Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: minifreek on 29 March 2014, 10:33:54
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Is it possible to fit folding mirrors to an Omega that doesn't have them already...?
I was just wondering this as I was a bit disappointed when I bought my Omega that it didn't have the folding mirrors that some of the Elites come with...
Does anyone have any for sale....? and I believe also it would need the window controller with a button on it too....?
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Electrically folding door mirrors were a rare option in Europe, never available in the uk :'(
Someone in Belgium successfully retrofitted them, but...
You need both door looms, the switch, probably a dash loom, and both mirrors.
Being left hand drive, everything except the switch will be opposite what you require for a uk car, including the mirrors as the driver and passenger mirrors are more different than simply left and right...
Basically, the passenger door mirror housing sits at a different angle to the drivers one so that the view is more or less the same from the drivers perspective :y
Stand on a chair in front of your car and look down at it, you'll see what I mean :y
ALOT of work, assuming you can get the parts in the first place
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Seem to remember the Video or Picture I saw of them in action, they didn't seem to fold in very much, unlike some cars. :-\
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Seem to remember the Video or Picture I saw of them in action, they didn't seem to fold in very much, unlike some cars. :-\
The standard ones don't either :-\
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These...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6TOH06T4Sg
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Such a shame theyre not available over here :(
Aah well back to the drawing board then LOL
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Such a shame theyre not available over here :(
Aah well back to the drawing board then LOL
Difficult does not impossible mean ::)
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After looking at vid it seems hardly worth the bother. ???
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After looking at vid it seems hardly worth the bother. ???
There is that...
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Or the price... :o
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A//www.ebay.de/itm/Opel-Omega-Facelift-Z387-Jadegrun-Aussenspiegel-Abklappbar-Nachrustsatz-Top-/321363159976%3Fpt%3DDE_Autoteile%26hash%3Ditem4ad2bcaba8
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Or the price... :o
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A//www.ebay.de/itm/Opel-Omega-Facelift-Z387-Jadegrun-Aussenspiegel-Abklappbar-Nachrustsatz-Top-/321363159976%3Fpt%3DDE_Autoteile%26hash%3Ditem4ad2bcaba8
and they are not even new !!! :(
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Only seems to include door looms.
So presumably the car loom, on a European model at least, has the necessary to connect the doors and mirrors up.
Is there any reason why a uk model would have the necessary in the car loom as well. I'd guess not.
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Or the price... :o
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A//www.ebay.de/itm/Opel-Omega-Facelift-Z387-Jadegrun-Aussenspiegel-Abklappbar-Nachrustsatz-Top-/321363159976%3Fpt%3DDE_Autoteile%26hash%3Ditem4ad2bcaba8
and they are not even new !!! :(
Get out the car and fold them manually at that price :o, .. Nice idea though if all the stuff could be picked up for say £50 :-\
I presume when locking the car with the fob it folds the mirrors at the same time ?
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Omega mirrors don't gain much from folding anyway.
Omegaman, Please read the manual. Page 9 in particular. In short, no, not with ignition.
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Blimey there's less loom in the engine ;D
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Only fold the mirrors in a handful of times over the 9 years... so hardly worth the both really.
As others said, very small gains when folded :y
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Just wanted to do them for 'bragging rights' if you get me :)
Not gonna bother now I don't think LOL
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It would be a talking point :y
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It would be a talking point :y
For about 6 seconds :)
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The 6 seconds would be taken up with 'ooooooooh look - folding mirrors' then that would be it LOL
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The 6 seconds would be taken up with 'ooooooooh look - folding mirrors' then that would be it LOL
Think it will be more like, 'Hmm, now, about this car parked next to it.'
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I've got the correct switch somewhere, it was fitted to the last omega I broke