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Old 10-18-2006, 09:41 AM
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I'm so sick of having my mirrors fogged up and condensed on in the morning. I leave for work early and always have condensation on my mirrors preventing their use. My last car had heated mirrors and they were great. Does anyone know of any way to heat these mirrors to remove the condensation?

I know I can just wipe them each morning, but that's kind of a hassle and doesn't allow me to tinker with my car. I was thinking of putting some kind of element back there to heat the mirrors that would be manually controlled by a switch I run into the car. Anyone think that will work or have any tips? Might be a stupid idea but I thought I'd put it out there.


Also, if anyone has a junk mirror they want to sell or give me let me know. Maybe someone has one if they upgraded to carbon fiber mirrors or something. Thanks
Old 10-18-2006, 10:41 AM
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i thought our cars already came with heated mirrors..

i have an 06 enthusiast and i have heated mirrors on mine, condensation goes away after a few minutes

EDIT:
i checked the nissan website make sure i wasn't smoking something..

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Old 10-18-2006, 11:06 AM
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It only goes on if the defogger is on
Old 10-18-2006, 11:17 AM
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all 06 and (I think) 05 had heated mirrors, before that only upper models had them.

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Old 10-18-2006, 05:32 PM
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i have a base 2003 so no heat for me
Old 10-18-2006, 05:34 PM
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my 04' touring has heated mirrors.
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Originally Posted by 617G
It only goes on if the defogger is on
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Old 10-18-2006, 06:28 PM
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I understand that it comes on with the defroster, but my base 2003 Z has no heated mirrors. I can defrost to my hearts content--mirrors stay fogged
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I noticed when I installed my tweeters that there were extra wires going to the mirrors that were not connected. It may be possible to just order the mirrors from a collision parts house but I could be wrong.

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Originally Posted by HyperSprite
I noticed when I installed my tweeters that there were extra wires going to the mirrors that were not connected. It may be possible to just order the mirrors from a collision parts house but I could be wrong.

Chris

Hmm..I'll have to look into that. Thanks
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