, if so how common & how easy will it be to obtain wiring loom and switchs etc.

[Calamity Josh]

if it's any use this was in another thread...



My hairdressers car, gave up a 13SB engine and some other nice bits including a very rare electric mirror
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/IMAGE_021.jpg

[Mazz]

iirc only the passenger one was electric..

[Benn]

Never seen them fitted to a Nova, found the mk1 switch at Billing a few years ago tho. Iirc you can make them out of mk2 cav inners in Nova outers.

[Southie]

Move your mirrors by hand and stop being lazy, it's not a VXR lol Gunny prove me wrong lol

[Edd]

There's both sides on ebay atm if your after some, seperate auctions

[wwmnw]

Where did the switches go for the electric mirror(s)?

[Southie]

Edd, those have been for sale bloody ages, must be over a year lol

[wwmnw]

Edd, those have been for sale bloody ages, must be over a year lol

Cant see no wires hanging out or a plug on them either.

[Alex J]

electric mirrors are about as pointless as heated seats!!

[Jack]

^ So damned useful in the winter? lol

Being able to move mirrors without having to lean across the car is very useful IMO.

As for the mirror setup, I've got all the stuff required to electrify the mirrors at home (even got some heated elements to sit behind the glass). I was going to do it, then got bored and didn't complete lol

[brainsnova]

Heated seats are good if you don't want kids lol

[Alex J]

^ So damned useful in the winter? lolthats what a heater is for lol!!

[Southie]

What! Standard Novas never had decent heaters, that's the only reason why the big block conversion started lol

[vx kev]

Thanks for the comments folks, came across those leccy mirrors on the bay so was just wondering if there was such a thing and was a wiring loom available? To be fair it probably wouldnt be that difficult a thing to do with mixing and matching bits from corsa's etc. etc.
Like some say theres no great need for them in a Nova but no harm in having them :d

[Jack]

thats what a heater is for lol!!
Nova heaters are shoite lol

Kev, I'm pretty sure the wiring diagrams in the back of Haynes cover the electric mirrors - if not, check out a cav Mk2 manual as they motors (and therefore I guess the wiring) is pretty much the same. Obviously if I wasn't so lazy I'd fix mine up and do an article on it but meeehhhhhh lol

[vx kev]

Cheers for that Jack :thumb:
Send your kit up here, i'l sort it out :d

[Connor]

Being able to move mirrors without having to lean across the car is very useful IMO.


Mine dont even have the interior adjustment, i have to get out and adjust them manually, only to sit back into the drivers seat and find out there worse than before. Poverty spec ftl lol

[windfreek]

Being able to move mirrors without having to lean across the car is very useful IMO.

even tho i trimmed the inner triangles around the adjusters, it kinda makes me regret cutting the arms flush, it now needs some skill on the M-Way to reach out the car to adjust the passenger one at 70

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g460/windfreek/54d12cd9.jpg

oops! :roll:

[bazil]

Mine dont even have the interior adjustment, i have to get out and adjust them manually, only to sit back into the drivers seat and find out there worse than before. Poverty spec ftl lol

You should fit a voice activated mirror, it's called a passenger lol

[Graeme]

Andy I was going to ask you about this tommorow I have the mirrors and a part pin out for the corsa/cav/calibra switch just wanted to finalise it

[Novasport]

The electric mirror switch & loom taken from the car as shown on the first page of this thread. The switch fits in a clip in surround on the panel to the left of the headlight switch.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v305/NovaSport/DSCF1528.jpg

I will be fitting it to my new Swing at some point.

[windfreek]

You should fit a voice activated mirror, it's called a passenger lol

i do hove one, but the bitch is tempramental, and like all faulty things, it usually just needs a good slap lol

[Southie]

/\/\/\ oooooffff :eek:

[Connor]

You should fit a voice activated mirror, it's called a passenger lol
Need to find a poor sod that will go in my car then lol

[brainsnova]

Mirrors lol what are they. I just use the windscreen in my van

[mowgli]

i've never had a lh mirror go out of adjustment so i've never actually needed to adjust it on the road.......discuss

[Novasport]

i've never had a lh mirror go out of adjustment so i've never actually needed to adjust it on the road.......discuss

Nobody else would be seen dead driving your car so no need for adjustment?
You or someone else knocked it off and you have superglued it together so can no longer adjust it?

[Edd]

Tube of no nails in each mirror FTMFW

[Connor]

Tube of no nails in each mirror FTMFW
Untill you realise its in the wrong position lol (something i would pretty much 100% do)

[EnriffTinge]

maybe Ive just been lucky but Ive had my rustler for over a year and I have never repalced the one way bearing

[andybishop]

I have electric mirrors fitted to my Mk2 GSi, i've just never got round to wiring in a switch for them....