adding heated mirrors to 09 SE - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

squeakers · 09-11-2008, 01:11 PM

Is this possible? I guess anything is posssible, but is the wiring harness in the doors and how difficult would this be? Would need the mirrors, wiring, and switch. Anyone have any experience with this and could provide a complete list of parts and how difficult it really is

thanks y'all

smiles

Vrooom2 · 09-11-2008, 01:17 PM

See the 2 active threads above yours.

***bandit*** · 09-11-2008, 01:22 PM

A little more specific to Vrooom2 considering those threads arent always going to be on top....look at the turn signal threads.

Secondly, if your car doesnt have heated mirrors, you may not have wiring for it. why didnt you get it in the first place?

squeakers · 09-11-2008, 01:23 PM

let me make this clear only once. I DO NOT WANT TURN SIGNAL MIRRORS

dcemureviews:

to ge the heated mirrors, i had to get the leather package, and i didnt want leather. but now that it is getting colder i want heated mirrors

ylen13 · 09-11-2008, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by squeakers

let me make this clear only once. I DO NOT WANT TURN SIGNAL MIRRORS

dcemureviews:

to ge the heated mirrors, i had to get the leather package, and i didnt want leather. but now that it is getting colder i want heated mirrors

In that case why not just by heated mirrors from toyota? Your only problem might be actually getting them connected

***bandit*** · 09-11-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by squeakers

let me make this clear only once. I DO NOT WANT TURN SIGNAL MIRRORS

dcemureviews:

to ge the heated mirrors, i had to get the leather package, and i didnt want leather. but now that it is getting colder i want heated mirrors

As mentioned before, since you dont have heated mirrors to begin with, you might not have the wiring to do so. Our heated mirrors are connected to our heated seats. So when we press that button, it turns on the heat for the seat and mirrors.

squeakers · 09-11-2008, 02:14 PM

dcemureviews --

Thank you for the HELPFUL information, i didnt know that the mirrors were connected to the seats, that makes things a lot more challanging. I was hoping that they were independant and one could just buy the heated glass and switch, and possible wiring harness.

I wonder if the wiring harness under the seat contains the one for the heated mirrors??

***bandit*** · 09-11-2008, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by squeakers

dcemureviews --

Thank you for the HELPFUL information, i didnt know that the mirrors were connected to the seats, that makes things a lot more challanging. I was hoping that they were independant and one could just buy the heated glass and switch, and possible wiring harness.

I wonder if the wiring harness under the seat contains the one for the heated mirrors??

I dont know how its wired but it could be possible. Or it could be that the harness could be wired to the button itself.

I dont know all this technical talk when it comes to the wiring of the car but if you were able to find the harness and mirror, maybe you can connect it to a switch and mount it to the car. Kind of like a fog light switch.

JACK_FROST · 09-11-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dcemureviews

As mentioned before, since you dont have heated mirrors to begin with, you might not have the wiring to do so. Our heated mirrors are connected to our heated seats. So when we press that button, it turns on the heat for the seat and mirrors.

i think its connected to the rear window defroster. because when i turn on the defroster and touch my side mirror...its warm.

ylen13 · 09-11-2008, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JACK_FROST

i think its connected to the rear window defroster. because when i turn on the defroster and touch my side mirror...its warm.

That sounds correct. At one time, i had nissan altima with heated mirrors and that is how they were connected.

squeakers · 09-11-2008, 02:37 PM

See now were getting somewhere. Thanks. So now we have two conflicting answers, one says connected to seat and one says connected to defroster. can anyone verify which is correct. or is the wiring harness from the mirror to the seat and the realy for the switch connected to the defroster switch.

the mirrors and harness can be bought from the dealership, its just needing to know what parts to buy

***bandit*** · 09-11-2008, 02:43 PM

For all I know, I could be wrong..HAHAHA. I got my car end of July so I havent used the seats yet. I have used the rear defogger but never touched the mirror cuz it wasnt fogged. Since its been getting a little cold at night, I'll give it a touch.

If I remember correctly (could be wrong), njerald said it was connected to the seat. I think this was mentioned in one of the turn signal mirrors as he wanted one that supported heated mirrors.

JACK_FROST · 09-11-2008, 02:46 PM

im sure its connected to the defroster. im not sure about it being connected to the seat. never used it yet...its too hot.

njerald · 09-11-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by dcemureviews

Our heated mirrors are connected to our heated seats. So when we press that button, it turns on the heat for the seat and mirrors.

Just another wrong answer!

The mirrors are connected to the rear window defroster circuit.

njerald · 09-11-2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dcemureviews

For all I know, I could be wrong..HAHAHA. I got my car end of July so I havent used the seats yet. I have used the rear defogger but never touched the mirror cuz it wasnt fogged. Since its been getting a little cold at night, I'll give it a touch.

If I remember correctly (could be wrong), njerald said it was connected to the seat. I think this was mentioned in one of the turn signal mirrors as he wanted one that supported heated mirrors.

Baloney. HAHAHA

If you could be wrong, be quiet.....