2nd Generation (GE 08-present)The New Fit... Generation specific talk and questions here.
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Yah, I know its wishful thinking & that very few GD3 owners have done this mod, but pricewise I don't think it's that expensive. I've seen GD3 autofold mirrors between $400-$600, and used ones for about $250 for the pair. Comparing that to having to my old 1986 Audi's power & heated (no autofold, or LED winker) side mirror which they wanted about $400 back in 1995 for just one side I'd say about $600 for the pair of autofolds, winker, power mirror, and for a little more the heated/defrost mirror is a pretty good price.
But the wiring up should be quite the nightmare...
(maybe that's whats been deterring people?)
Still.... I will eventually tackle that mod
Props again to College Hills Honda for their support of the Fit community, I've bought plenty of stuff from them in the past, and am glad to be supporting them back. Looking forward to seeing the podcast.
Paul owns a GD3 last I knew... or was it his sidekick... I know one owned a GD3, and the other a FG2 civic.
They're normally great for that sort of stuff.
I know what stops most people from doing the autofold is cost and amount of wiring/hacking needed.
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Update from Paul @ College Hills Honda:
(1) Q connector male shaft missing: After some parts catalog browsing they have found that the fuse box is different between Sport automatics and manuals. After the tech looked at 2 different vehicles, the automatic did NOT have the pin but the 5spd DID. They are not sure if this is consistent with what others have found in the forums. They noticed that the starter of the thread on FitFreak also owns a manual transmission model.
(2) Pin connectors: Next hang up is the pin connectors. Even with the vast amount of pins they have at their disposal, they were still not able to locate the correct one(s). They're going to email engineering at Honda on Monday (today) to see if they can help or not. If they can identify the exact pin it will make things much easier.
(3) Last concern: If a vast majority of the vehicles missing the pin in the Q connector are automatics, it is going to limit the amount of people that will be able to benefit from this mod.
Nothing is ever as straight-forward as it looks, huh? More to come...
Update from Paul @ College Hills Honda:
(1) Q connector male shaft missing: After some parts catalog browsing they have found that the fuse box is different between Sport automatics and manuals. After the tech looked at 2 different vehicles, the automatic did NOT have the pin but the 5spd DID. They are not sure if this is consistent with what others have found in the forums. They noticed that the starter of the thread on FitFreak also owns a manual transmission model.
(2) Pin connectors: Next hang up is the pin connectors. Even with the vast amount of pins they have at their disposal, they were still not able to locate the correct one(s). They're going to email engineering at Honda on Monday (today) to see if they can help or not. If they can identify the exact pin it will make things much easier.
(3) Last concern: If a vast majority of the vehicles missing the pin in the Q connector are automatics, it is going to limit the amount of people that will be able to benefit from this mod.
Nothing is ever as straight-forward as it looks, huh? More to come...
Well that might explain why I wasn't able to complete the mod. As mentioned in my earlier post, I installed the mod but still wasn't able to get it to work. After further investigation found that pin (7) for Q plug at the fuse box was missing. Would like to hear from other Sport Auto owners who have attempted this mod or who would be willing to pull the Q plug out to confirm this. I know there was one other individual who was having the same problem as me, not sure if he had an auto or not. Doesn't make sense why there would be a difference between the autos and manuals. Oh well if there is any manual owners out there looking to buy a wiper stalk for this mod cheap drop me a PM.
Scott
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Glad I read through the entire post as I was ready to order this, but have an AT. Hopefully the AT will only need to have the pin added and everything else will work.
Glad I read through the entire post as I was ready to order this, but have an AT. Hopefully the AT will only need to have the pin added and everything else will work.
I think the "pin" won't do any good unless there is a wire attached to it going somewhere, probably to the computer interface.
Hi all,
An update from College Hills Honda -- CHH went to Honda Engineering to find out exactly which pin connector would work and they were unable to help. That information gap, combined with the fact that only the manual Fit has the male pin in the Q connector (and thus, only a small population would be able to perform the mod) has made them decide that, while they might eventually offer something, the project is "on the back burner" for now.
Thanks for the attempt, College Hills!!
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