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Finally knocked off yet another JDM
(Japanese Domestic Market) modification on my car.
What is this? In Japan, the Impreza WRX/STi's are fit with
Electric Folding Mirrors. All Impreza Mirrors will fold in
streamline with the body of the car. This enables for safe parking
as parking spots in Japan are TIGHT. Here in the states, the Impreza
mirrors fold, but we have to get out of the car and physically push
the mirrors into place. Well in Japan on the STi's, it's all done
with the click of one button!
Where to find? I found a friend locally who had crate
imported a couple of WRX front clips for an engine conversion. Off
of the 2nd car, he was selling these folding mirrors... and they
were already painted Black Diamond Pearl... was that a total sign or
what!?!?! Boo just had to have them So I bought them (thanks
Corky!!) These are very very hard to find, you can try a Japan
crate importer or even Ebay.
Video of the
mirrors in motion *click*
Tools I recommend:
wire strippers
wire connectors
wiring (I used 20ga insulated marine
wire)
Installation:
My very talented friend Mike did the wiring
(he's a professional and I DO NOT WIRE) he talked me through exactly what was taking
place.
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First we plugged the JDM (Japan) switch into
the OE location
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Connected it and what do you know? the
stock mirrors worked fine, meaning we could aim them up/down - left/right - with
NO modifications to the switches or wiring harness
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In studying the switches, the JDM switch had
2 extra prongs (see photo labelled Description #1) on the mirror end, and 2 extra wires on the switch end... okay?
so pretty elementary... run wire from the harness of the JDM mirrors, to the JDM
switch extra wires
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Removed the USDM (US SPEC) and JDM switch
wiring from their cases - (See photo labelled "Description #2)"
- idea here is to use the USDM wires that are already in existence and then add
to them the 2 additional wires that needed to be run to the mirror - meaning
removed them from the original JDM extra plug connector and inserted them into
the USDM plug connector
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Reason for this is that
the STi JDM switch had completely different coloring on the wiring - and this
step saved tons of work and time - use the stock switch wiring to move the
mirror glass up / down and back/forth.... then wire in only the additional 2
wires to make the mirrors themselves fold in/out
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From this point Mike ran
the wires from both mirrors to the switch and connected them parallel to the
wires installed in the plug
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Wiring used for this
modification was: 20ga. 2-wire insulated marine wiring
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