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AUTO FOLDING REAR VIEW MIRRORS FOR PEUGEOT 307

Hello, I have a 2003 3 door 2.0lt 307 Xsi in Australia. I am interested in buying a couple of door mirrors from the UK over ebay to fit on my car. They fold automatically when the you press the remote to look the doors. I like this. Can anyone tell me if I would have problems fitting these? Do you know if the wiring loom is already there in the doors and will cater for "folding action"? Can I just plug and play, so to speak? My current mirrors are already electric if that makes any difference. I am hoping that all I would need to do is take off my existing mirrors, pull out the guts of them, insert the newly purchased guts. I would like to keep the black duco I currently have on my mirrors and not the newly purchased gold duco mirrors. I don't really want to respray them black. Can this be done? Dan

Reply to
tricky4000
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No. As well as the mirrors, the switch panel is different and I doubt the wiring would be the same. And as well, you would need to go to your dealer to have the mirrors configured in the BSI.

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nigel

I wonder if it would be possible to wire them up on a sparate switch, so that you could swing them in manually. Could be easier, and quite useful when you come to some of those width barriers.

Reply to
Brian

I have seen the new 407 and it doesn't have a switch (from what I coudl see) to manually retract the mirrors. I believe it all happens when you lock the doors. Although, I bet I am wrong. :) Hey Nigel, what is the BSI? Is that ths car's firmware? Dan.

Reply to
tricky4000

On my 307, if you pull/slide back the switch on the arm reat which you use to select left / right mirror for position adjustment, then the mirrors retract !

Reply to
only_me

It's what allows the two networks (CAN and VAN) on the car to talk to each other. The CAN network is made by Bosch and controls the mechanical systems like the brakes, engine and gearbox. The VAN is Peugeot developed (I think, with Renault) and controls the safety (airbags, lighting), body (wipers, doors) and comfort (aircon, radio). The CAN has priority over VAN and is quicker. Which is why there is a slight delay when you switch the lights on or sound the horn. The newer cars have a CAN CAN system which is a lot more reliable and quicker. The BSI can be downloaded and updated over the internet as can the engine ECU.

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nigel

Hi Gang, That's all very interesting about the CAN VAN and CAN CAN systems Nigel. I had no idea about all of this. I know what you mean about the slight delay when pressing the horn, etc. I see that with my 307. As for what "Only Me" wrote on Fri 17 Mar, yes, you are absolutely right about the switch on your armrest. I have had a better look at the ebay ad I was talking about

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and this clearly shows that the mirror L+R select switch also had a downward feature that obviously folds the mirrors when pressed. My Australian model definitely does not have this which leads me to believe that I will not be able to get the retractable mirors working properly anyhow. If anyone has any other info otherwise, I would love to hear from you...Nigel?? :)

Thanks for all the info guys, Much appreciated. Dan.

Reply to
tricky4000

Never thought about it before, although the mirrors have to be configured to work electrically and to fold, I would have thought it would be possible to wire the fold back to a seperate switch. Maybe they would work if you just fitted the switch with the fold back facility. I suppose it would depend if the wiring to the switch was there. Of course you would have to go to a Pug dealer to configure them. Then you would find out whether it worked or not. Waste of money if they didn't work!!!

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nigel

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