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**NEED HELP WITH m3 MIRRORS!!**

These are the directions that came with my m3 mirrors...
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Is there anyone that can decipher these? Also, i dont know what to do with the wires it came with.

It came with its own little wire harness, with red, white, and black wires. I think Im supposed to splice those into the existing harness, because the fit is not universal. Which wires do I splice into?

bah, I didnt think the wiring would be so hard
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are there 3 wires coming out of the mirror? blue white and black?
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packing lamp = Parking light
singl lamp = signal light
Vehtce Round wire = Vehicle Ground Wire


the triangle with the line is a diode, the squiglily line is a resistor, the TRiangle with the line in a circle is a LED (Light Emiting Diode)
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Here, lemme go take some pictures
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Looks pretty good to me. Connect the Blue and White wires to the correct wires at your head lights, which you can find out about in the "sidemarkers" DIY.
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heres a close up of the wire harness
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Now, I guess my question is, how do I hook up those red, black, and white wires in the harness?
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I'm gussing that they're power mirrors, which is what the red/white/black harness is for. The blue and white go to the parking/turn signal wires. The black just needs to be grounded somewhere.
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Originally posted by Gotti
Now, I guess my question is, how do I hook up those red, black, and white wires in the harness?
I really don't know what the power mirror harness looks like at the doors, but I don't think it looks like that. It's white, but I don't know how many wires it has on it. The harness coming from the mirror might just plug into the harness behind the tweeter, but it might need to be spliced into the factory wiring, which would be DUMB.
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^yeah. Let me go take a pic of the factory wiring....
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bah, of course the f*cking camera dies as im shooting the picture.

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ha, sorry. I'm at work or I would go check it out.
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Ok, got the pics...
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Heres another...

So the harness will definitely not fit what they provided. So I think I am going to have to splice.

There are 3 wires, green, blue, and blue with a white stripe. I just need to figure out which one to tap into to.
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dude pm flyriceracer i think he installed those
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K, good idea because I didn't know what else to tell you.

Was there no wiring diagram for the red/white/black wires?
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where did you get em.. are they a perfect fit?
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^lol, wtf does this have to do with the thread?

anyway, i bought them from a member on this site, and yes, yes they are.
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Bah, I guess I'll wait for the night crew to come on, maybe they'll know how to do it.
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anyone know where i could find a wire map that would tell what the wires are?
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i have them but w/o the signal, they have 3 wires as well
DONT CUT OFF THE FACTORY HARNESS you can just tap into the wires, then if you ever want to go back to stock, like if the m3s break or somthing, then you can
if i get off my butt and go out side i can take some pictures so you can see how mine are hooked up
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heres some pics ive already got, just to proove ive got them i suppose...


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