[mauro]

Looks like 5th Gen gets all the fun

Ive been thinking about a possible upgrade on the side mirrors to have them be heated. The constant fog is really a pain, considering it’s always raining here so any time I go into a warm area (i.e a parkade) they fog up and I can’t see anything.

Anyone tried an upgrade like this on our gen?

https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297215

[ItsChristianInHD]

Originally Posted by mauro

Looks like 5th Gen gets all the fun

Ive been thinking about a possible upgrade on the side mirrors to have them be heated. The constant fog is really a pain, considering it’s always raining here so any time I go into a warm area (i.e a parkade) they fog up and I can’t see anything.

Anyone tried an upgrade like this on our gen?

https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297215

If you have the connivence and lighting package you have a heated drivers side mirror. Mine is.

[mauro]

Originally Posted by ItsChristianInHD

If you have the connivence and lighting package you have a heated drivers side mirror. Mine is.

Ugh, don’t mention it. I bought mine off the lot. It’s a 3LT, no Light & Convenience package (one of the most important packages imo). Wasn’t going to pass up the deal based off it though.

[90503]

Try this....turn on your rear window defroster...it just may defrost the mirrors as well. My '17 Impala has no symbols on the mirrors or on any of the buttons, but it has heated mirrors on both sides that come on with the rear window defroster. Good luck.

[ItsChristianInHD]

Originally Posted by mauro

Ugh, don’t mention it. I bought mine off the lot. It’s a 3LT, no Light & Convenience package (one of the most important packages imo). Wasn’t going to pass up the deal based off it though.

Ohhhh gotcha, you might be able to do the Gen5 thing or order a OEM mirror with the heated mirror

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by 90503

Try this....turn on your rear window defroster...it just may defrost the mirrors as well. My '17 Impala has no symbols on the mirrors or on any of the buttons, but it has heated mirrors on both sides that come on with the rear window defroster. Good luck.

I have a spare passenger side mirror glass and it has the heater connection, so presumably both mirrors are heated. The owners manual indeed does state that the rear defogger button turns on mirror heating, too, on both sides.

The most likely reason there is no defrost symbol on the mirror is that it would conflict with the blind spot monitoring icon, GM could have made it a different color of course, but I guess they are too litigation sensitive these days to take the risk.

[JessicasCamaro]

Resurrecting an old thread here, but my husband and I just successfully completed a heated mirror swap on my 2018 1SS. Since the car is my daily driver, having heated mirrors to clear off moisture/fog/frost is such a nice feature (and one I missed from my 2012 2SS).

I bought a pair of OEM heated mirrors from someone on eBay (note they also have the little blindspot indicators, which won't be able to function without the rear sensors - not a biggie to me). While it wasn't as easy as the 5th gen swap (not completely plug and play), we did discover that all the wiring was already available in the car, it's just not connected to the fuse box in the trunk. (Great news, since I was expecting to have to run wire from both doors all the way to the trunk to get the on-with-defroster functionality.) With some help from the wiring schematic in the service manual and about $10 in parts, he built a wiring harness with an inline fuse. Pics are from this morning before and after turning the defroster on

I'll be happy to do a write-up on how the harness works if anyone is interested in doing a similar project.

[RyanR623]

Originally Posted by JessicasCamaro

Resurrecting an old thread here, but my husband and I just successfully completed a heated mirror swap on my 2018 1SS. Since the car is my daily driver, having heated mirrors to clear off moisture/fog/frost is such a nice feature (and one I missed from my 2012 2SS).

I bought a pair of OEM heated mirrors from someone on eBay (note they also have the little blindspot indicators, which won't be able to function without the rear sensors - not a biggie to me). While it wasn't as easy as the 5th gen swap (not completely plug and play), we did discover that all the wiring was already available in the car, it's just not connected to the fuse box in the trunk. (Great news, since I was expecting to have to run wire from both doors all the way to the trunk to get the on-with-defroster functionality.) With some help from the wiring schematic in the service manual and about $10 in parts, he built a wiring harness with an inline fuse. Pics are from this morning before and after turning the defroster on

I'll be happy to do a write-up on how the harness works if anyone is interested in doing a similar project.

That would be great, didn't know we could do swap for heated mirrors. I just assumed when i bought my car that it had heated mirrors. I mean kia's have heated mirrors lol. Not fun in midwest winters....

[JamesNoBrakes]

Originally Posted by JessicasCamaro

Resurrecting an old thread here, but my husband and I just successfully completed a heated mirror swap on my 2018 1SS. Since the car is my daily driver, having heated mirrors to clear off moisture/fog/frost is such a nice feature (and one I missed from my 2012 2SS).

I bought a pair of OEM heated mirrors from someone on eBay (note they also have the little blindspot indicators, which won't be able to function without the rear sensors - not a biggie to me). While it wasn't as easy as the 5th gen swap (not completely plug and play), we did discover that all the wiring was already available in the car, it's just not connected to the fuse box in the trunk. (Great news, since I was expecting to have to run wire from both doors all the way to the trunk to get the on-with-defroster functionality.) With some help from the wiring schematic in the service manual and about $10 in parts, he built a wiring harness with an inline fuse. Pics are from this morning before and after turning the defroster on

I'll be happy to do a write-up on how the harness works if anyone is interested in doing a similar project.

If that's from the driving position, that's a good example of improperly adjusted side mirrors.

You could try cleaning the mirrors really well and applying something wax-based. Fog loves to form on "dirty" surfaces and it doesn't like wax.

[JessicasCamaro]

I stuck my phone out the window to take the photos, so that's not the angle I see when driving. Thanks for being helpful though I have never tried waxing glass

[RyanR623]

Originally Posted by JessicasCamaro

I stuck my phone out the window to take the photos, so that's not the angle I see when driving. Thanks for being helpful though I have never tried waxing glass

Wax your windshield with a good wax and it's better than rain-x. Lasts longer.

[Corky]

Anyhow, yes I'm sure some of us would like to see just what needs to happen to get the heated mirrors up and working...It would be a great help....

[JessicasCamaro]

Originally Posted by Corky

Anyhow, yes I'm sure some of us would like to see just what needs to happen to get the heated mirrors up and working...It would be a great help....

Yep, I'll write it up with photos as soon as I can!

[JessicasCamaro]

Here's the link to the DIY write up with diagrams/photos:
https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showt...php?p=10820289