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Folding mirrors

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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by InvisibleName » Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:51 pm

Lazyboy wrote:Folding mirrors at lock absolutely can be coded. I just had it done remotely by a guy on the other board. Now if I hold the lock for 1/2 second instead of just pressing it quickly, the mirrors will fold.
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by RoyE » Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:38 pm

Lazyboy wrote:Folding mirrors at lock absolutely can be coded. I just had it done remotely by a guy on the other board. Now if I hold the lock for 1/2 second instead of just pressing it quickly, the mirrors will fold.
Can you give us more details please
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by matsmith749 » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:38 pm

Lazyboy - there are quite a few people here that would be interested, could you just confirm a few details so we might be able to do the same?

(I) Was it done on a BMW z4 e89?
(II) Remotely... how is that exactly?
(III) A guy. Any chance of sharing the username?
(IV) the other board. Again, any chance of sharing which board?

I would love to be able to just put this one to bed & say - 'yes it can be done', would be great if you could follow up.

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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by Baronbb » Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:22 am

I want some of that!!!
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by dr_john » Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:37 am

Yes do tell!
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by Angie4m » Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:02 pm

Supposedly it can be done. Topic elsewhere advises that it's a programable feature http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showth ... p?t=571194

Infact I'm at Eastern tomorrow so I will ask :thumbsup:
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by JustCruzin » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:53 am

Hey, looking forward to a solution to this. The car will become like a transformer :D
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by KERMIT1970 » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:31 am

Angie4m wrote:Supposedly it can be done. Topic elsewhere advises that it's a programable feature http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showth ... p?t=571194

Infact I'm at Eastern tomorrow so I will ask :thumbsup:
Angie i have this feature on our 640,but have been told that wireing mods would have to be done to work on the e89. Let us know if your told different :thumbsup:
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by KERMIT1970 » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:45 pm

KERMIT1970 wrote:
Angie4m wrote:Supposedly it can be done. Topic elsewhere advises that it's a programable feature http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showth ... p?t=571194

Infact I'm at Eastern tomorrow so I will ask :thumbsup:
Angie i have this feature on our 640,but have been told that wireing mods would have to be done to work on the e89. Let us know if your told different :thumbsup:
Angie did you ask at eastern ?
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by Zed_Steve » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:59 pm

Never understood why they don't fold in automatically. Surely that's the point of speccing them, so they do just that!
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by Angie4m » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:23 pm

KERMIT1970 wrote:
KERMIT1970 wrote:
Angie4m wrote:Supposedly it can be done. Topic elsewhere advises that it's a programable feature http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showth ... p?t=571194

Infact I'm at Eastern tomorrow so I will ask :thumbsup:
Angie i have this feature on our 640,but have been told that wireing mods would have to be done to work on the e89. Let us know if your told different :thumbsup:
Angie did you ask at eastern ?
Hiya, yes I did and they said it couldn't be done. They also said it wouldn't work with re-wiring but that's possibly not true as I've seen that work on the 8th gen Civic, however as the smart top can fold the mirrors automatically it's clearly software.

I need them to look at my passenger side comfort access as it opens but does not lock on that side so a word with a technician using the diagnostics might show up some program options. Or I might ask a contact of my dad that owns a Indy German car garage and has ex bmw techs and he himself is ex bmw and keeps things up to date.
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by Baronbb » Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:45 pm

Angie4m wrote:
KERMIT1970 wrote:
KERMIT1970 wrote: Angie i have this feature on our 640,but have been told that wireing mods would have to be done to work on the e89. Let us know if your told different :thumbsup:
Angie did you ask at eastern ?
Hiya, yes I did and they said it couldn't be done. They also said it wouldn't work with re-wiring but that's possibly not true as I've seen that work on the 8th gen Civic, however as the smart top can fold the mirrors automatically it's clearly software.

I need them to look at my passenger side comfort access as it opens but does not lock on that side so a word with a technician using the diagnostics might show up some program options. Or I might ask a contact of my dad that owns a Indy German car garage and has ex bmw techs and he himself is ex bmw and keeps things up to date.
This seems to be a bit of a conspiracy!!! As you say the smarttop tells the existing motors through the existing wires that when it locks fold the mirrors. It must be possible to code it. Did the op come back and say how it's done?
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by Angie4m » Fri Sep 19, 2014 12:16 am

Baronbb wrote:This seems to be a bit of a conspiracy!!! As you say the smarttop tells the existing motors through the existing wires that when it locks fold the mirrors. It must be possible to code it. Did the op come back and say how it's done?
It's clearly something they don't want to do but yes it has to be coding. The OP hasn't come back on and advised how or where they got the information and who did it.
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by Baronbb » Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:06 am

Angie4m wrote:
Baronbb wrote:This seems to be a bit of a conspiracy!!! As you say the smarttop tells the existing motors through the existing wires that when it locks fold the mirrors. It must be possible to code it. Did the op come back and say how it's done?
It's clearly something they don't want to do but yes it has to be coding. The OP hasn't come back on and advised how or where they got the information and who did it.
Apologies, not op, was lazyboy that said it's done but provided no more dets.
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Re: Folding mirrors

Post by djstan » Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:09 am

Yes because the OP wants to know too! ;-)
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