Hi guys,

I've got a set of JDM PowerFold mirrors that I'm going to install on my Blobeye STi, but just had a thought. Are these mirrors heated? I've got a sneaky suspicion that they aren't.

I'd rather have heated mirrors than folding mirrors...

Anyone know if the JDM got heated mirrors?

 

i cant answer the quiestion but have a question :P should blobeye mirrors be heated? cos mine are not :O

 

Pretty sure my previous MY05 STi Type UK were!

 

newage JDM folding mirrors are not heated

 

well my folding mirrors are

 

well...mine aren't!

 

My 2003 Blobeye STi has heated mirrors, it's a Euro Spec. If th jdm ones aren't heated then I'm not going to bother fitting, I live in rainy Scotland and demisting mirrors are very useful, unfortunately..

 

Is yours a Blobeye JDM?

 

bugger! maby ive had my glass changed for cheap mirrors!!! will have to see if i have the wires tomorrow!

its something that bugs the hell out of me in the morning, evertime i wipe them they mist up again

 

just opened my book and it says if equipped, but normally on heated mirrors you get a sign or a line down them but i just have a plain glass!

 

My Spec D ones don't fold, but they are plain glass and heated via the heated rear window switch.

 

i will have to see in the morning !! hope they are! them and the lack of rear wiper really bug me when its damn and wet! i look in my mirrors to much

 

Mine are plain glass and heated.

 

its starting to look like ive been an idiot all this time :P i want some folding mirrors but if i now know i have the de-mister and will lose it i would rather keep what i have

 

Just put your rear demister on and feel your door mirror glass to know for sure

I was gonna buy some folding ones a while back but thankfully found out they`re not heated so didn`t bother

 

I have a jdm my05 and can confirm mirrors are folding but not heated. Maybe if you fit uk glass in jdm mirrors you can get both working

 

i will try that in the morning maby its because in japan you dont need the heated mirrors like you do in the uk

 

JDM Spec C here. Folding but not heated.

 

Cheers guys, they're coming off now, rather have heated than folding. Maybe worth trying to fit UK glass in JDM mirror if shape is same, I'll check...

 

some jdm ones are heated.
mine are from a jdm sti and are heated and folding.
heated via rear window demister switch and the glass is clear.
im talking from experience not guess work and hear say

 

if you look on ebay at replacement mirrors they are heated upto 2003 but not after that.
hth

 

mine are from a 2002 sti.

 

theres a pair for £100 from an 02 car seems pretty good value, but i dont know the condition

 

you also need the switch and they are not plug and play and will require extra wiring.
on 05 cars the switch is on door panel.
pre 05 its in centre console.
so you need corrext switch too

 

I've got the switch, and happy doing the wiring. How can you tell if they are heated or not without removing the glass? Presumably extra wires? The wiring wrap on mine, drivers side was brown, passenger side was blue and they both had different plugs. ?????

Anyone know how many wires on per and post 03?

 

Can I add the heated glass to my existing mirrors and wire in to maybe a switched source for when I want them on, or could I wire them off the same source as the demister as standard if I got them?

 

The entire point about the folding mirrors is that they dont get frost on them in the first place because they are folded in
Why then do you need to heat them?

Tony

 

when driving along they still fog up, i had to turn the rear window heater on to clear them friday night.

 

I have MY03 JDM STi with electirc folding mirrors. They are not heated.

HTH.

 

its the bugeye versions that are heated and folding not the blobeye ones.

heres a pic of my mirrors (only on i have sorry) you will see they are a slightly different design to the blobeye but fit no problem.



you will also need to wire them in and get a jdm door switch with the door panel to fit it into on the 05 on or just a different switch on the pre facelift models where the switch is in the centre console.


i can tell you 100% the ones i have are heated and floding and are from a 2002 bugeye sti jdm model, as said before the jdm blobs are only folding.


the above advice is from someone who HAS done the mod to a uk car