Door Mirrors

[PCV8]

The recent frosty cold weather appears to high light a problem with the effectiveness of the heated door mirrors.
Mine do not appear to be powerfull enough to de-frost or take ages!
Has anybody else noticed this on a 05 Monaro?
The heated rear screen does work but again appears a bit slow, but not as slow as the door mirrors!
Any advice appreciated.

[caspy]

Please forgive the bluntness of reply....but they do not have heated mirrors!!!!!!!

[BO55 VXR]

to continue to subject...

They aren't Wide Angles either - Can they be obtained, if so, at what price

<edit> It's a bit more important for me now that I've had my rear windows tinted

>> Edited by BO55 VXR on Monday 16th January 18:27

[PCV8]

Cheers Caspy.
Feel stupid now.
Thought i had read in the literature they were heated.
I will give em a squirt with de-icer and scrape as usual in future.

[DAVE52]

Wonderful things these manuals eh! OH! SORRY YOU DID'NT GET ONE.:-)

[HSVGTSCoupe]

leads into another Aussie cultural lesson... (urban myth maybe??)
Heated mirrors not needed down under & neither are rear window demisters but as legend has it, back in the olden days of the fledgling Aussie car industry the Ford & Holden boys shared a few things to keep costs down & the Holdens ended up inheriting rear window demisters from Ford - they were only provided in F**D's to keep yr hands warm while you pushed them!
(sorry... been a long day!)

[BO55 VXR]

HSVGTSCoupe said:

leads into another Aussie cultural lesson... (urban myth maybe??) Heated mirrors not needed down under & neither are rear window demisters but as legend has it, back in the olden days of the fledgling Aussie car industry the Ford & Holden boys shared a few things to keep costs down & the Holdens ended up inheriting rear window demisters from Ford - they were only provided in F**D's to keep yr hands warm while you pushed them! (sorry... been a long day!)

[Well_Fans]

lol I thought they had heated mirrors as well. Now where did I put that manual? Someone yesterday mentioned the amp in the boot can be adjusted - I had no idea there was an amp in the boot! Definately time to RTFM.

[darren_r1]

FAO Wells_Fans not sure but this might be how you adjust boot amp

http://kb.ls1gto.com/KB/article.aspx?id=10013&cN

Q10013 - HOWTO: Adjust Subwoofer Gain


1. Open your trunk. Remove the liner covering your spare tire. Look at the liner to your left held by 4 or 5 plastic tabs. Remove the tabs and lift up the liner. You don't have to remove the liner directly in front of you covering the gas tank .

2. You will now see 4 screws in 4 holes. Two of the screws may be partially hidden by wires. Loosen but do not completely remove the screws. Once loose, you can use your left hand to grab the black box behind the wall and lift it up to release out of the 4 holes.....



3. You do not need to take the amp out, I left the first part of the instructions so you have a good idea of where its at. You can reach around to the front of the amp (side towards the front of the car) and adjust the gain. The picture will help show you which way to adjust it.

[Well_Fans]

Thanks for that. Really appreciate it. Something to experiment with at the weekend I think.

[jimb0]

BO55 VXR said:

to continue to subject... They aren't Wide Angles either - Can they be obtained, if so, at what price It's a bit more important for me now that I've had my rear windows tinted

I'd be interested in a wide angle drivers door mirror too. I imagine the Pontiac GTO has a wide angle suitable. Is this the case?

[BO55 VXR]

jimb0 said:

BO55 VXR said: to continue to subject... They aren't Wide Angles either - Can they be obtained, if so, at what price It's a bit more important for me now that I've had my rear windows tinted I'd be interested in a wide angle drivers door mirror too. I imagine the Pontiac GTO has a wide angle suitable. Is this the case?

I'm off to Daytona (for the 500 ) next month, I will take a "profile" of my driver's mirror and nip down to Pontiac Dealer to see what they have.

>> Edited by BO55 VXR on Tuesday 24th January 12:51

[jimb0]

BO55 VXR said:

I'm off to Daytona (for the 500 ) next month, I will take a "profile" of my driver's mirror and nip down to Pontiac Dealer to see what they have. >> Edited by BO55 VXR on Tuesday 24th January 12:51

Take lots of pics to make all us work slaves feel depressed, and let me know what you find out on the door mirror

[BO55 VXR]

Hey caspy, got a spare driver's mirror glass I can take with me ...make sure I get the right one...if I can get wide angle's, I'll get a stock of them... sure I can offload them on here