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      10-09-2016, 04:12 PM   #1
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Retrofit folding mirrors?

My car has nearly all the options I wanted however it's missing the folding mirrors which I would like to retrofit if it's not overly expensive/complicated. Does anyone know what's involved in doing this?
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      10-10-2016, 03:55 PM   #2
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It's easy! Plug and play if you don't mind soldering a PCB. Check out my guide:-
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=862936
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It is the one of the most useful of the options I think. I use it all the time. Such a wide car sticks out into the road further than smaller cars and risks the mirrors being knocked off more.

This should be standard on 5 series.... It is not even standard on the 535 MSport.
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It's genuinely annoying that this feature is not standard on a 2015 5 Series but is standard on a 2008 Ford Fiesta. Grrr.
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Still an expensive retrofit option isn't it
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It's very expensive, I'm still working on whether it's worth it or not. I'm not overly keen on the auto dimming feature, I found it was too dark when driving on the motorway.
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I love folding mirrors for the show of them, but won't retrofit them when I don't have them.

Handy for sure, but for my uses (and the fact that I won't park in a place where folding my mirrors in might actually be required) I can always find other things to spend the money on first.

If there was a really simple P&P solution at a decent price then I would consider it. Soldering things though? - not brave enough me!
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Mission completed

Just retrofitted S430a to my 2014 520d M Sport using the soldered pins method
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