Re: How to tell if you have retractable side mirrors?
2013/05/25 18:59:05
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There's one in the shed with a retractor motor that I've taken the mirror off. I don't know it's age. It has seven wires and a seven pin connector. It also appears not to rotate easily by itself, though I've not had it installed (The connector doesn't feed through the metal mounting plate, so there is some further connection past the retractor in the mirror I haven't uncovered yet). I'm guessing if you can push the mirror in toward the car over the normal bump stop and it feels like it is rolling over plastic, then it doesn't have a motor. If you can feel some sort of geared movement, then the motor is present. Please note, I don't know if they are designed to be pushed manually, but I'd expect for bumps and things that they would be able to shift manually as well as electrically.