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wiring folding mirrors into central locking

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wiring folding mirrors into central locking

Post by preludemanh22 » Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:56 am

how hard is this guys ? ive got remote central locking on the bb4 would like to get this done :twisted:

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Post by indigolemon » Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:53 pm

Not hard at all, the instantaneous switch on the mirror controls sends a pulse, just tap the pulse to the central locking, fire a diode in line, and feed it in.
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Post by mercutio » Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:49 pm

indigolemon wrote:Not hard at all, the instantaneous switch on the mirror controls sends a pulse, just tap the pulse to the central locking, fire a diode in line, and feed it in.
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Post by nitin_s1 » Wed Mar 02, 2016 6:07 pm

But does the micros fold in every time you lock your car from the inside? :? :?

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Post by haRRibo929 » Wed Mar 02, 2016 6:20 pm

so you can use a simple 12V relay what disconnect line when the ignition will be on

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Post by wurlycorner » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:34 pm

There's been a couple of threads on here covering the 'how to' in the last 6 months or so.

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Post by preludemanh22 » Wed Mar 02, 2016 10:14 pm


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Post by alinton » Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:23 am

Yup that's mine, check my post on the subject.

You just need a couple of diodes.

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