Having moved from a Vauxhall with a nice rotary arm that dipped the interior mirror when required I have to say that the Ovcatia push/pull one seems really bad, it never goes back to the same angle.

Now, I hired a megane that had a self tinting mirror which, was great - this got me thinking.... do any Skoda's have such a mirror that I could transplant to the Octavia? or perhaps another VAG car?

I'm assuming I only need to run 12V to the top of the screen to run the thing so it should be an easy mod.

My Superb has it as standard. I do believe there was a posting of how to do this as a retrofit, but I seem to remember it being MarkIV Golf based...but wont be too different.

there's one on the MKIV golf so I don't see why it won't fit.

Foxy's website here has instructions on how to fit an autodimming mirror to a Mk4 Golf (I think).

any ideas on cost as this is another thing i would like along with the auto folding mirrors, ejector seat number plate mounted rockets

is it just me or did that site not make total sense??? i thought it was a standard item that was bought and made to fit the car, that site looks more like the bloke was making the mirror

Seems easy enough to me! Not sure why he's put LED's in it though :s

Seems easy enough to me! Not sure why he's put LED's in it though :s

he likes putting led's in everything if you look through his site. dont know why?

Having moved from a Vauxhall with a nice rotary arm that dipped the interior mirror when required I have to say that the Ovcatia push/pull one seems really bad' date=' it never goes back to the same angle.

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Reverse the dip - dip your mirror, then position it so you can see normally. Then 'flick' the lever to 'dip' it, then back and see if it's any better at retaining the view....