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Old 04-28-2004, 12:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Wanna see how JDM Folding Mirrors work?

Well, I made a vid for all you guys that are wondering how exactly they work. Enjoy

UPDATE: Sorry guys I had to pull that video from my server. I was warned that I was getting close to my maximum bandwidth.

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Old 04-28-2004, 12:31 PM   #2 (permalink)
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cool video man..thanks for making us all jealous : p
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Old 04-28-2004, 12:32 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Haha, no problem man!
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Old 04-28-2004, 01:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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yeah thanks L-U-R-C-H, I always managed to convince myself that it was just useless to get one. Now I am not so sure

I want one. Looks good, good job
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Old 04-28-2004, 01:13 PM   #5 (permalink)
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what relay did you use?

is there any other wiring to be done?

looks good...
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Old 04-28-2004, 01:20 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Hey thanks guys. I used the JDM relay that I got when I bought the mirrors. The wiring was actually very easy to do...just a lot of matching up colors. It took me about 8-10 hours to fully install these babies! The wiring just took me forever. One reason is because I moved my mirror switch from the drivers side door panel to the 94-96 style console I swapped in. I mounted the relay in the passenger side door. There was actually a spot already made for the relay. I bought the plastic inserts where the screws hold the relay into the car from HondaAutomotiveParts.com. It looks pretty much like stock

There is one downside to having the JDM mirrors though. They are meant for the RHD prelude so the angles are a bit off. You can't quite see out the mirrors as you could with the USDM ones. You just gotta lean a little bit more to get the right angle. Other than that, I really like the mirrors. It's nice to have something different from other cars. Driving down the road and folding the mirrors in...you get some odd glances from other drivers lol. Yeah, I thought it was worth the money though (I paid $168 shipped from eBay).
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Old 04-28-2004, 01:26 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Sweet, welcome to the uh..folding mirrors that work club!

Yea you have to lean a bit more since they were meant for RHD preludes; but I like the fact that they dont make objects larger then they appear, so it gives you a realistic view of what and how far they are behind you
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Old 04-28-2004, 02:05 PM   #8 (permalink)
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hehe welcome to the club!!! hehe no1 h as yet to joing my swap the motor into USDM housing club

but uses i have found for the mirror. CLose the mirror when some1 with high beams drive behind me grrrrrrrrrrr

use #2 you know those small compact spot and there not room, well i close them so i can get in. hehe yeaaaaaaaaaaa
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I thought most everyone took the guts out of the JDM housing and put it in their USDM so they didnt have to color match the mirrors?

Thats what caz did and that is how I want him to install mine.
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Old 04-28-2004, 02:37 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Yeah, I talked to caz on the phone and he had to dremel part of the housing to get it to work. He said that you can get it to where you can see out of your mirrors as you would stock but when you fold the mirrors in, I guess the driver's side mirror doesn't fold in all the way. I don't think I will be modifying the mirrors to get it just like the USDM ones. It doesn't bother me to lean in a little bit to see out the mirror...
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soccer also made a video of his on his 5th gen when he first got his a couple of years back
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Here are the pics caz sent me that shows how he modified his mirrors to be angled like his stock ones:


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Old 04-28-2004, 03:18 PM   #13 (permalink)
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cool!

can you still fold them in manually or will something break if you try that?
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Welcome to the club brothah

If you are used to the USDM mirror glass those can be easily swapped into your JDM housing if anyone didn't know that
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Here are the pics caz sent me that shows how he modified his mirrors to be angled like his stock ones:

both side have to be moded. the passager side is much easier. i opted to cut more of the motor ont he JDM side
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nice, I just dropped mine off with some other parts to get painted, I should hopefully get around to installing them next week or sometime shortly after, my only concern is that I wanted to wire them how some people imagine, up to an alarm system, so they close when I arm it, but I'm wondering if I install them now, then buy an alarm later, how much of a pain in the a$$ will it be to re-wire.
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nice, I just dropped mine off with some other parts to get painted, I should hopefully get around to installing them next week or sometime shortly after, my only concern is that I wanted to wire them how some people imagine, up to an alarm system, so they close when I arm it, but I'm wondering if I install them now, then buy an alarm later, how much of a pain in the a$$ will it be to re-wire.
It shouldn't be a pain at all since i suspect the only wire you'll have to mess with when incorporating them to your alarm will be the blu/yel wire that goes from the switch to the relay. Everything else needs to be wired the correct OEM way, without modification.
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awesome Humberto, thanks. Lol, I really should've known that if I intend to install these myself in a week or two, but alas, I haven't looked over the walkthroughs I've found so far.
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Should i go make a video of how my Digital climate control and rear wiper work?
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Hell yeah!
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