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I certainly understand the pain of having to rig it up, I am actually trying to source the wiring to put together a "signal kit" the jury is still out on that.
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03-11-2013, 06:59 PM | #52 |
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Fantastic mod! I was thinking just yesterday that I'd really like signal indicators on my '11 WRX Limited. Sounds like it would literally be plug and play for me.
How difficult is it to take off the mirrors? Door panels have to come off? I'll do some searching /lazy |
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i can confirm that the base model WRX does not have the compatible harness to be plug and play.
i installed 2011 sti heated mirrors today and the sti plug is wider than the harness in the door from the factory on the base WRX. i ended up matching the wires in the harness for the mirror motors but i had to add the ground and run a wire through the door same as the first poster |
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Judging by your two posts..a 08-10 STi parts will fit/work with 11+ WRX BASE? is this correct? |
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06-04-2013, 04:38 PM | #57 |
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06-05-2013, 10:01 AM | #58 | |
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unheated=8-pin heated=10-pin All US STI 11+ have heated mirrors and all 08-10 STI have unheated mirrors (Canada all STI have heated mirrors) Now it is not a big deal to pull the pins from a 10-pin connector and snap them in an 8-pin housing (leave the heat wires free) you take from your stock mirrors, so you can swap between easily if you aren't concerned with reselling your stock mirrors. |
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06-05-2013, 10:07 AM | #59 | |
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Did you test the signal wires before install? One will be grounded (its joined inside the door harness to a common ground) and one should be the signal (+). I haven't seen anyone with a 11+ WRX yet that doesn't have live signal wires. The 08-10 were spotty some did some didn't. Nothing wrong with running your own wires though. WRBear wrote the DIY long before we figured out that the signal wires are already there in the harness. |
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06-20-2013, 06:30 PM | #60 |
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I'm having an issue with this. Currently none of my turn signals are working. Here's what I've got so far: both led signals are installed and side mirror covers on. Wire from the passenger side has stopped at the door for now and grounded. The driver side is grounded, ran through the grommet and is connected to the gray wire. I had nothing from the driver side led, so I sanded down the ground some more, checked all of the connections to make sure none fell off. After this had happened, none of my turn signals are working. I even changed out the fuse. Please help, my state inspection is due by the end of the month and won't pass if these signals aren't working.
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06-26-2013, 07:23 PM | #62 |
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2008 WRX. After I crimped into the gray wire, I turned on the car to test and I got nothing. None of my turn signals are working.
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06-26-2013, 07:30 PM | #63 |
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06-27-2013, 07:33 PM | #64 |
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Yea, it's blowing the fuse. When I uncrimp and put in a new fuse the turn signals work.
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Hey there. I was hoping you can address some questions I had in regards to installing heated and signaled STi side view mirrors on my Forester. The Forester and WRX share practically everything for the most part. The mirror may even mount up without having to swap bases, but I won't know that until I can get some time to take apart the doors after the holiday weekend. I've read all 25 pages on 3gwrx.com, but I still have some questions. I'm more of a visual person, so reading what people wrote is different than seeing pics for everything.
My Forester has the 8-pin plugs, but the mirrors have the 10-pin plugs. So, I know I have to remove the 8-pin plug from the mirrors ends of my Forester mirrors and swap them onto the STi mirrors. Right now, it appears to only use three wires which I guess is to control the mirrors. I'm assuming two wires for the signal and two wires for heat for a total of 7. I believe there are 5 wires on the door side harness. What would be the best way to wire these up and make use of all functionality? Wire the signals into the harness and run separate wires through the door grommets for heat? Or the other way around and wire the heated mirrors into the harness and run separate wires for the signals? Ideally, I'd like to plug everything into the harness, but I think I would need the correct terminals to plug into the harnesses on both ends and still have to run wires through the door, correct? Are the terminals the same for the stereo? Can I can buy a aftermarket stereo harness and pull the terminals from that? Thanks. |
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Conceivably, since I have an extra two wires at the door harness, I can use them for the heat and signal + wires and just ground the heat and signal - wires using a ring terminal attached to one of the mounting bolts?
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max6spd, you can conceivably do what you are saying. There are a lot of variables but I can help you through. If you have 5 wires on the door side mirror plug can you post a pic or tell me which pins are populated? Use the "base" map below for pinout numbers, that is looking into the terminals of the mirror plug on the door harness.
That helps us figure out what those wires support. This is important because not every wire goes all the way through to the door, for example if it is the signal wires, the ground for that is tied inside the harness to other ground wires, it is not a wire that goes all the way through you can use for any function. Based on your report of 5 wires the Forester is different from the Impreza which would have 7 wires to support JDM folding on a base (no heat) car. Are you looking to put the smaller Impreza/STI mirrors on your Forester? I don't believe that is going to work, the "triangle" base mount is almost surely different, and the interface to the mirror is definitely not the same, you can't bolt the STI mirror unit to it. All you can use is the wiring and signal units from the STI mirror. You'd have to get new/used Forester mirror covers with the cutout for the signal. |
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Ugh, don't say that. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. I had hoped they would bolt up, and if they didn't, I could swap the STi mirrors onto the Forester bases. I guess I can resell them and get signals and Forester specific covers.
In any case, I'll take pics just so we can document them. |
08-21-2013, 07:11 PM | #69 |
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I want to do this ASAP on my car. I have a 2013 WRX Limited with heated mirrors...so do I just need the mirror caps and signals as mentioned in post 1 of this thread? Or do I need to buy the entire mirror assy from subaru and the mirror caps?
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08-22-2013, 05:28 PM | #70 |
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I have a set of painted sti mirror caps and leds I will sell for cheap if anyone's interested.
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What color caps?
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08-24-2013, 02:04 AM | #73 |
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works for 2.5i premium too
I got around to installing turn signal lamps into my 2010 2.5i Premium mirrors a few weeks ago. Thanks for all the info, it made everything super easy. My door harnesses were pre-wired for turn signals so I only had to touch the mirrors. The cheapest quote I got to have the mirror caps painted was $100, but I paid $125 at a body shop in my neighborhood because they had better service. I took a quick picture, it was too dark though.
I also found two places to buy the sealed connectors that plug into the lamps (84401AG052, 84401AG042). Each came with the connector, two terminals, and two plugs to seal the connector. I bought mine from auc-hi-1000 because they also had terminals that worked in the door harness connectors. Shipping was really fast (less than a week from Japan to Seattle) and everything came individually bagged. I'm happy everything is basically OEM and I won't have to worry about loose connections or terminal corrosion. Sumitomo MT at Eastern Beaver, second one down Sumitomo MT at auc-hi-1000 shop on Rakuten Door harness terminals at auc-hi-1000 shop on Rakuten Last edited by impreza_pnw; 08-24-2013 at 02:14 AM. |
08-26-2013, 06:20 PM | #74 |
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ok im thinking about doing this but if i do i want to switch my non heated wrx mirrors to a heated sti mirror with the turn signals. ive read through these post and got the jist of everything but i dont think any one has done this yet. what all would i have to do to make this happen aside from buying the equipment? thanks everyone.
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Sorry for not replying on here. My mirror caps are still for sale with the LEDs. They are WRB. I Can have them painted for cheap, too. LET ME KNOW just trying to help out some fellow enthusiasts. Don't mean to promote too much of my for sale stuff.
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