Prius c Homelink mirror install instructions

excellent instructions, thats pretty much how I did mine, except I tapped different wires but with the same result

 

I think you should tucked the wires to the other side ( a pillar), if you remove the black rubber you can see the wires are blocking the airbag.

 

What daboy said. I realize this is an old thread, however I'm waiting for the auto-dimming mirror to come in for my wife's '12 PcIV. Routing the wires like that from the headliner and down behind the rubber gasket puts the wire directly across the deployment path for the airbag. You should never put something across the airbag path. On the one hand it could keep the airbag from deploying properly and injure you by lack of the airbag being where it should. On the other hand it could propel the object (and granted a wire isn't much of an object) into your head.

Removing the pillar trim in a car isn't all that hard and is by far the best way to go about doing this type of install.

 

I know this is an old thread but I wanted to chime in. I just followed these instructions (with minor changes) with success. I have a 2013 Prius C 3 and my mirror only dims (2 wires red and black). The only differences were that on my box the fuses were the opposite of what you said (the first one I tried was battery, the second one was ACC). I also took the A pillar cover off and routed the wires up there, behind the airbag. Thanks for the detailed write up!


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Does anyone have a part number for the auto-dim mirror?


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The one I bought (auto-dimming only, no homelink, no compass) is model number Gentex 50-GENK2AM. I bought it from here: http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/sku/Univ/Gentex/Rear_View_Mirror/GTX50GENK2AM.html

After purchasing I read up on it more, and it seems pretty much any auto-dimming mirror will work and many people have success buying whatever they can grab off e-bay.

 

Thanks. Looks like the one from a Prius v is Toyota part number 87810-0W570. Comes up as VERY expensive when you search for that part number, but used mirrors are going for around $50-70 on eBay. I don't see many of them including that little pigtail connector, though.


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Considering adding an autodim mirror again and noticed the PDF from the original post is not available. Does anyone have it or similar instructions?


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