Automatic folding side Mirrors prius 2010

we don't get them in the US.


i guess Toyota thinks fat americans need a little more exercise

 

i'm still trying to figure out the $140 vs $795


extra money for the motorized mirrors vs manual adjusted mirrors?

 

the motor purchase is seperate ?

 

I bought mine from eBay seller MITACCESSORIES1 for $774 ($563 for the folding mirror kit, $129 for the signal mirror covers, and $82 for shipping). That's the seller that sells the signal mirror covers. I was simply buying the mirror covers to start with, then got to thinking that I'd like it if they folded, too. The folding mirrors are from a different Toyota in Japan, but they use them to do the folding mirrors on the Prius. You remove the motor/mechanical stuff out of the other Toyota car's mirrors and it fits right inside ours. Then they have all the wiring labeled for you, regarding where each wire connects in your car. They also send you the folding mirror button. It is actually from a Tacoma, I seem to remember, but fits ours. The one thing I just realized a week or two ago (it's still not fully wired up) is that there was no connection in the wiring they sent for the mirror heater/defroster. There's just two little metal prongs inside the mirror where the wires (formerly) connect. So my body shop dude just showed me today where he'd made two wires to run from those two and then they'll have to be wired over to the defroster button, when we get around to that. I'm not doing the wiring stuff until AFTER the car's exterior is finished. The wiring dude is mobile, and he said he'd come to my house to do all the wiring stuff I have for everything. That works out much better for me than sitting at some wiring place all day. And I'm keeping my car sealed up at the body shop cause it's so darned dusty with all the sanding and bodywork.

 

yes

 

is there a mirror unit that angles down when you're reverse for easier parallel parks? i saw the jdm where its only left side.

 

For what car were these for? The only 1 I see is for the Corolla

 

What do you mean the only one you see is for the Corolla?

 

That seller only shows the folding mirror for the Corolla so I was wondering if thats the same kind u got.

 

Gotcha! I was confused about what you were talking about, sorry! No, this wasn't anything that they list, or have ever listed, on eBay. I just asked him about it because he had bought several other things for me from Japan for the Prius, and he told me how they do it on Prius (aftermarket) over there using these parts from some other Toyota's folding mirror kit, custom wiring, and the button from the Tacoma. I never bothered asking which particular car model that the mirrors come from, but I just shot him an email and asked him....so I'll let you know what I find out!

 

Sweet.

Maybe we can do a group buy????

I'm down.

 

I never felt a desire for my mirrors to tilt, so I don't know anything about these mirror tilting kits. The other thread discussing one of these kits just kinda fizzled out after talking about it only doing the driver's side mirror here in the U.S. There are probably kits out there that will do what you're wanting, but I've never researched it... Maybe one of those other posters will have run across the right kit(s) in his/her research of the matter.

 

Well, the seller was out of his country on a trip, but he has now returned and answered my email regarding what model they use the folding parts out of to modify the Prius mirrors into auto folding mirrors. It's the Toyota Wish!

 

I just got the folding mirrors from the Toyota Wish. I have already pulled them apart & just need to pull the OEM 1's off my car & pull them apart. I still need to look at the wiring & what needs to be done with it. I think I will do my own write up show what needs to be done to get the OEM folding mirrors swapped & working.

I would ask about the wiring but if I remember correctly u had ur body shop dismantle the "wish" mirrors & do all the wiring.

Thx again for the info.

 

i would like the auto folding mirrors too, I already contact mitaacessories

kind of like this

 

They have a control module that can do that.......its about an extra $180 from ebay.

 

Did your kit come with a control module to sync folding with lock/unlock signals? How long did your supplier take to ship you the kit? Do you think it is possible to just splice the lock/unlock signal going to the driver door to the fold/unfold button next to the mirror adjustment? Or would that also unintentionally lock/unlock the doors every time you want to j ust fold mirrors?