Upgrade wing mirrors to electric folding - Possible?

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Dan Whitehead

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Egham, Surrey

• Mar 16, 2016

• #1

Hi all,

I have a 57 plate Freelander 1. The wing mirrors (electric mirrors, but not electric folding) have become slightly loose and aren't clicking nicely into place. A rough hand-car washing place to blame.

Anyway, I wanted to know, is it possible to upgrade the wing mirrors to make them fully electric folding? Where I park means I have to manually push the mirrors in each night, which I don't think helps with the wear/tear.

So, is it possible and if not, any tips on how to fix them?

 

Winu

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• Mar 17, 2016

• #2

Yep it is. You need door harness from electrical folding version, mirror switch with folding function, relay (03 MY) or ECU 01-03, and mirrors of course (5+2 pin)
Wiring in cockpit is on place. In 03-06 MY's you will have relay base RHF A-Post. , on earlier cars it will be Folding Mirror ECU under centre console, near gearstick.

You need to fit relay/ecu, replace the switch and fit door harness (or add two wires on each side - check wiring diagram on LR Rave - wiring is done to a-post connectors). At the end you replace mirrors with electric folding ones - and you're done

 

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td4van

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• Mar 17, 2016

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You sure it's a 57 plate Freelander 1 and not a Freelander 2?

 

teddywood1

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• Mar 17, 2016

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I can do it without a ecu and it will cost just a few pounds I will do a drawing of the wiring and post it on here

 

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Dan Whitehead

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• Mar 17, 2016

• #5

td4van said:

You sure it's a 57 plate Freelander 1 and not a Freelander 2?

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Sorry, 56 plate

teddywood1 said:

I can do it without a ecu and it will cost just a few pounds I will do a drawing of the wiring and post it on here

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Thanks teddywood1, going to get some quotes as to be honest its prob above my skills

 

Nodge68

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• Mar 17, 2016

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Dan Whitehead said:

Sorry, 56 plate



Thanks teddywood1, going to get some quotes as to be honest its prob above my skills

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It's not that difficult. The wiring is there. All you need is the control relay, the switch and power fold mirrors.
I did the same conversion on my Discovery 3.