FYI: Inside your door panel...

[XYRCNCP]

I was replacing my driver's window the other day and of course I had to take the door panel off, after I did that, I noticed that towards the upper right corner of the door (towards the mirror) there is a lone, disconnected harness, it's just there nothing connecting to it, but it damn sure has wires coming TO it. My idea is that this harness is the one that controls the retractable mirrors available in the JDM. So it would be pretty easy to install them if I had them right? anyone has done some "testing" or anything with that connector?

[dawgg]

good call, was wonder wtf that was for...

[djm221]

Retractable mirrors? Parking isn't that tight over there. I don't understand that one. Never heard of it either.

[TaeMachine]

maybe.

[XYRCNCP]

Originally posted by djm221
Retractable mirrors? Parking isn't that tight over there. I don't understand that one. Never heard of it either.

yeah man! they got them over there, I can get them from this company for $429, but i may not. The Toyota Sequoia Limited has them, you just press a button, and *click* they retract towards the body.....

[Da Kine Guy]

Originally posted by XYRCNCP


yeah man! they got them over there, I can get them from this company for $429, but i may not. The Toyota Sequoia Limited has them, you just press a button, and *click* they retract towards the body.....

whoooooooaaaaa!! damn that's cool, but the price is kinda expensive. Hehe, it sounds like a swing wing, when you start going above 100MPH the mirrors retract to give you more aerodynamics and less drag (when you're going that fast I don't think you wanna worry about what's behind you). Any idea where the switch to control it would go?

[XYRCNCP]

switch goes right on the mirror control switch, like on an upper corner...

[bme107]

Yes, i do believe that those connections are for the power mirrors. We talked about this over a year ago, before i was a member. I think that it was somebody named Tigershark or something like that from Japan that confirmed it.

I don't have a pic of the drivers side, but here is the passenger side.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid26/pbd95f28168ac78f43b467160cb38446f/fe3a28a8.jpg
Are you talking about the left most white connector? I don't know where the controls would be located though, maybe just a different mirror control unit w/ direction and swing.

While you are in there it would be a good time to......
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid26/pacd2f08d9a4172663227dd33e8906320/fe3a28a2.jpg
;) ;)

[DaksGT]

Why not just pull em towards u, saves u money and u get a work out :D

[Dealer Xing]

Yes, even a 1991 Corolla had electric retractable mirrors over there. You have to understand parking spaces are very tight over there. Retractable mirrors, parking sensors, parking assist monitor, parking antenna on bumpers are very common items in Asia.

[fox369celica]

my Dad has a Tropper and its mirrors retract when you hit a switch on the dash.

[deceptikon047]

just curious ... if parking was that tight that you had to retract the mirrors, how the hell do you get out of the car??

[Da Kine Guy]

Originally posted by deceptikon047
just curious ... if parking was that tight that you had to retract the mirrors, how the hell do you get out of the car??


beauty of a lift-back I guess :-)

[fox369celica]

From what Ive seen in pics you sometimes have to drive down roads that are in between 2 bulidings. So to clear it you have to pull in your mirrors. This is also why you dont see large cars over there.

[DevlynSyde]

wtf is with the duct tape... ? sound reduction...?

[baNanA_ryCe]

well i heard that its for saving the window spot. or sum **** like that. its for like loading a preset setting for your mirrors so it'll move. but thats from the top of my head , me trying to remember something. ionno....check it out. ionno if that would be cool b/c i'm the only person driving my car and its ALWAYS set!

[chameleon]

This is just an idea, but...

Maybe that plug is for the side air bag, because the side air bag sensor is located in the door. So if you don't have side air bags on your Celica, that plug that's dangleing there could be for the sensor that's not there?

Just an idea. It seems like toyota would eliminate the power folding mirror plug and wires from the harness all together because it is not an option on US Celica's. It doesn't seem like it would cost much to install the extra wires and plugs in the cars, but I'll bet that if you added it up over every Celica sold in the US, the sum would be a considerable amount.

[oodolbyoo]

just curious ... if parking was that tight that you had to retract the mirrors, how the hell do you get out of the car??

I am seriously laughing myself into tears at that...ha ha ha

[bme107]

Originally posted by DevlynSyde
wtf is with the duct tape... ? sound reduction...?
not duct tape, sound damping material, similar to dynamat.

[bme107]

Originally posted by chameleon
This is just an idea, but...

Maybe that plug is for the side air bag, because the side air bag sensor is located in the door. So if you don't have side air bags on your Celica, that plug that's dangleing there could be for the sensor that's not there?

I have side air bags and the plug is still there not hooked up to anything. When I had it apart I don't remember anything other than the window mechanism in the door cavity. The side impact sensor is in the base of the B-pillar by the seat belt tensioner.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid28/p78c58eb77b1c76e70c95df77d6a28546/fdf6d9ad.jpg
It is located behind the black vinyl rectangle that is between the seat belt tensioner and the red wire w/ white end connectors (door adjar sensor).

[MikeUK]

My opinion or guess.

It's the connection for the heated mirrors you can get in Europe?

Which I wish I had at the moment.

Does it get power when the rear de-mist is on?

[XYRCNCP]

keep in mind that the connector I'm talking about is on the Driver's door, I'll take a pic...