Having the auto dimming rear view mirror on my pre FL, I am looking into utilising the existing wiring to supply auto dimming door mirrors. From what I can see the job is just running wires and replacing the mirror glass. However, I think the replacement glass with the necessary terminals is prohibitively expensive, certainly if sourced direct from Skoda.

An easier solution to night time glare might be blue tinted glass which appears to be cheaper and much simpler with no wiring required.

Does anyone know the part number for the right glass for either solution please?

Also for those with the auto dim feature on a pre FL, do you also have heated, memory and electrically adjustable mirrors? I think it was standard on earlier pre FL L&K and possibly Elegance models??

Thanks in advance

Adam

there is normally a border on the mirror glass if they are auto dimming

I had to add wires from the rubber gaitor all the way to the mirror

look on German ebay for cheap mirror glass

Thanks Ed, had read that is all I may need to do. Was that on a previous pre FL or your current car?

Also for those with the auto dim feature on a pre FL, do you also have heated, memory and electrically adjustable mirrors? I think it was standard on earlier pre FL L&K and possibly Elegance models??

My 2006 L&K has all the above as standard.

Thanks was just wondering if heated and auto dim could exist together. Evidently so. Do your mirrors have the border round the glass as Ed suggests please?

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Original-SKODA-Octavia-2-ELEKTROCHROM-Spiegelglas-Spiegel-Rechts-TOP-/110878702683?pt=DE_Autoteile&hash=item19d0e2bc5b

I added the wiring on my FL octavia

tip is to search through normal listings for skoda mirror and find ones which the seller doesn't list properly

Thanks mate. Pretty expensive for a used part, quite rare I guess.

Thanks was just wondering if heated and auto dim could exist together. Evidently so. Do your mirrors have the border round the glass as Ed suggests please?

Can't say I've noticed a border. But they are definitely auto dim amd heated. I'll look next time I'm in it.

Thanks mate. Reckon I'll try and find an L&K from 2006 or so being broken and source some mirrors from that if possible. Otherwise I will abandon the idea as too expensive!

Out of interest, how much would the heated, auto dimming mirror glass set you back from the dealers?

I rang a local one earlier and they quoted 192 or something per side! I had to check and double check, that was glass only!!

Even the one Ed found in Germany is second hand and about £120 delivered!

£190 ........a side!......

Jeez........I'm gonna take good care of my exterior mirrors from now on! Finding a 2006 L&K being broken for parts seems a good plan......I'd no idea they would be that expensive.

My thoughts exactly. I guess Skoda made them an option on later pre-FL cars to make more cash!

Been looking at my door mirrors and they do have a black plastic surround!

It looks like the mirror glass is in some sort of carrier/holder.

Sorry for intruding on this thread but when i ordered my current vRS I spec'd Auto dimming door mirrors

I was and still am confused as to why my drivers door mirror only dims.

Should both dim?

I used to drive my bosses "C" class Merc and that only used to dim the drivers door mirror along with the rear view mirror.

On the L&K Octavia (at least on my 2006 model) both the driver and passenger side door mirrors auto dim.....along with the interior mirror.

I've no idea if they both dim on later models......they completely changed the door mirror design on post FL cars so it's possible only the drivers side dims, but I don't know.

Edited 12 May, 201313 yr by booke23

My 2006 L&K dims both.

IIRC FL cars only dim the drivers side.....

For the record mine have the black border and are also heated and memory mirrors.

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Thanks all

My 2010 Elegance has dimming on only the driver's side mirror.

I always thought it was just a photochromic / photoreactive sticker placed over the normal mirror glass - hadn't thought that any electrics would have been involved.

hadn't thought that any electrics would have been involved.

It runs in parallel with the interior mirror auto dimming.....where the light sensor is located and detects headlights behind you. It also takes a reading from the auto headlight sensor on the windscreen to make sure it's actually dark!...notice the mirrors don't dim in daylight.

Photochromic glass would be an ingeniously simple solution, but would be dimmed all the time in normal daylight and would probably not be sensitive enough to dim at night when headlights are shining on them.

Pre FL had autodimming (if std or ordered as an option) on both sides.

FL only on drivers side (doesnt matter whether LHD or RHD).

The older mirror glass has a black "piping" around the glass. The newer dont have that anymore.

I ordered it on my 11-2006 VRS TDI and loved it.

Missed it badly on my former A6 and paid attention that the current one has them (among a long list of other options)