Help!! Images on the mirror switch

inder · Post by **inder** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:30 am

Hey, bet you it looks like this, but in black

Reeyad · Post by **Reeyad** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:28 am

Does this mean some GTi's came with folding mirrors ?

inder · Post by **inder** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:17 am

Reeyad wrote:Does this mean some GTi's came with folding mirrors ?

This is what i'd like to know... at a glance, i'd still say no, at least not in the UK... but im researching into it, as there is even a space for a fuse to control folding mirrors in the car and this fuse is mentioned in the handbook, but nothing about this function is mentioned in the handbook or in any VW brochures about the polo gti....

I think perhaps in a different country they do... or maybe it was just an idea by VW and it was never installed in any polo gti worldwide to cut costs

and so the switch picture is like an 'old batch' before they made them without that icon printed on them

Im looking into retro fitting though!

hot_polo · Post by **hot_polo** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:31 pm

inder wrote:
Reeyad wrote:Does this mean some GTi's came with folding mirrors ?
This is what i'd like to know... at a glance, i'd still say no, at least not in the UK... but im researching into it, as there is even a space for a fuse to control folding mirrors in the car and this fuse is mentioned in the handbook, but nothing about this function is mentioned in the handbook or in any VW brochures about the polo gti....

I think perhaps in a different country they do... or maybe it was just an idea by VW and it was never installed in any polo gti worldwide to cut costs

and so the switch picture is like an 'old batch' before they made them without that icon printed on them

Im looking into retro fitting though!

Would be interested to hear about this too.

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:52 pm

me too, started looking into it a while back - would really like folding mirrors

inder · Post by **inder** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:14 pm

Find me a mirror that has the folding bits inside and would fit a polo and ill work out the rest!

Im getting hold of a switch with that symbol on, to check the wiring connections to see if it does indeed have a connection to help us

I think Golf mirrors would be possible?

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:20 pm

i've looked at the mirrors on my mums gold, and although they're not foling ones, they look like they'd be okay size wise, not too big, but not sure if mounting is the same, really want to get this mod though, esp where i have to park at work

inder · Post by **inder** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 12:26 am

We can get the motors to do the movement, but depends on the size now I guess, to house the motors for the movement

Will think over weekend

gooney2830 · Post by **gooney2830** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:59 pm

yep that pic is the exact one on my mirror.. the big pict on the left and the one that aint painted black

gooney2830 · Post by **gooney2830** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:04 pm

my car is a w reg with climate control etc but no leather or sat nav

gooney2830 · Post by **gooney2830** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:09 pm

sorry the big picture on the wright with a pic of a mirror with one arrow going underneath it.. and the picture of the switch that is not in black i identical to mine so have i got folding mirrors??? so badley want it...am i the only one with that switch maybe the first owner wanted asked for it when specs were made before it was built??

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:40 pm

its more likely someone bodged the wrong switch in there whent hey were replacing it, it was never offered as an option on the gti

gooney2830 · Post by **gooney2830** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:45 pm

it has never been replaced that is the original???

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:15 pm

while we're on the subject of mirrors....i noticed my passenger side mirror is smaller than the mirror on my side lol. im assuming thats normal for the GTi?

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:14 pm

Yep, it's supposed to be like that.

I was confused when I first saw it, the drivers one gives you a wider field of vision for overtaking.