I wanted to install turn signals on my side mirrors but didnt want to drill a hole so I did it the long and hard way.... I am posting pics... I tried to be as specific as I could in the photos... Gona try to post them all here... Prob gona have to do it in a few posts... here goes..
Of course first remove your mirrors... There are videos here on the forum that show you how..
Next find a place to dismantle.... They are a pain to dismantle and you have to be very careful cause the only thing holding these babies together are plastic clips that can break or crack and be loose like on mine now... Spyder Mirror Dismantle 1.jpgSpyder Mirror Dismantle 2.jpgSpyder Mirror Dismantle 3.jpgSpyder Mirror Dismantle 4.jpgSpyder Mirror Dismantle 5.jpgthats my finger pointing to where the clips are... there are 2 back parts that each have 3 clips.. be careful when pulling...
Wont let me load any more pics so gone reply to this one and add...
I used the plastic pull thingy that came when I bought my HMT light... works great... very handy... As you can see I just pulled the wires out the back ...
You can see i pulled the wires through the same hole of the existing light wires... I spliced them together,,, Black on black neg and the other with the other...lol.. works great... Not that long to do but you have to be careful..
Putting back the mirrors really sucked too... doesnt want to catch the bottom clip...
ok please let me ask a few dumb questions as I have taken the mirror off but I know I wont be able to dismantle it and put it back together in one piece can you snake a wire thru the mirrors back some way and out the front under the glass with out breaking it apart or run a wire between the mirror and posts out the bottom to the lights any case you did a terrific job and wish I had some merchanical ability to do it I had Led lights sit here for 8 months and could not find a local person to help me install them so I just mailed them back to the company in hopes to get 50 % of my money back thanks Rich
The only way you MGIHT get lucky and fish it through without taking the mirrors apart is to tie a small thin washer to a piece of thread and then shake and try to rattle it's way through the hole and out under the light bulb holder. YOU MIGHT get lucky and get this to work.
The only way you MGIHT get lucky and fish it through without taking the mirrors apart is to tie a small thin washer to a piece of thread and then shake and try to rattle it's way through the hole and out under the light bulb holder. YOU MIGHT get lucky and get this to work.
Bob
I'd probably get one side this way and then the other side would absolutely never work out! Good jobs and thank you to both of you for posting the how to information.
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You don,t have to fish anything if your drill you hole near the rear lower clip on the mirror. Take the screw of that holds the clip and feed the wire in there then though the side walls to the main wire? Pictures are worth a thousand words--
I was able to open the housing and remove the mirrors but had the unfortunate accident of breaking one of the mirrors while on the table. Does anyone know where I can get an exact replacement mirror?
[QUOTE=Jesc;834735]I was able to open the housing and remove the mirrors but had the unfortunate accident of breaking one of the mirrors while on the table. Does anyone know where I can get an exact replacement mirror?[/QUO i have seen the answer to your troubles.. it is posted in spyderlovers.. sorry i can't tell you more.. you will have to search.. the article describes the fact, one must buy a whole assembly (very expensive) or, as the author did, buy a replacement mirror from pep boys or another parts store similiar.. the replacement was for a ford truck or something.. it had just the right curvature, and was larger than the spyders.. he then took it into a glass shop, and they cut it to the exact size.. in his case, he had just cracked his original and they measured off of that.. maybe another member knows of the peticular article.. good luck...
I was able to open the housing and remove the mirrors but had the unfortunate accident of breaking one of the mirrors while on the table. Does anyone know where I can get an exact replacement mirror?[/QUO i have seen the answer to your troubles.. it is posted in spyderlovers.. sorry i can't tell you more.. you will have to search.. the article describes the fact, one must buy a whole assembly (very expensive) or, as the author did, buy a replacement mirror from pep boys or another parts store similiar.. the replacement was for a ford truck or something.. it had just the right curvature, and was larger than the spyders.. he then took it into a glass shop, and they cut it to the exact size.. in his case, he had just cracked his original and they measured off of that.. maybe another member knows of the peticular article.. good luck...
It was me and this is the post I mad. In that thread I also gave a template you can take to the glass shop if your mirror cannot be used to trace out a replacement.
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I saw how you guys did this and I started to take the mirror apart and it is a pain, and then I'm looking at where the wire needs to end up and I'm thinking why tear the mirror apart, drill into the back and call it even. So see pixs that is what I did. I also drilled thru the support plastic, just to be neater.
Now Finless I think in another post was saying that after 8 months or so the LED strip plastic got soft and sticky. I know cheap Chinese stuff. Thinking about that I decided that maybe it was UV damage after time. So I decided to coat the strip with Aero Marine epoxy, couldn't hurt. I also had an issue with the cheap sticky stuff on the back, one didn't stick at all and the other strip stuck half a$$.
Note to self, if there is a next time, use some super glue and stick the strip down first. THEN mix up the epoxy and apply it. The strip wants to lift where you put the 90 in the wire thru the hole and a 4" strip curves a little at the other end. I'm still waiting for the epoxy to dry so can't show you the finished front yet. AND even though I didn't break any tabs one of them doesn't hold the chrome piece in right. I'm debating whether to put a dab of super glue there or not. It doesn't look like it will come apart and the gap isn't much more than normal.
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LED turn signals on side mirrors RT...
.. I am posting pics... I tried to be as specific as I could in the photos... Gona try to post them all here... Prob gona have to do it in a few posts... here goes..
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