Thinking of fitting one to my Furbie. Does anyone know how much they cost and are they easy to fit? anyone fitted one? Can the origional mirror be removed easily?

Thinking of fitting one to my Furbie. Does anyone know how much they cost and are they easy to fit? anyone fitted one? Can the origional mirror be removed easily?

Not sure about fitting the new one, but the old one will come off easily if you heat the glue holding it onto the windscreen with a hairdrier or similar

Chris

What are they? - linky?

It means that the rear-view mirror automatically dims when the car behinds headlights shine on it, rather that you having to dip it by hand

Chris

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It means that the rear-view mirror automatically dims when the car behinds headlights shine on it' date=' rather that you having to dip it by hand

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Cool! where are they available from?

Cool! where are they available from?

I asume you can get them from your local friendly skoda dealer

Cool! where are they available from?

They're standard fit on some of the Octy's and the Superb, as well as appearing on quite a few of the VAG cars. I'm not sure exactly what is needed to drive one, whether it's a self-contained unit which just requires power, or if it needs some input from the ECU? Sure one of the resident techies will be along shortly to clairfy

Chris

Had an ebay around and the mondeos and fiestas had them, it was a sensor and a polarising screen on the mirror run from a 12V feed from the interior light.

Sure one of the resident techies will be along shortly to clairfy

Certainly don't count myself in that group, but see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dgace/autodimming_mirror.htm

This implies the mirror only requires an ignition feed

Had an ebay around and the mondeos and fiestas had them, it was a sensor and a polarising screen on the mirror run from a 12V feed from the interior light.

I drove a Scorpio which had this - unfortunately, it was pretty ****ed, so it didn't auto dim, and the rear view mirror was permanently foggy...

Rob.

Have it as standard on my Superb. Its a nice touch, the mirror goes a deep blue without any asking, and is more dependant on ambient light (it always dims itself when I park it in the garage, or start up from the garage)

How well does it work at night with numpties behind with their FAG lights on?

Ive got it on my Zafira Gsi and its well good especially at night does a better job then most but then again my back window is blacked out as std.

Darren

How well does it work at night with numpties behind with their FAG lights on?

Works well, I never am blinded at night, or day come to that.

For the moment, I'm still the custodian (briskodian?) of a Superb, and this was one of the features that caught my eye.

It's a trick gadget, but I would say that the standard mirror on the furby certainly seems to remove more glare - if I understand it correctly, I don't believe the auto-dimming mirror works in the same way as a regular mirror i.e. like a prism, and IMO the fully dimmed auto-dimming mirror can still be more dazzling than a manual one... just my opinion, feel free to have a different one

any idea on prices?

and what that mirror is from exactly

any idea on prices?

and what that mirror is from exactly

Dunno about price, I'm driving a Superb 130 TDI, elegance model I think, and it's got one...

Dunno about price, I'm driving a Superb 130 TDI, elegance model I think, and it's got one...

but is it the same as the one pictured? and would that one fit the octavia/fabis, maybe ross could help us

Just checked ETKA

Superb parts:

Mirror 3B0 857 594 Y20 Pearl grey 4K1 Ivory

Wiring cable channel 3B0 857 591 & 594 again only in ivory and pearl grey but not black.

Couple of other bits listed but think they are for the rain sensor.

but is it the same as the one pictured? and would that one fit the octavia/fabis, maybe ross could help us

Yep, looks like the same one to me...

cool, just need the prices now. quite like the idea of this. would also like auto-folding mirrors but that might be a bit harder