Inspire Mirror Conversion with OEM Switch (Sedan)
Posted: November 6th, 2014
NOTE: These are for legitimate Honda mirrors. Pinouts and other wiring may vary if they aren't OEM.
When I first bought my sedan, I knew one of the first things I had to do was get the Inspire mirrors. The all-white look of them just looked so clean to me. After a lot of research and searching, I tracked some down on eBay from seller casakeytw. Great guy and cut me a deal on buying the OEM switch at the same time. I'd highly recommend the switch for an OEM-looking install.
Right after unboxing the mirrors and switch, don't ask about the tweezers
I bolted them up that very same night. All you have to do is pop the sail panel off and there's 3 10mm nuts holding the mirrors on. Unplug the connector and remove the 3 10mm nuts and the whole mirror slides right out. OEM connector plugs right into the Inspire mirrors and retains all power mirror functionality.
Here's a shot of the OEM switch. All of the pinouts are the same as far as power mirror functionality between the factory USDM switch and the folding mirrors.
Some post install pictures:
Wiring
You'll have to custom wire the functionality that our cars don't come with -- the turn signals, and the folding function. The wiring is pretty straight forward but there were a few things that threw me for a loop at first.
I wanted a clean install, so I headed off to the junkyard and cut off a few power mirror connectors from some Hondas as old as 1995. These connectors are exactly like ours, and my plan was to harvest the pins out of them. By doing this, I was able to solder on to the end of my pin, and plug my new "pigtail" directly into the OEM connector.
For the turn signals, I was able to tap into two wires in the drivers side main harness near the fuse box. Note: for some reason or another, the black wire on my passenger side mirror was not a true ground. I fixed this by removing the pin and adding my own new one with a ring terminal on it, and grounding it right there uder the sail panel.
ADD PICTURE OF WIRES HERE
The switch was a little harder to wrap my head around at first. I wasn't able to find an exact match on the pins that go into it's connector, but I found some that I was able to jam in there secure enough. Probably not the best way to go about it, but maybe someone's found the right ones by now. The switch works off of reverse polarity, which if unfamiliar like I was, do some research on what that means. Below I've attached the pinouts of the mirror connector, as well as the wiring diagram for the whole thing.
ADD NEW WIRING DIAGRAM HERE
When I first bought my sedan, I knew one of the first things I had to do was get the Inspire mirrors. The all-white look of them just looked so clean to me. After a lot of research and searching, I tracked some down on eBay from seller casakeytw. Great guy and cut me a deal on buying the OEM switch at the same time. I'd highly recommend the switch for an OEM-looking install.
Right after unboxing the mirrors and switch, don't ask about the tweezers
I bolted them up that very same night. All you have to do is pop the sail panel off and there's 3 10mm nuts holding the mirrors on. Unplug the connector and remove the 3 10mm nuts and the whole mirror slides right out. OEM connector plugs right into the Inspire mirrors and retains all power mirror functionality.
Here's a shot of the OEM switch. All of the pinouts are the same as far as power mirror functionality between the factory USDM switch and the folding mirrors.
Some post install pictures:
Wiring
You'll have to custom wire the functionality that our cars don't come with -- the turn signals, and the folding function. The wiring is pretty straight forward but there were a few things that threw me for a loop at first.
I wanted a clean install, so I headed off to the junkyard and cut off a few power mirror connectors from some Hondas as old as 1995. These connectors are exactly like ours, and my plan was to harvest the pins out of them. By doing this, I was able to solder on to the end of my pin, and plug my new "pigtail" directly into the OEM connector.
For the turn signals, I was able to tap into two wires in the drivers side main harness near the fuse box. Note: for some reason or another, the black wire on my passenger side mirror was not a true ground. I fixed this by removing the pin and adding my own new one with a ring terminal on it, and grounding it right there uder the sail panel.
ADD PICTURE OF WIRES HERE
The switch was a little harder to wrap my head around at first. I wasn't able to find an exact match on the pins that go into it's connector, but I found some that I was able to jam in there secure enough. Probably not the best way to go about it, but maybe someone's found the right ones by now. The switch works off of reverse polarity, which if unfamiliar like I was, do some research on what that means. Below I've attached the pinouts of the mirror connector, as well as the wiring diagram for the whole thing.
ADD NEW WIRING DIAGRAM HERE
