Subaru Auto Dimming Mirror

[Blueox76]

Has anyone tried to install one?

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[710-oil-614]

Never.

 

[oysterville]

I don't have a Subaru

 

[Ozarkbeard]

Flipping the day/night mirror lever works fine.

 

[Mdmac]

Flipping the day/night mirror lever works fine.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Flipping the day/night mirror lever works fine.

I don't Drive enough at night, to F around changing it out to a Hyundai/kia mirror.
What I like about an automatically dimming mirror. At night, if cars are not behind you it's not dim it's like a regular mirror. You don't have to keep changing it.

 

[Great Odin's Beard]

My 2005 Foerster XT and most of the Subarus I work on have Gentex mirrors which are the "Kia mirrors". I hope that helps.

 

[raymaines]

Auto dim is nice, but not a big deal. The KIA mirror (and Subaru too, for all I know) is Homelink, and that really is a big deal. Or it is if you have a garage anyway.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Auto dim is nice, but not a big deal. The KIA mirror (and Subaru too, for all I know) is Homelink, and that really is a big deal. Or it is if you have a garage anyway.

Question for you.
Your vehicle is parked and locked outside of your garage.
If someone where to break your vehicle window and reach in. Could they open your garage door from the mirror?

 

[Wilklersticks]

Question for you.
Your vehicle is parked and locked outside of your garage.
If someone where to break your vehicle window and reach in. Could they open your garage door from the mirror?

I'd assume the answer is yes, but that's the same as having a garage door opener button on your visor. So unless you keep your garage door button on your person or bring it in every night, it's arguably no additional risk.

 

[Toddman45]

Question for you.
Your vehicle is parked and locked outside of your garage.
If someone where to break your vehicle window and reach in. Could they open your garage door from the mirror?

Depends how you wire it the mirror if you wire the homelink portion to battery power yes, if you wire it to accessory power no. I wired both I installed to accessory power so the homelink buttons only have power with the key in the ignition and turned to on or run.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

I'd assume the answer is yes, but that's the same as having a garage door opener button on your visor. So unless you keep your garage door button on your person or bring it in every night, it's arguably no additional risk.

I have never kept a garage door remote control on the sun visor for that reason.
I have a garage door opener in my Maverick. You can look around for it but you won't see it and it is within easy reach.

Depends how you wire it the mirror if you wire the homelink portion to battery power yes, if you wire it to accessory power no. I wired both I installed to accessory power so the homelink buttons only have power with the key in the ignition and turned to on or run.

That makes sense.

 

[FischAutoTechGarten]

Depends how you wire it the mirror if you wire the homelink portion to battery power yes, if you wire it to accessory power no. I wired both I installed to accessory power so the homelink buttons only have power with the key in the ignition and turned to on or run.

Thank you for that... That's a detail I might of missed if I were to install this... The scenario of break into car to access the house just wasn't on my radar.... But now, I'd go through that extra work to ensure it's disabled when accessory power is off. Very helpful post!!

 

[scottjl]

detached garage FTW!

 

[FischAutoTechGarten]

Open Carport for me.... but itching to go build a place on some land with an enclosed garage and a seperate workshop...

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