Does anyone know if it's possible to convert the door mirrors on an S-type to the fold-back type? I'm contemplating buying another house, and here in the UK all the garages seem to have narrow 7-foot doors. The last house I looked at I wouldn't be able to drive up the side of the house to the garage for these mirrors sticking out! And I'm not going to buy a Mercedes to get round this...
Leedsman.
p.s. They don't have to be electric, just foldable.

 

George,

I've moved your post from Jaguar Forums Advice / Feedback & Suggestion Centre to S-Type section.

You should get the answer here.

Graham

 

My 03 s type mirrors fold back manually.

 

You might want to pop the rear covers off and apply some lubricating (*) oil before trying to fold them in manually if they've been in one position for a while

(*) i.e. not WD40.

 

I have retro-fitted power fold mirrors on my 1999 model S type.

All the parts were sourced from e-bay and consisted of:

2 x new mirror assemblies, off side and near side (with power fold)

1 x interior power fold switch

In my case all the wiring was in situ behind the driver's door card and it was simply "plug and play".

The hardest part was removing the mirror rear covers (colour coded) from my original mirrors then fitting them to the new mirrors.

Also removing the door cards can be a bit tricky to access the wiring and wiring connectors. (removing the interior door handle bezel can be a pain)

The comlplete installation took less than 2 hrs.

 

Thanks to all who contributed. I tried moving them manually, and it seemed that they were not moveable. However, perusing another Jaguar website, there was much discussion about converting these door mirrors to power. So almost on a whim, I checked in my owner's manual, and discovered they were moveable "in an impact".
So some more force was used, and eureka, they folded back! It seemed they were stuck due to never being moved from day one.

So now any water has been blasted out with an "Airduster", and some silicon-oil spray applied. (Silicon oil does not attack plastic).

I should have followed the old american adage -- "if all-else fails, read the instructions". Or the not-so-old english one, "all's well that ends well Gromit".

Leedsman.

 

Hi, looking to repair door mirror where heater has failed. Can you remember how you removed the colour coded backs to the mirror? When you did, was all the mechanics of the mirror visible?

 

There should be a small notch on the bottom of the mirrors where you can insert a small screwdriver our something similar and then just pop the covers off.

John.

 

You need to remove the mirror glass---all the wiring connections for the heater are behind the glass. The glass can be removed by hand ,as can the cover--NO screw driver required.Check the JTIS for the exact technique.
If you check the X350 forum you can see the pics I posted of my mirrors--the S-type are identical.

 

Do door mirror covers just clip on and can be removed likewise even on X350/358 models ?

 

yes

 

Thanks. Sounds easy, but I'm scared to apply enough force in case a I ruin it. I have to replace the repeater lens on my X358 XJR.