Evening all,
Is there anyone out there that has the Clearview Mirrors on a a GU and has the indicators on the front/side of mirror wired up to work ?
If so, is it an easy enough job to do ?
Cheers
Evening all,
Is there anyone out there that has the Clearview Mirrors on a a GU and has the indicators on the front/side of mirror wired up to work ?
If so, is it an easy enough job to do ?
Cheers
2015 GU 9 ST 3.0. Safari Snorkel, Roof rack, side and rear awning, dual batteries & Intervolt DCC Pro, roof console with UHF, Barn door hinge extension, 9000lb winch
I have a set of Chevy Silverado mirrors that I adapted to my 2001 GUII. I have the indicators on the front side and also a blinking arrow in the glass that can be seen by anyone overtaking.
I also have the LED reverse lights working in mine.
I had to find the exact pins (right side has different pins and different plug) to add to the plugs on the body side. To the best of my knowledge, the GU didn't have indicators as options but it had heated & electric fold-in and those wires are in the doors. I used them for my installation.
Easy? That depends on how competent you are with wiring and how much patience/resolve you have
The indicator wire for left side is also hard to find. It comes right around the engine bay from the right hand side. I took it from the loom inside the engine bay where it feeds the side blinker.
Clearview didn't have mirrors for GU with indicators at the time and their price was outrageous anyway - $795. I bought mine in the US for $173US from Amazon.
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John
2001 GUII TI 4500 - Now converted to TD42T auto with Nomad valve body
MudRunnerTD (5th May 2017), mudski (29th March 2017)
Thanks John
2015 GU 9 ST 3.0. Safari Snorkel, Roof rack, side and rear awning, dual batteries & Intervolt DCC Pro, roof console with UHF, Barn door hinge extension, 9000lb winch
Coffee time
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Cheers
Macca
@jff45, what did you need to do to fit them to the door on your GU?
Been thinking about better mirrors but the price of Clearview's is ridiculous especially what you have found.
Might make it a bit easier on the pocket buying what you have. Also how are they like to drive with?
Cheers Macca
Last edited by macca; 30th March 2017 at 05:53 PM.
Cheers
Macca
Fantastic to drive with, especially the convex lower 3rd which covers the blind spots.
Basically, the only part of the Chevy mirror that's needed is the mechanism that allows the folding. I cut this off the Chevy triangle and tigged it to a triangle of 5mm 5083 aluminium that I made to fit the GU.
The wiring for power adjust without blinkers is also easy because they both only use 3 wires but the up/down movement is reversed which isn't a big deal because you move it the other way instinctively when you see it's wrong.
I still need to make some kind of plastic or aluminium cover for them and make gaskets from sikaflex.
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John
2001 GUII TI 4500 - Now converted to TD42T auto with Nomad valve body
macca (30th March 2017)
Amazon says can't sell because I'm in Oz but will try local eBay , if you want something similar to clearview as little as $99 US money .