[Tsp84]

Has anyone tinted their sideview mirrors due to the glare? I have an aftermarket Blue tinted rearview mirror that reduces the glare enough but my sideview mirrors are blinding at night.
I've been looking for that blue glass as an aftermarket piece with no luck. I see that there is an anti glare film that's almost impossible to order to Canada but I've also seen alot of people recommend a 20% blue tint to cut glare.

Anyone have any ideas or info on this? Thanks.

 

[norm356]

the blue tint was popular on German cars for a little while, until electrochromatic dimming became commonplace, it might be worth a try

But, I've fitted convex mirror glass to all of my cars (driver's side) and love not having that giant blind spot that FMVSS regulations of flat glass on the driver's side (only country in the world that requires it) generates. Convex glass has the added benefit of reducing the brightness of the reflected headlights, more than the blue tint could do.

Find a European passenger car with a mirror glass about the same size/shape as yours (doesn't have to be perfect), buy its service glass replacement from a European source/dismantler, remove the glass from its holder with a heat gun and stick the curved, bare glass to your mirror with 2 sided acrylic foam tape (same kind of tape used to hold on body side moldings and emblems and badges). Works great.

As you can see, even though the outside trim shape isn't quite a perfect match it works fine while driving.
The glass shown is from a European Camry of the same era as mine (LHD).

Norm

 

[White95Cam]

the blue tint was popular on German cars for a little while, until electrochromatic dimming became commonplace, it might be worth a try

But, I've fitted convex mirror glass to all of my cars (driver's side) and love not having that giant blind spot that FMVSS regulations of flat glass on the driver's side (only country in the world that requires it) generates. Convex glass has the added benefit of reducing the brightness of the reflected headlights, more than the blue tint could do.

Find a European passenger car with a mirror glass about the same size/shape as yours (doesn't have to be perfect), buy its service glass replacement from a European source/dismantler, remove the glass from its holder with a heat gun and stick the curved, bare glass to your mirror with 2 sided acrylic foam tape (same kind of tape used to hold on body side moldings and emblems and badges). Works great.
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As you can see, even though the outside trim shape isn't quite a perfect match it works fine while driving.
The glass shown is from a European Camry of the same era as mine (LHD).

Norm

EU Camry from what country and possible the source you ordered from. I hate the little round convex mirror that I have on mine to eliminate the blind spot.
Thanks
W95c

 

[norm356]

any LHD Eu country should work

Mine I'd had for some years, and can't remember where I got it from. Unfortunately, Toyota didn't sell a service glass assembly back then, so only the whole mirror is available OEM, however, there ought to be some aftermarket source for EU curved glass, somewhere.

Or, here's a crazy idea: simply take a RH glass off of a US spec Camry and stick it onto the LH side (except for the dumb words at the bottom, the bare glass, stuck onto the surface of the existing glass, ought to work just as well).

 

[Kingdom934]

auto dimming for the center rear view mirror? You can swap in another cabin mirror from another camry, Gen5 XLE should have auto diming mirrors. You'll have to do some wiring though.

Not sure if there is any option for outside mirrors minus the other ideals.

 

[slavie]

4th gen Camry did have an option to purchase auto dimming rear view mirror. The proper type, with light sensor on front and back that measure the difference in light in both directions and dims photo volcanic film if there's too much light coming from the high beams of the dimwit behind you. You can easily buy these - I have 2 sets laying around waiting to be listed on eBay.

Now, for the side view, such option was never available. Even in newer cars that do have it, the side mirrors are tied to the center rear view mirror for light detection, and the trigger signal goes over the CAN bus. In other words, retrofitting a set would be very, very difficult.