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Old 12-22-2006, 04:12 AM   #2
Mojambo
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Member#: 102581
Join Date: Dec 2005
Chapter/Region: E. Canada
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Vehicle:
2006 STI-USDM
SGM

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3. Installing heated element.

-Using a heat gun, heat up the mirror and surrounding plastic.(1-2 minutes) With the heat gun it will not take long.
-using a butter knife or smotth flat tool. Insert the tool between the plastic and mirror. You'll notice that the plastic is quite soft and it will allow you to get under the mirror. THe mirror will retain the heat for a little while, but you don't want to wait too long. Basically peel the mirror back. The surrounding plastic is soft and will push away. On the driver side, the mirror is held on by black soft urethane and the passenger side is held by 2 small pieces of double sided tape. If offers some resistance when taking off the mirror, but smoothly peel it off.(this part is much easier than you think)
-After things have cooled off, remove and clear the back of the mirrors to accept the heated element. clean the glass with amonia or something that leaves no residue. I quickly heated the mirror to make the element stick better. Position the element so that the pins are towards the inside of the mirror(towards the car) and stick it on. Push all the small air bubles out.
-Now that the mirror is off and the backing plate is exposed, remove the screw and spring and the round white pivot(notice the white pivot has 2 tabs for proper orientation). Slowly pull it back and you'll hear each thread pop out as the backing comes out.
-take the mirror and element and locate where the 2 pins line up. Cut the backing plate accordingly. I had the enlage thes square hole and make it a little larger.
-remove the 3 screws that hold the colored portion of the mirror to the spring loaded pivot. The 3 screws have some type of locktite, so use the proper screw driver and alot of pressure as to not strip them.
-Prepare about 2.5 feet of black and red wires. About 4 inches from the ends that will connect to the element, heat up a 6" tube of heat shrink to cover the wires.
-with the 2 mirror parts seperated, push the wire from the bottom towards the inside the the mirror housing. leave enough length so you can solder it to the element.
-Run the wires through the hole in the backing plate.
-Re-install the backing plate by inserting the 2 white platic threaded rods into their respective holes. Insert the white pivot locating the 2 small tabs, add the small spring and screw it in.
-add 2 small heat shrink tubes to each wire. Solder the wires to the 2 pins, lower and heat the shrink.
-Apply silicone to the backing plate. Use your imagination as to where the mirror will contact the backing plate.
-Place the mirror on the backing plate and insert one of the ends into the lip. Lightly pull the extra wiring into the mirror housing. Heat up the surrounding backing plate plastic and slowly push in the mirror. It will click into place. I held the mirror against the backing plate and walked outside in the cold for a minute. This solidified the plastic.
-Route the wires through the second part of the mirror and plate the foam arround the wires.
-add the 3 screws to the bottom pivot to re-attach the 2 halves.
-this is it. The heated elements are installed
-After everything is dry, re-install the mirrors on the car.

4. Wiring the heat!
wiring diagram:
http://www.auto-epc.ru/2004%20STI/07...r%20System.pdf
connector locations:
http://www.auto-epc.ru/2004%20STI/07...oor%20Cord.pdf
http://www.auto-epc.ru/2004%20STI/07...mpartment).pdf


-I strongly suggest to review, read, understand and read the diagrams again.
-remove the rocker panel plastic trim, lower driver side dash and passenger golve box for easy access.
-Remove the speaker from the door. The door "cord" is the rubber hose that isolates the wires that run from the inside of the car into the door. Your 2 wires will need to pass through this. When looking at the cord, you'll notice some black take. Remove it. This makes it cord seem like it can seperate into 2 halves...IT DOES NOT!
-Push the top half of the coord and expose the area that you will make a small cut to pass your wires through. Make sure your hole is above the half way mark as you need to keep it weather tight. Take the knife and cut a small slit.
-Using the 10Ga. wire and some KY, push the wire into the door card towards the inside of the car. This takes patience and time. once you see the 10g wire inside the car, tape up a 4ft. black and red 16Ga wire to the 10Ga and pull them through the slit into the car.
-Push the wires through the top half of the door cord and cover the top length with wire loom.
-Run the wires on the inside of the door up towards the location or the stock mirror connectors. Solder the 2 pin connecors to each end and connect them. I zip tied them together with the original connector to ensure they are quiet.
-this is where we connect the red and black wires from the heated elements to our stock wiring on connectors D1/b30 and D11/B101
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