I was told, and read many places "no changes on SV or SL from 2016 to 2017."
Not True! I picked up my new 2017 SV today, and after driving over 100 miles, only then did I notice that the auto-dimming mirror is GONE from the 2017 (and it's definitely on the 2016 SV).
So, now my plan to upgrade the auto-dimming mirror to an auto-dimming HomeLink mirror (from eBay or a salvage yard) has been dealt a serious blow.
The previous SV auto-dimming only and the SL HomeLink shared the same mount and same conduit/shroud covering the wires to power each mirror--my 2017 has neither. DAMMIT!
Need your pearls of wisdom, folks. How big a problem have I encountered and how do I rectify this gut punch? (HomeLink is one of the BEST SL features, imho.)
My thoughts are that I can still get the mirror & conduit/cover at salvage or eBay, but how are they attached to the windshield? I know there's a modular connector with 3-wire pigtail that connects to the HomeLink--and can I find all the necessary connections in the map light area? In the past, the upgrade only required a single extra wire go in the map area, and then only if you wanted the HomeLink to work with the ignition off.
Otherwise, you could abandon the 3rd wire and have the HomeLink operate only when the car was on, which really made the upgrade a piece of cake.
TiA.
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Not True! I picked up my new 2017 SV today, and after driving over 100 miles, only then did I notice that the auto-dimming mirror is GONE from the 2017 (and it's definitely on the 2016 SV).
So, now my plan to upgrade the auto-dimming mirror to an auto-dimming HomeLink mirror (from eBay or a salvage yard) has been dealt a serious blow.
The previous SV auto-dimming only and the SL HomeLink shared the same mount and same conduit/shroud covering the wires to power each mirror--my 2017 has neither. DAMMIT!
Need your pearls of wisdom, folks. How big a problem have I encountered and how do I rectify this gut punch? (HomeLink is one of the BEST SL features, imho.)
My thoughts are that I can still get the mirror & conduit/cover at salvage or eBay, but how are they attached to the windshield? I know there's a modular connector with 3-wire pigtail that connects to the HomeLink--and can I find all the necessary connections in the map light area? In the past, the upgrade only required a single extra wire go in the map area, and then only if you wanted the HomeLink to work with the ignition off.
Otherwise, you could abandon the 3rd wire and have the HomeLink operate only when the car was on, which really made the upgrade a piece of cake.
TiA.
.