Auto-dimming rear view mirror - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

G-Benz · #16 04-06-2006, 12:31 PM

My garage door openers have the rolling-code feature. They were installed when the house was built (1998). The Homelink controls on the other vehicles work fine.

I know the instructions for programming the "rolling-code" models are different from say, the gate opener, which is easily performed...

G-Benz · #17 04-06-2006, 02:52 PM

If anyone is interested:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8053507521&fromMakeTrack=true

brewtoo · #18 04-06-2006, 11:58 PM

I HATE the auto-dim mirrors. I have one in my Corvette and the lag is awful. I would MUCH rather have a manual mirror.

Also, if you get some idiot behind you with high beams in the daytime you can forget it. The mirror will not auto-dim.

Matt L · #19 04-07-2006, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brewtoo

I HATE the auto-dim mirrors. I have one in my Corvette and the lag is awful. I would MUCH rather have a manual mirror.

Also, if you get some idiot behind you with high beams in the daytime you can forget it. The mirror will not auto-dim.

I turn on my rear fog lamp to combat the high-beams. It usually works pretty quickly.

MacGyver · #20 04-07-2006, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt L

I turn on my rear fog lamp to combat the high-beams. It usually works pretty quickly.

Yeah, until the red and blue lights come on!

smharr4 · #21 04-07-2006, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lkchris

I found a self-dimming mirror in Mercedes's parts system for the 500E. Bet it fits any W124.

Do you have a part number for the W124 self-dimming rear-view mirrors?

lkchris · #22 04-07-2006, 05:17 PM

B6 6 81 8602

As noted, found by looking up 124036 (500E) in EPC.

Enter here without the B

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/index.cfm?siteid=213951

smharr4 · #23 04-07-2006, 07:27 PM

Great... hopefully it'll be able to fit onto any W124.

I found the same part number here: http://www.2phast.com/500e/techdocs/accessory_pricelist_2003.pdf listed as 'automatisch abblendbarer Innenspiegel'.

Now to figure out where to buy it from... I guess the dealer would have it, wouldn't they?

skiier3_9 · #24 04-07-2006, 07:59 PM

The dealer could order it, but probably at the list price. The link above also works (178.**) to order it there.

IMHO I think you're making a mistake buying the OE one. I looked at them and thought they were ugly, outdated, and expensive. But its a matter of personal taste. I like the newer autodim mirror with homelink and installed one my car for much less than $178 (in fact I think after selling the original mirror the net cost was around $5 or something minimal like that)

To each his own...

loneranger · #25 06-11-2006, 12:48 PM

Any of you boys ever fixed a floopy interior rear view mirror?

skiier3_9 · #26 06-11-2006, 03:10 PM

on what car? Some you can fix, some you can't. Please give us the year/make/model

Richard Wooldridge · #27 06-11-2006, 07:21 PM

Hi - when the thread started, it mentioned the "new" self-dimming rear view mirrors - they really aren't THAT new, I had one in my 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury 2DHT. It worked really great. The only difference was it operated via a solenoid, so it made a noise when it dimmed. It was very responsive, though, and the sensitivity was adjustable.