Gentex Mirrors
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Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '09
Gentex Mirrors
I just bought a 98 Coupe and it doesn't have homelink or a compass, the only two things I miss from my old car. My question is, has anyone installed one of the Gentex mirrors that have homelink and a compass built in? That's a handy little gadget.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by cenzo
I did think about it. Last time I checked that "handy little gadget" from Gentex was near $400. I opted for Z06 Tis 
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by HMannini
I saw them on autotoys.com for $210.00, I just don't know how easy they would be to install in a vette..............
Here's an interesting item, wonder if it could be adapted to a car?
http://www.mitocorp.com/flash/Motor_Cycle_Homelink.htm
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Racer
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From: Bonney Lake, Washington
Originally Posted by SJC5
Hey ronwc, 
When you hooked up your mirror, was it plug & play
or did it require a new wiring harness?
When you hooked up your mirror, was it plug & play
or did it require a new wiring harness?My vette is a 2004. I bought a used Gentex GTNX-177 and a new Magna Donnelly 19709 Compass Mirrors. I've got information from both Gentex and Donnelly regarding the pinout functions and they appear to match the factory connector wire code of the 04 auto-dim mirrors. I just want to check to see if anyone had tried to direct plug in the factory connector into the mirror and if so, did it work? Trying to save time here.
Burning Brakes
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From: Largo FL
The mirror I bought used off ebay for $75 came with a short wiring harness. If I remember correctly, there were four wires on my 98. Just used a volt meter to check + and -, wired it up quick and easy. Works good, took the compass a while to settle in after programming. The auto dim works perfect with the top down, but the small back window on the vert affects it when top is up - still a very good mod -
Melting Slicks
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From: Orland Park Illinois
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Originally Posted by SJC5
Clarifying my question...
My vette is a 2004. I bought a used Gentex GTNX-177 and a new Magna Donnelly 19709 Compass Mirrors. I've got information from both Gentex and Donnelly regarding the pinout functions and they appear to match the factory connector wire code of the 04 auto-dim mirrors. I just want to check to see if anyone had tried to direct plug in the factory connector into the mirror and if so, did it work? Trying to save time here.
My vette is a 2004. I bought a used Gentex GTNX-177 and a new Magna Donnelly 19709 Compass Mirrors. I've got information from both Gentex and Donnelly regarding the pinout functions and they appear to match the factory connector wire code of the 04 auto-dim mirrors. I just want to check to see if anyone had tried to direct plug in the factory connector into the mirror and if so, did it work? Trying to save time here.
