folding Mirrors

[Big_daddy]

wowowowow...everyone hold their horses...lol

How do you get the mirror to fold in automatically then if you have the auto ones?? Also how do you know if you have them...lol maybe a silly question but i will ask anyways hehe

I have a 2005 LCR

Thanks

Ross

Read the first few pages, there some pics of how to find out. so simple than it looks.

 

[Snoopie]

I've just bought a Cupra R, Didn't think my mirrors worked. 03 car, with both folding mirrors and heated too.

 

[Big_daddy]

yeh not every know that they leons comes with it as the small icon is not clear. they should use a bigger logo. Note to all, dont play around with it, as it may stop workin. happend 2me once. i stopped fingrin it now,

 

[g60jet]

what pisses me of is they deleted the mirrors dipping down when reversing, thats really more handly than electric folding ones, i only rearly use my electric folding mirror on my TDI FR, but i always reverse into parking spaces and would love to have that feature

 

[Big_daddy]

what is mirror dipping? how does that work?

 

[fishtoasty]

I think he means when the reverse gear is engaged, the actual mirror part of the whole unit tilt downwards so you can see the curb...i.e. no curbed alloys

When you then disengage reverse gear the mirrors tilt back to normal....

I.e. it saves you having to tilt them manually using the electric controller thing, and then tilt them back to the usual settings that you have

Ross

 

[Big_daddy]

gona check l8r on if mines do so! so far they heat and fold. cheers fishtoasty

 

[davidol]

according to some members with cupra r , they still dont have it.
Example this 1:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300049289030&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:UK:1

everyone stay well away from this car, it was for sale not long ago at a dealers in barry, south wales (18miles from cardiff?), a mate of mine test drove it and he said it drove like a dog, nothing like the LCR he owns now, and funilly enough its for sale again....

 

[Big_daddy]

i know man!! i seen that before on ebay several times. some thin g fishy about that!1

 

[oldman]

i have a an 04 R TDi 150 and No foldy, No heaty

Can i convert them to be heaty as that would be very useful

what pisses me of is they deleted the mirrors dipping down when reversing, thats really more handly than electric folding ones, i only rearly use my electric folding mirror on my TDI FR, but i always reverse into parking spaces and would love to have that feature

ditto that wish g60jet

 

[gorebrush]

I've got a different car but stumbled on this thread from elsewhere...

I have FR 06 Ibiza, my mirrors foldy and heaty

 

[Smart22186]

i have a an 04 R TDi 150 and No foldy, No heaty

Can i convert them to be heaty as that would be very useful
ditto that wish g60jet

Can You Change the reverse thingy back on with VAG COM?

 

[wilksy]

foldy heaty mirrors r option on leon cupra/fr 150 tdi and ibiza fr 130 tdi

 

[g60jet]

On the Leon Sales booklet dated 01/05
Electric Heated and electrically adjustable mirrors where standard on the SX, SE, FR and Cupra R.
Electric Folding Mirrors are standard on the SE, FR and Cupra R
SX = 1.6 16v, 1.9TDI 110
SE = 1.8 20v 1.9TDI 130
FR = 1.8 20VT 1.9 TDI 150
Cupra R = 1.8VT 225
Seat will of changed the spec from phase to phase. as for putting the reverse tilt back in...i suspect there is a control box missing.

Taken from http://www.seatcupra.net/knowledge_base/knowledge_base/seat_leon_faq.html

MIRRORS:
Early cars had dipping rear view mirrors to aid parking. To activate these ,1. Start Car and put car into reverse.2. Turn mirror control to the passenger side, 3. Set mirror to desired position, low so you can see the kerb area for parking. 4. Switch it back to the Drivers side.5. Take out of reverse. NOTE:You must leave the control knob switched to the drivers' side for it to work. This feature was deleted in mid 2001

 

[wilksy]

just read the brocher for leon so as i said foldin mirrors are not availble as standard for sx or cupra but are for se and cupra r
as for the fr i havent got the info but wouldn't be suprised if foldin did become standard as it was launched towards then end of mk1 production

 

[wilksy]

but bein seat things like the foldin mirrors werent as straight forward as bein standard or an option from wot i can see

 

[Big_daddy]

wel mines a standard 2000 model 1.8T and its got folding mirrors which are also heated

 

[mark sheerin]

I had a Leon Cupra 2001 model and it had electric memory seats and folding mirrors with the reverse engaged dipping.

When the MY03 model came out the electric memory seats and the reverse dipping mirror were ditched apparently because they needed to free up a few bytes of space in the ecu for other functions..probably to do with emmisions.
My MY03 04 reg Cupra TDi has folding heated mirrors but I specced the car with leather..this may have something to do with wether you get foldy's or not.

 

[wilksy]

i've seen an my03 cupra with leather memory seats dunno if fitted after or not but definatly had them but dont see the foldy mirrors so often on them

 

[g60jet]

just read the brocher for leon so as i said foldin mirrors are not availble as standard for sx or cupra but are for se and cupra r
as for the fr i havent got the info but wouldn't be suprised if foldin did become standard as it was launched towards then end of mk1 production

what date is on the back? mine is the 01/05 one which the one i spec'd up my 05 FR from