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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 12:55 PM
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Bringing back from the dead. Anyone have any others?
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 01:34 PM
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Will a tinted rear window effect the auto dim feature or is the sensor on the front? Even with 4% I flip mine at night.
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Old Mar 4, 2012 | 02:33 PM
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I have some dark tint on mine and the autodim works fine.

Was a really nice MOD.

Still miss the front lights though. Been looking at putting a small lamp fixture in the front headliner, just haven't found a small unit I liked.
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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by DaRReLL
I have some dark tint on mine and the autodim works fine.

Was a really nice MOD.

Still miss the front lights though. Been looking at putting a small lamp fixture in the front headliner, just haven't found a small unit I liked.
Would you recomend then the one that has auto dim, direction, temp, garage door, and map lights?
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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 04:39 AM
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Few months back I installed mine on my ss.
I spent less than $20 dollars from the junk yard. Including. Temp sensor, and use the wires that came with it. Mine has temp/auto dim/ compass.
I did the wiring my self , also to make it work properly it has to be calibrated.
I could post pics if you guys interested.
The wiring kit from eBay it's a nice kit but it's almost 40-50 bucks.


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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 05:49 AM
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What did you do with the factory wire from the headliner to the mirror?
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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ls1owner4life
What did you do with the factory wire from the headliner to the mirror?
I just used the ground wire from it for the mirror.
I tucked away the rest.
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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by ls1owner4life
Would you recomend then the one that has auto dim, direction, temp, garage door, and map lights?
I think only Gentec offers one like that and it costs around 250 to 300 dollars.
Thats just too much for me.
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