Donald0730

I think I read somewhere that the Touring coupe comes standard with manual heated mirrors?

I read the manual but it didn't tell me how to do it. When the mirrors have water on them, they don't go away like my old car. I touched the mirror on my Z and it wasn't hot at all. Am I supposed to do something?

AndyB

They go on with the rear defroster.

ares

iTrader: (2)

yeah with the rear defroster, but uhhh I dont think its gonna evaporate water... it will melt frost on them tho. Ive never seen a mirror that got hot enough to evaporate water.

alphared

Comes with heated seats too. If the mirror can boil off water, I'm afraid what the seats gonna do to your butt

But yeah, like everyone said, it works like a defroster (for those who drive in the winter time)

Donald0730

Thanks

My GTI had an auto timer that heated the mirrors for a certain amount of time everytime I started the car. It did get rid of most of the water. I decided to ask when I couldn't see through my mirrors every morning and night when the condensation never came off.

alphared

Why don't you coat it with a spray of Rain-X to allow moisture to slide off instead.

Donald0730

maybe I'll try that.

BTW, will using the rear defroster do any damage to a tinted rear window? I don't have tint yet, but I was just wondering.

ares

iTrader: (2)

hasnt damaged mine in any way.

PerfZ

iTrader: (3)

My '88 300ZX had heated mirrors and i miss them like crazy (have "03 Performance now). They dried the rain/condensation off in no time. that was really the only feature that I wanted that did not come on the Performance and I did not want to spend the big bucks for the next upgrade package. Someone should come out with an aftermarket product.

alphared

The rear defroster doesn't get hot enough to do any damage to the tint. Imagine in the summer time, interior can get to be 100 deg and tint will still be ok. But then again depends on the quality of the tint really.