mcgilles

I know its possible because some have added turn signal mirrors, how easy is it to get a few wires into the side mirrors? can the mirror and motors be easily removed/reinstalled or is it something best stayed away from?

Stickman81

When my car was being repainted, they removed the mirrors for the job.
I think there are three nuts that secure the mirror to the door.
The harness runs through a fourth, larger hole.
The door panel will have to be removed to gain access to the nuts and harness.

Best of luck.

corvettedaddy11

Turn signals in the mirrors would look classy an badass!!!!

dougbfresh

Are you kidding?

Stickman81

Here is more information on how the mirror comes apart.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...ome-apart.html


More info (sans pics) from CF Member jdmvette -
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...rors-pics.html

Here is the kit used in the above installation -
http://www.muthco.com/products/vehic...&submit=Search



I don't know -
Seems pretty cool to me.
You will probably never see it until it is illuminated.

http://www.slickcar.com/productdetai...ProductID=4281




http://www.corvetteam.com/exterior-p...ignal-mirrors/




http://www.ssinserts.com/index.php?c...roducts_id=730




CF Member with an awesome set up IMO -
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1572532771-post10.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...n-signals.html

RSchleder

A person in our club has them. I think they do look pretty cool. I was following him on a cruise and there was never any question as to which way he was going to turn. I like them!

corvettedaddy11

Im talkn about leds on the outside like mercedes have ,flushmounted into the front of the mirror !!!

mcgilles

yeah, now that would be pretty cool!

I have something slightly different in mind....

Stickman81

corvettedaddy11

Cool!!

mcgilles

what? oh you want to know what I going to try to do (eventually..) haha

tstar

You're going to hades!

mcgilles

I bought a 2010 SHO recently. it has puddle lights on the bottoms of the side mirrors to illuminate the area you need to step into to get close to the car. it also helps to really light up the whole area around the car when you hit the unlock. thought such a thing would go great on a Vette also! I already have an array of LEDs that serve as approach lights from my alarm system. flood lights in the front, reverse lights in the back, plus all the parking lights, fender vent lights etc. I don't use the factory approach lights anymore because I don't want it to turn on the HID fog lights.

so my plan is to add 2-3 LED modules like this



to the bottom of each mirror. hook it up to the approach lighting circuit, and it will help to bathe the whole area around my car with light when I unlock it, or when I turn the ignition off.

the Ford puddle lights have a limitation, they put light only on the outside of the car. so when you park and open the door, there's still a shadow where you are about to put your feet. the vette has that covered because I have the LED strips on the bottoms of the doors, adding this I think would really complete the package. since I have a manual switch to turn on some of those approach lights for added visibility (forward floods, vents...) I'll probably hook this up to an ignition inhibit circuit so they won't come on if the car is running. that way I don't have to worry about them coming on on the street.

not sure when I'm going to take this on yet. just gathering information. I would have to pass the wires into the mirrors, drill a small hole in the bottom of the mirror pod for each LED module...I think I would have to be able to remove the mirror and motor assembly in order to do that safely.

what do you think?

mtndv8

tstar

I think it'll be pretty cool looking! I haven't seen those strips in person as long as they low enough profile, no one will even know they are there...

If you could find some pics of the inside of the mirrors (I think I remember a member posting some a while back, to replace his glass) you might be able to drill the access hole and fish the wiring through without having to remove the mirror... In all likelyhood the hardest part of removing the mirrors would be removing the Door panel anyway....

Tim