auto dimming mirrors

[BIG_G_1979]

Hi guys I have auto mirrors on my e class but does only the drivers glass dim?

 

[Dansenior]

It does on my c class if that helps mate, although i think my passenger lense s non genuine. I am sure it is just the drivers side thou a few of my old vw's had this and it was just the drivers side. Makes sence really as its passing side.

 

[whitenemesis]

Correct only the driver's side should dim.

 

[M11GUL]

Hi,

I think that is the case with mine. Unless it has has the glass changed on the passenger side before i owned it?

But from what I remember reading on an option list somewhere I think it is driver side and interior auto dimming?

 

[BIG_G_1979]

Thanks guys this forum is awesome!

 

[lordlee]

The passenger side doesnt tint as the glass would be so dark with a car behind you that you may miss a cyclist or similar coming down the left hand side of the car.

 

[Dieselman]

The passenger side doesnt tint as the glass would be so dark with a car behind you that you may miss a cyclist or similar coming down the left hand side of the car.

And it would cost Mercedes more to fit...

 

[Deleted member 37751]

If you have to phone Mercedes to see how much a W211 auto dimming mirror is, make sure that you're sat down.

From memory, they're about £250.

 

[E270 Owner]

Fit a LHD auto dimming mirror
I did for my Continental driving.

set ebay to world wide search US European etc you will find them.

 

[Dieselman]

In the last 16 years, I can't say lack of dimming n/s mirror has bothered me.

 

[johnsco]

Me neither.
On my previous E300TD, the driver side auto-dimming mirror went misty.
This is a common failure.
I checked out the cost of a replacement ..... Decided it was about half the value of the car .... And fitted a non-dimming replacement.

Can you fit an auto-dimming mirror to the passenger's side is it was not original equipment ?
The connector is not the same.

 

[markjay]

The passenger side doesnt tint as the glass would be so dark with a car behind you that you may miss a cyclist or similar coming down the left hand side of the car.

Correct, however the same applies to the driver's side - at night, it is very difficult to spot cyclists on my right when there's a car behind me.

 

[Spin_bowler]

In the last 16 years, I can't say lack of dimming n/s mirror has bothered me.

Why did it only stop bothering you back in 1998, successful therapy?