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Side mirrors with integrated turn signals?

8.2K views 15 replies 5 participants last post by  Wilgocrazy  
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Kind of a dumb question (might’ve been answered but couldn’t find an exact answer on search) haha but would any gen2 owners know if the higher trim side mirrors with the turn signals on them would be compatible with the lower trim? Like would RS/premier side mirrors with signal be plug&play on my LT or would it need BCM programming? Really looking for a side marker/blinker option that’s more visible at night from the sides, and was thinking of a fender install like I did on my Integra but found out there were oem mirrors available with the blinker on them. Just wanted some insight before I order them. Appreciate any help as always!
 
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It varies from car to car if they are plug and play, but they do not require any extra BCM programming, they run off they are powered off same circuit as the front turn signals.
Worst case scenario you need to add wiring from the door harness connector to the front turn signal feeds at the body control module.
It varies from car to car if they are plug and play, but they do not require any extra BCM programming, they run off they are powered off same circuit as the front turn signals.
Worst case scenario you need to add wiring from the door harness connector to the front turn signal feeds at the body control module.
I figured as much, I read about how the fog lights on gen2’s needed to be programmed so I just wired mine up with the switch located under the trunk release button on the door since the switch included in the kit is aftermarket and wasn’t the oem style setup that control headlights also as seen on OEM equipped cruzes with the fog and headlights control panel. I’ll see if I order the mirrors to try out, who knows hopefully they’re plug and play, if not like you said I don’t mind running the wiring to them. Thanks for the help!
 
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Maybe these will work for you:


 
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UPDATE
What’s up CT team? So got around to finally trying to swap my base mirrors on my LT to ones with built in turn signal.. however they are NOT plug and play :( connector on new mirror has 2 extra pins/wires for a total of 7 pins while the harness on my car only has 5 wires/pins.. Motor works when new on is connected but turn signals obviously don’t. I undid a bit of the loom to see if there are any extra wires but no luck, looks like it’ll take some more work to get the signals to work. I guess higher trims already have the necessary connections. Hopefully all that makes sense and photos too. For now I’ll stick with my regular mirrors and wait for warmer weather to probably just run some wiring from the headlight to the mirror.
So if you havea 2016.5 LT swapping mirror with turn signals will not work sadly without some extra work.
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UPDATE
What’s up CT team? So got around to finally trying to swap my base mirrors on my LT to ones with built in turn signal.. however they are NOT plug and play :( connector on new mirror has 2 extra pins/wires for a total of 7 pins while the harness on my car only has 5 wires/pins.. Motor works when new on is connected but turn signals obviously don’t. I undid a bit of the loom to see if there are any extra wires but no luck, looks like it’ll take some more work to get the signals to work. I guess higher trims already have the necessary connections. Hopefully all that makes sense and photos too. For now I’ll stick with my regular mirrors and wait for warmer weather to probably just run some wiring from the headlight to the mirror.
So if you havea 2016.5 LT swapping mirror with turn signals will not work sadly without some extra work. View attachment 291095 View attachment 291096 View attachment 291097


hahaha I remember you did and believe me I went in with low expectations but with a small bit of hope it’d be as simple as plug and play and call it a day! I mean it’s not a total loss of $200 yet, I already ran wiring for my aftermarket fog lights through the fender and into the door where i placed the switch right under the trunk release button so will just loom it all up the next time it’s warm out because the new mirrors do look sleek and added safety of switching lanes is cool too haha. Plan B was just cutting some holes in the fenders and use some beamer or honda side markers but don’t think it’d look as clean as the mirrors.

One thing that does bother me most is putting the **** door panel back on 😂gm did not make it easy to do in a few minutes.

i will update you when I get around to wiring them up in the coming weeks/spring break. Appreciate the help and tips Mav!